The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Touring) Tickets

sound was awful. could not hear the lyrics. we had good seats, but it didn't make a difference.

Left after first half. Could not understand what was being said/sung, acoustics and some performers more operatic, thus could not understand. Very slow story and not as engaging as most musicals I've seen.

Venue is great, seats on first row of balcony were very good. Particularly enjoyed the orchestra's performance. Us old guys had a hard time distinguishing all the lyrics. Famous tunes were great to hear. Bess was wonderfully alive and vivacious. Activities on stage did seem a bit frenetic, maybe trying to do too much in time allotted. I didn't think to ask about hearing support devices which I think I saw one guy with. Is it too expensive to have the lyrics projected on a screen above the stage as is done at the opera?

I am a big Gershwin fan so I was delighted to see Porgy and Bess in the Gammage line up. The music and dancing was fantastic. It was done in very good taste and style. I am glad I went! My husband and I loved this event.

Great play. Nathaniel Stampley and Alicia Hall Moran were outstanding. Very much enjoyed the experience.

Porgy & Bess is a great couple of hours of entertainment and provides for a lively discussion afterwards for potential, new, and old couples.

We had been wanting to see Porgy and Bess for years (probably decades) and when we found out it was being performed at Gammage Hall at ASU when we were in Phoenix visiting family, we decided to go. What a great decision. The singing was amazing, the staging was fabulous, and the overall show exceeded expectations. It was also fun the be inside a buidling that has always fascinated us.

We left at intermission...something we almost never do, and we weren't alone. This was a very confusing mishmash of opera and theater musical and the cast seemed as confused as we did. They did their best but Bess, singing in operatic fashion, seemed out of place and context with the other performers. This is a story about plain, simple, hardworking people and it should have been presented as such.

The (instrumental) music and the tone of the singers were amazing. Unfortunately I could not understand a word they were singing or speaking nor could anyone in my party...there were 5 of us. I did not know the story of Porgy and Bess prior to coming to the play. I still don't know exactly the story due to poor diction. The theater acoustics are fabulous and the seating very nice the way it is laid out.

the opera was very well cast. the voices were good. the sound in the venue is just terrible. I won't attend a musical there again. beautiful building thou