[78-L] Shuffle Along - Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake

[David Weiner]

The Gershwin business is stil there.

Dave Weiner

On 5/2/16, 10:07 AM, "Jeff Sultanof" <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
on behalf of jeffsultanof at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

>
>I saw this about a month ago in previews. I have to agree with those
>reviewers who were let down in Act 2. The second act has less dancing, and
>is generally a downer given that the partnerships between the creators
>falls apart. I was hoping that Wolfe would fix this, but I guess that's
>not
>so easy.
>
>I did have one big objection: there is a big to-do about how Gershwin
>stole
>"I Got Rhythm" from William Grant Still that I thought was thoroughly
>tasteless and unnecessary. I have no idea if it is still in the show or
>not. Perhaps someone else who has seen it can say.
>
>Jeff Sultanof
>