Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave
323.466.3456
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Porgy and Bess
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Saturday Jan 19, 2008 (7:30pm)
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$10
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Dorothy Dandridge stars in Otto Preminger's two musical assaults on mid-century sexual (and racial) conservatism, Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones. Whether playing drug-addicted prostitute Bess or seductress Carmen Jones, Dandridge dazzles in each handsomely choreographed tragedy. Each of the man-loves-woman, woman-leaves-man romances is full of rich performances: Porgy and Bess features Sidney Poitier as the cripple Porgy working against a swaggering Sammy Davis Jr. and a burly Brock Peters, while Carmen Jones pits a GI Joe (Harry Belafonte) against a husky boxer (Joe Adams). Preminger's languorous takes and exacting direction add to the magic.
