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re: Kung Fu--Good Show!

Posted by:	Ballerina56 03:53 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to:	Kung Fu--Good Show! - Zelgo 11:04 am EDT 03/13/14

I couldn't disagree with you more. I thought the script was threadbare, the cavern of a set underutilized, poor direction throughout, and a cast giving community theatre level performances. I found several sections downright embarrassing. I'd also like to know the name of the musical farce that Francis Jue was performing in. WHAT was he doing up there? This is the same playwright, David Henry Hwang, that wrote M Butterfly, correct? Poorly structured with a melange of scenes that go nowhere and nothing to enhance the trite story, I'm surprised they allowed this to open in NY. One can't fault dashing lead performer Cole Horibe, who according to his bio has no stage experience , as he gives it his dancers best. There's no question he's a magnetic performer, but only when the show stops to incorporate some martial arts/dance sequences that seem to have come from a dance concert at the Joyce Theatre. I couldn't wait for it to end.

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