| I think the story — and it is just a story — is that Blitzstein, not Albert, was punched by an audience member. As I recall it, the Albert story was about how he got very upset with Blitzstein when the latter came in with his changes after a week, which amounted to changing recitative to spoken dialogue, with the rhymes intact. And Albert loved the show, but he knew it wasn't connecting with audiences and something needed to be done. |
