The script was revised and cut to play like a musical. With permission from the Gershwin estate, director Trevor Nunn replaced recitative with dialogue from the source novel.
Nunn did not use operatic actors in the lead roles.
The script was revised and cut to play like a musical. With permission from the Gershwin estate, director Trevor Nunn replaced recitative with dialogue from the source novel.
Nunn did not use operatic actors in the lead roles.
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