Posts By: Phillip Boykin

BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS By: Charles Giuliano

Posted by & filed under A. R. T. Porgy and Bess in MA, Reviews.

In Phillip Boykin this production has the best possible Crown. From his first moment on stage he was terrifying and menacing. His strong physical presence was enforced by a deeply resonant voice of operatic quality. Boykin embodies the rarest of assets, superb acting, combined with a boomingly powerful voice.

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess by Robert Nesti

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Phillip Boykin, surprisingly nuanced as the villainous Crown. He is electrifying in his second act confrontation with Bess where the two face-off – she challenges him in song (“What You Want With Bess?”), only to give in when he lifts her in a carnal position that Porgy could never duplicate, underscoring the differences between the… Read more »

A CurtainUp Review The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess By Lawrence Switsky

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“Philip Boykin’s Crown, happily, does not succumb quite so easily. He is unapologetically operatic, and is allowed the full play of his heavy villain brutality. He exudes animal magnetism. His misogynistic rant against Bess’s alleged conversion to respectability, “A Red Headed Woman,” is terrifying and a great deal of fun, a jack-o-lantern who dares us… Read more »