There should be a difference between a good performance and a great one. Sensibly, one applauds at the end of the former and rises to one's feet for the latter. About which is which, one knows in one's bones. Or does one?I don't recall seeing in the old days audiences bent on rushing into a standing ovation even for a mediocre, sometimes indeed dismal, play, as if they were goosed by their seats. But nowadays standin…
SOURCE: John Simon at 08:06PM on April 3, 2012