The performers could say pretty much what they wanted to say.

And if you lose them, the performers say, that does not necessarily mean they are gone for good.

The performers say their confidence only began to wane after the filming was over.

Some performers, he said, like the idea of performing at a school.

Indeed, performers say the big lure for them is the forum's creative freedom.

Only performers and musicians and people of this sort have said anything.

But some performers say they were not fully prepared for what followed.

Still a frequent performer in both places, he hates to hear anyone say that only the citizens of a culture can best perform its music.

One performer says the show is "a kind of early Hitchcock."

The performers said they lacked the funds for more litigation.