The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

2h 38m
Music
10

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Cast

Eric Owens
Porgy
Laquita Mitchell
Bess
Lester Lynch
Crown
Chauncey Packer
Sportin' Life
Karen Slack
Serena
Angel Blue
Clara
Alteouise DeVaughn
Maria
Eric Greene
Jake
Michael Bragg
Mingo
Malesha Jessie
Annie
Samantha McElhaney
Strawberry Woman
Amber Mercomes
Lily
Michael Austin
Robbins
Ashley Faatoalia
Crab Man
Calvin Lee
Peter
Frederick Matthews
Nelson
Earl Hazell
Jim
Kenneth Overton
Frazier
Darren K. Stokes
Undertaker
Richard Farrell
Detective
Louis Landman
Policeman
John Minágro
Coroner

Crew

Francesca Zambello
Director, Stage Director
DuBose Heyward
Writer, Novel, Theatre Play
David Gockley
Executive Producer
Paul Tazewell
Costume Designer
George Gershwin
Songs
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Peter J. Davison
Set Designer
Denni Sayers
Choreographer
John DeMain
Conductor
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play

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