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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin
10.0(1)20092h 38m
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.
- Director
- Francesca Zambello
- Created by
- David Gockley
- Writers
- DuBose Heyward
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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
Directing
- Francesca ZambelloDirector
- Francesca ZambelloStage Director
Writing
- Ira GershwinLyricist
- DuBose HeywardWriter
- DuBose HeywardNovel
- DuBose HeywardTheatre Play
- Dorothy HeywardTheatre Play
Production
- David GockleyExecutive Producer
Sound
- John DeMainConductor
- George GershwinSongs
Art
- Peter J. DavisonSet Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Paul TazewellCostume Designer
Crew
- Denni SayersChoreographer