The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

10.0

Genre: Music
Run time: 158 min
Premiere: 2009. April 19.

Director: Francesca Zambello
Writer: Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward Dorothy Heyward
Starring: Eric Owens Laquita Mitchell Lester Lynch Chauncey Packer

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.

Discover

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

Art

Peter J. Davison

Set Designer

Costume & Make-Up

Paul Tazewell

Costume Designer

Crew

Denni Sayers

Choreographer

Directing

Francesca Zambello

Director

Francesca Zambello

Stage Director

Production

David Gockley

Executive Producer

Sound

John DeMain

Conductor

George Gershwin

Songs

Writing

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist

DuBose Heyward

Writer

DuBose Heyward

Novel

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

Art

Peter J. Davison

Set Designer

Costume & Make-Up

Paul Tazewell

Costume Designer

Crew

Denni Sayers

Choreographer

Directing

Francesca Zambello

Director

Francesca Zambello

Stage Director

Production

David Gockley

Executive Producer

Sound

John DeMain

Conductor

George Gershwin

Songs

Writing

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist

DuBose Heyward

Writer

DuBose Heyward

Novel

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play