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    The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

    158'

    2009-04-19

    10

    From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin

    Music

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingFrancesca ZambelloWritingIra Gershwin

    Cast

    1

    Porgy

    Eric Owens

    1

    Bess

    Laquita Mitchell

    1

    Crown

    Lester Lynch

    1

    Sportin' Life

    Chauncey Packer

    1

    Serena

    Karen Slack

    1

    Clara

    Angel Blue

    1

    Maria

    Alteouise DeVaughn

    1

    Jake

    Eric Greene

    1

    Mingo

    Michael Bragg

    1

    Annie

    Malesha Jessie

    1

    Strawberry Woman

    Samantha McElhaney

    1

    Lily

    Amber Mercomes

    1

    Robbins

    Michael Austin

    1

    Crab Man

    Ashley Faatoalia

    1

    Peter

    Calvin Lee

    1

    Nelson

    Frederick Matthews

    1

    Jim

    Earl Hazell

    1

    Frazier

    Kenneth Overton

    1

    Undertaker

    Darren K. Stokes

    1

    Detective

    Richard Farrell

    1

    Policeman

    Louis Landman

    1

    Coroner

    John Minágro

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. San Francisco Opera
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.6354
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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