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Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 4m
By George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira GershwinBook adapted by Suzan-Lori ParksMusical Score Adapted by Diedre L. Murray
George Gershwin’s final work for the musical stage is universally acknowledged as a masterpiece and the first American Folk Opera. This Tony Award-winning adaptation of the opera premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on 12 January 2012, starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis.
Winner! 2012 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival
Recognized worldwide as a masterpiece and an “American Folk Opera,” Porgy and Bess® was George Gershwin’s final work for the musical stage. Based on DuBose and Dorothy Heyward’s play Porgy, The Gershwins®’ Porgy and Bess® combines elements of jazz, classical and American folk music to tell the story of a Black waterfront community in Charleston, South Carolina. The opera's notable arias include “Summertime,” “A Woman Is a Sometime Thing,” “My Man’s Gone Now,” “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” and “I’m On My Way.”
This Tony Award-winning adaptation of the opera premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on 12 January 2012, starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis.
PORGY – Bass/baritoneBESS – SopranoCROWN – BaritoneSERENA – SopranoCLARA – SopranoMARIA – ContraltoJAKE – BaritoneSPORTING LIFE – Tenor
MINGO – TenorROBB – TenorPETER – TenorFRAZIER – BaritoneANNIE – Mezzo-sopranoLILY – Mezzo-sopranoSTRAWBERRY WOMAN – Mezzo-sopranoJIM – BaritoneUNDERTAKER – TenorNELSON – TenorCRAB MAN – Tenor
MR. ARCHDALEDETECTIVEPOLICEMANCORONERSCIPIO
ENSEMBLE – Residents of Catfish Row, fishermen, children, stevedores, etc.
Porgy and Bess® takes place in Catfish Row, a fictional African American section of Charleston, South Carolina, and the roles must be cast accordingly.
Porgy And Bess® takes place in Catfish Row, a fictional African American section of Charleston, South Carolina, and the roles must be cast accordingly.
Catfish Row and Kittiwah Island. Charleston, South Carolina. The early 1930s.
“A luscious piece of musical theatre... the abridged-for-modern-Broadway production bursts with fierce immediacy.” – Newsday
“Ravishing, accessible, ripely theatrical and emotionally full-bodied... In Parks’ muscular rewrite of DuBose and Dorothy Heyward’s libretto, and in the incisive performances, the story’s primal themes – love, death, desire, home, survival – are deeply etched.” – The Hollywood Reporter
Highlights from The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on Broadway, Part 1
Highlights from The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on Broadway, Part 2
Act I
“Summertime” – Clara and Jake“A Woman Is A Sometime Thing” – Jake and Ensemble“Crap Game” – Ensemble“Gone, Gone, Gone” – Ensemble“My Man’s Gone Now” – Serena“Leaving for The Promised Land” – Bess and Ensemble“It Takes A Long Pull” – Jake and Ensemble“I Got Plenty of Nothing” – Porgy“I Hates Your Strutting Style” – Mariah“Bess, You Is My Woman Now” – Porgy and Bess“Oh, I Can’t Sit Down” – Ensemble
Act II
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” – Sportin’ Life and Ensemble“What You Want With Bess?” – Bess and Crown“Oh, Doctor Jesus” – Serena and Ensemble“Street Cries” – Strawberry Woman, Peter and The Crab Man“I Loves You, Porgy” – Bess and Porgy“Oh, Heavenly Father” – Ensemble“Oh, The Lord Shake The Heavens” – Ensemble“Summertime (Reprise)” – Clara“Oh, The Lord Shake the Heaven” – Ensemble“A Red Headed Woman” – Crown and Ensemble“Clara, Don’t You Be Downhearted” – Ensemble“There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon” – Sportin’ Life“Where’s My Bess?” – Porgy. Mariah and Serena“I’m On My Way” – Porgy and Ensemble
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George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16, he quit high school to work as a "song plugger" for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. "Swanee," as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George ...
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