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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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

10.0

2h 38m

2009

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

Synopsis

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

Music

operadrug addictionmusicalsouth carolinabased on play or musicalcripplepoverty rowcharleston1900s20th centuryromantic drama

Cast & Crew

Eric Owens

Eric Owens

as Porgy

Laquita Mitchell

Laquita Mitchell

as Bess

Lester Lynch

as Crown

Chauncey Packer

as Sportin' Life

Karen Slack

as Serena

Angel Blue

Angel Blue

as Clara

Alteouise DeVaughn

as Maria

Eric Greene

as Jake

Michael Bragg

as Mingo

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