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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

04/19/2009

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2hrs 38min

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Music

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Eric Owens
  • Laquita Mitchell
  • Lester Lynch
  • Chauncey Packer
  • Karen Slack

    Director

  • Francesca Zambello

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • San Francisco Opera

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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

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