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Porgy and Bess

Alvin Theatre, (10/10/1935 - 1/25/1936)
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Opening:Oct 10, 1935   
Closing:Jan 25, 1936 Total Performances:124


Category: Musical, Opera, Original, Broadway
Description: An American folk opera in three acts
Setting: Charleston, South Carolina. The early 1930s. Catfish Row and Kittiwah Island.





by opening date


Produced by The Theatre Guild

Music by George Gershwin; Libretto by DuBose Heyward; Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin; Based on the play "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward


Scenic Design by Sergei Soudeikine

Conducted by Alexander Smallens


Opening Night Cast

Anne Wiggins Brown Bess  
Todd Duncan Porgy  
John W. Bubbles Sportin' Life   
Ruby Elzy Serena   
Olive Ball Annie  
Ford L. Buck Mingo  
Alexander Campbell Detective  
George Carleton Coroner  
Jack Carr Jim  
Warren Coleman Crown  
Henry Davis Robbins  
Helen Dowdy Lily  
 Strawberry Woman  
John Garth Undertaker  
Georgette Harvey Maria  
The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor) Ensemble  
J. Rosamond Johnson Frazier  
George Lessey Mr. Archdale  
Edward Matthews Jake  
Burton McEvilly Policeman  
Abbie Mitchell Clara  
Gus Simons Peter
The Honey Man 
 
Harold Woolf Policeman  
Ray Yeates Nelson  
 Crab Man