MusicalOperaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 10, 1935
Closing Date
Jan 25, 1936
Performances
124
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Alvin Theatre
(Oct 10, 1935 - Jan 25, 1936)
Description
An American folk opera in three acts
Setting
Charleston, South Carolina. The early 1930s. Catfish Row and Kittiwah Island.
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
Staged by Rouben Mamoulian
Scenic Design by Sergei Soudeikine
Conducted by Alexander Smallens
Anne Wiggins Brown
Bess
Todd Duncan
Porgy
John W. Bubbles
Sportin' Life
Ruby Elzy
Serena
Olive Ball
Annie
Ford L. Buck
Mingo
The Undertaker
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
music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Act 1
Sung By
Summertime
Clara
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Jim, Jake, Sportin' Life and Ensemble
They Pass By Singing
Porgy
Gone, Gone, Gone
Ensemble
Overflow
Ensemble
My Man's Gone Now
Serena and Ensemble
Leavin' fo' de Promis' Lan
Bess and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
It Takes a Long Pull
Jim, Jake and Ensemble
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
Porgy
Woman to Lady
Porgy, Bess, Frazier and Ensemble
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Porgy and Bess
Oh I Can't Sit Down
Ensemble
It Ain't Necessarily So
Sportin' Life and Ensemble
What You Want With Bess?
Crown and Bess
Time and Time Again
Serena and Ensemble
Street Cries
Strawberry Woman and Crab Man
I Loves You, Porgy
Porgy and Bess
Oh de Lawd Shake de Heaven
Ensemble
A Red Headed Woman
Crown and Ensemble
Oh, Doctor Jesus
Principals and Ensemble
Act 3
Sung By
Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted
Ensemble
There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York
Sportin' Life and Bess
Where's My Bess?
Porgy
I'm On My Way
Porgy and Ensemble
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