The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2009
★★★★★ 10.0/10
⏱️ 158 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Music
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

Eric Owens
Eric Owens
Porgy
Laquita Mitchell
Laquita Mitchell
Bess
Lester Lynch
Lester Lynch
Crown
Chauncey Packer
Chauncey Packer
Sportin' Life
Karen Slack
Karen Slack
Serena
Angel Blue
Angel Blue
Clara

Crew

Director
Francesca Zambello
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Producer
David Gockley

Production

San Francisco Opera

Keywords

operadrug addictionmusicalsouth carolinabased on play or musicalcripplepoverty rowcharleston1900s20th century