
Porgy and Bess
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June 24, 1959
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Music, Drama, Romance
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.
Featured Crew
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
Cast

Sidney Poitier
Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge
Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey
Maria

Brock Peters
Crowne