Porgy and Bess
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June 24, 1959
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Music, Drama, Romance
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and 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
0
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne