Shows · Porgy and Bess · Alvin Theatre, 1935

Porgy and Bess, 1935

Opened October 10, 1935

Closed January 25, 1936

124 performances

Neil Simon Theatre

Original

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1930s, this had the 219th longest run.

Other stagings of Porgy and Bess 7 more

1942

Majestic TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Robert Ross

286 performances

1943

44th Street TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Robert Ross

24 performances

1944

City CenterBroadway Revival, directed by Robert Ross

64 performances

1953

RevivalBroadway Revival

305 performances

1976

Uris TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Jack O'Brien

122 performances

1983

Radio City Music HallBroadway Revival, directed by Jack O'Brien

45 performances

2012

Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Diane Paulus

322 performances

Who was in it24 named

Todd Duncan1903–1998

Anne Brown1912–2009

John W. Bubbles1902–1986

Warren Coleman1901–1968

Abbie Mitchell1884–1960

Ruby Elzy1908–1943

Georgette Harvey1884–1952

Edward Matthews

Helen Dowdy

J. Rosamond Johnson

Jack Carr

John Garth

Anne Wiggins Brown
Olive Ball
Ford L Buck
Alexander Campbell
George Carleton
Henry Davis
The Eva Jessye Choir Eva Jessye Choral Conductor
George Lessey
Burton Mcevilly
Gus Simons
Harold Woolf
Ray Yeates

Creative team

Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Producer: Theatre Guild

Recordings

41 recordings of Porgy and Bess exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Porgy and Bess for all of them.

Around this production

An American Folk Opera,

George Gershwin spent a summer living on Folly Island near Charleston, absorbing Gullah music and culture. He died just two years after the premiere, at age 38.

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