Shows · Porgy and Bess · 44th Street Theatre, 1943

Porgy and Bess, 1943

Opened September 13, 1943

Closed October 2, 1943

24 performances

44th Street Theatre

Revival

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1940s, this had the 460th longest run.

Other stagings of Porgy and Bess 7 more

1935

Alvin TheatreBroadway Original, directed by Rouben Mamoulian

124 performances

1942

Majestic TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Robert Ross

286 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 it44 named

Catherine Ayers

Warren Coleman1901–1968

Charles Colman

Todd Duncan1903–1998

Georgette Harvey1884–1952

Edward Matthews

William O'Neal

Robert Tucker

Roger Aeford
Ruthetta Anderson
Richard Bowler
Charles Coleman
Don Darcy
Henry Davis
Harold Desverney
John Diggs
Virginia Girvin
Gladys Goode
Leslie Gray
Louisa Howard
Alma Hubbard
Harriet Jackson
Kenneth Konopka
Jerry Laws
Avon Long
Assota Marshall
Sadie Mcgill
Coral Mcmahan
Coyal Mcmahon
Etta Moten
George Randol
Douglas Rice
Patricia Rice
Eulabel Riley
Annabelle Ross
Velda Shelton
Zelda Shelton
William C Smith
Kenneth Tucker
Thomas Tucker
Edward Lee Tyler
Eloise Uggams
Charles Welch
Musa Williams

Creative team

Director: Robert Ross
Producer: Cheryl Crawford

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.

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