Shows · Porgy and Bess · City Center, 1944

Porgy and Bess, 1944

Opened February 7, 1944

Closed April 8, 1944

64 performances

City Center

Revival

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1940s, this had the 299th 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

1943

44th Street TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Robert Ross

24 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 it41 named

Warren Coleman1901–1968

Charles Colman

Georgette Harvey1884–1952

Edward Matthews

William O'Neal

Robert Tucker

Roger Alford
Ruthetta Anderson
Catherine Ayres
Olive Ball
Richard Bowler
Frances Brock
Don Darcy
Henry Davis
Harold Desverney
John Diggs
William Franklin
Gladys Goode
Leslie Gray
Louisa Howard
Alma Hubbard
Harriet Jackson
Kenneth Konopka
Jerry Laws
Avon Long
Assota Marshall
Sadie Mcgill
Coyal Mcmahon
Etta Moten
George Randol
Douglas Rice
Patricia Rice
Eulabel Riley
Annabelle Ross
Zelda Shelton
William C Smith
Kenneth Tucker
Thomas Tucker
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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