Shows · Porgy and Bess (2012 Revival)
Porgy and Bess (2012 Revival)
Opened 2012
322 performances
Revival, Modern
On Catfish Row, a waterfront tenement in Charleston, South Carolina, the crippled beggar Porgy falls in love with Bess, a woman trapped in an abusive relationship with the violent Crown. When Crown kills a man and flees, Bess takes refuge with Porgy, and they find unexpected happiness together. But Crown returns to claim Bess, and the seductive drug dealer Sportin' Life tempts her to escape to New York.
- Music
- George Gershwin
- Lyrics
- DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin
- Book
- Suzan-Lori Parks, Diedre Murray
Porgy and Bess ( PORG-ee) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935, before it moved to Broadway in New York City. It featured a cast of classically trained African-American singers—a daring artistic choice at the time. A 1976 Houston Grand Opera production gained it a renewed popularity, and it is now one of the best known and most frequently performed operas. The libretto of Porgy and Bess tells the…
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