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| First Preview: | Sep 20, 1976 |
Total Previews: | 7 |
| Opening Date: | Sep 25, 1976 |
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| Closing Date: | Jan 09, 1977 |
Total Performances: | 122 |
| Production Staff |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by James M. Nederlander, Joseph Nederlander and Gerard Oestreicher |
| Produced by Sherwin M. Goldman and The Houston Grand Opera; Produced by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. |
| Music by George Gershwin; Libretto by DuBose Heyward; Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin; Founded on the play "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward; Musical Director and Chorus Master: John DeMain |
| Directed by Jack O'Brien; Choreographed by Mabel Robinson; Assistant Director: Mabel Robinson and Helaine Head |
| Scenic Design by Robert Randolph; Costume Design by Nancy Potts; Lighting Design by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.; Additional scenic elements for Kittiwah Island designed by John Rothgeb |
| General Manager: Robert A. Buckley; Company Manager: Bill Liberman |
| Production Stage Manager: Helaine Head; Stage Manager: Sally McCravey; Assistant Stage Mgr: William Gammon |
| Music Preparation: George Darden; Music Contractor: Mel Rodnon; Assistant Conductor: Ross Reimueller |
| Goat trained and handled by Dawn Animal Agency, Inc.; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates; Press Representative: Michael Alpert, Marilynn LeVine and Warren Knowlton |
| The Producers wish to express their gratitude for the assistance, advice and confidence of Milton Aborn, Ira Gershwin, Lenore Gershwin, Jennifer Heyward, Robert Kimball, Kay Swift and Mrs. Edgar Tobin |
| Understudies: John D. Anthony (Crown), Shirley Baines (Serena), Phyllis Bash (Bess), Kenneth Bates (Peter), Barbara Buck (Lily, Strawberry Woman), William Gammon (Detective), Elizabeth Graham (Clara), Earl Grandison (Frazier, Undertaker), Kenneth Hamilton (Jake), Alma Johnson (Clara), Hartwell Mace (Porgy), Myra Merritt (Clara), William Penn (Jim), Dwight Ransom (Crab Man, Nelson), Rodrick Ross (Robbins), Alexander B. Smalls (Jake), Bernard Thacker (Sportin' Life), Barbara Ann Webb (Maria), Wardell Woodard (Mingo) and Barbara L. Young (Annie) |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Summertime | Clara |
| A Woman Is a Sometime Thing | Jake and Men |
| Here Come de Honey Man | Peter (The Honey Man) |
| They Pass By Singing | Porgy |
| Oh Little Stars | Porgy |
| Gone, Gone, Gone | Ensemble |
| Overflow | Ensemble |
| My Man's Gone Now | Serena |
| Leavin' fo' de Promis' Lan | Bess and Ensemble |
| It Takes a Long Pull | Jake and Men |
| I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | Porgy and Ensemble |
| Buzzard | Porgy and Ensemble |
| Bess, You Is My Woman Now | Porgy and Bess |
| Oh I Can't Sit Down | Ensemble |
| I Ain't Got No Shame | Ensemble |
| It Ain't Necessarily So | Sportin' Life and Ensemble |
| What You Want With Bess? | Bess and Crown |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
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| Oh, Doctor Jesus | Serena, Maria, Peter (The Honey Man), Lily and Porgy |
| I Loves You, Porgy | Porgy and Bess |
| Oh, He'venly Father | Ensemble |
| Oh de Lawd Shake de Heaven | Ensemble |
| Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' at de Do' | Ensemble |
| A Red Headed Woman | Crown and Ensemble |
| Clara, Clara | Ensemble |
| There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York | Sportin' Life and Bess |
| Good Mornin', Sistuh! | Porgy |
| Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess | Porgy, Serena and Maria |
| Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way | Porgy and Ensemble |
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