Opening Date

Nov 12, 2013

Closing Date

Jul 20, 2014

MusicalOperaRevivalNational Tour
External Links
Official Website

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Setting
Catfish Row and Kittiwah island, Charleston, South Carolina. Late 1930s.
Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Rebecca Gold, Patty Baker, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, Scott M. Delman, Independent Presenters Network, The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust, John Frost/Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Ron Simons, Cheryl & Ted Lachowicz, Luigi Caiola/Rose Caiola, Judith Resnick, SHN/SHN Presents Dallas, Michael & Jean Strunsky, Irene Gandy, Will Trice and GFour Productions; Associate Producer: Greenleaf Productions, Michael Crea, PJ Miller and Olivia Smith-Dews
First performed on August 17, 2011 at The American Repertory Theatre
Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin; Book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks; Musical Score Adapted by Diedre Murray; Musical Director: Dale Rieling; Music orchestrated by William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke
Directed by Diane Paulus; Choreographed by Ronald K. Brown; Associate Director: Nancy Harrington; Assistant Director: Mia Walker; Associate Choreographer: Arcell Cabuag
Scenic Design by Riccardo Hernández; Costume Design by ESosa; Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind; Sound Design by Acme Sound Partners; Hair and Wig Design by J. Jared Janas and Rob Greene; Makeup Design by J. Jared Janas and Rob Greene; Associate Scenic Design: Stephen A. Davan; Associate Costume Design: Ashley Farra; Associate Lighting Design: Anthony Pearson; Associate Sound Design: Jason Crystal; Lighting Programmer: Justin Freeman
General Manager: Richards / Climan, Inc.; Company Manager: Erik Birkeland; Assistant Co. Mgr: Jose Solivan
Technical Supervisor: Hudson Theatrical Associates; Production Stage Manager: John M. Atherlay; Stage Manager: Sharika Niles and William Gilinsky
Conducted by Dale Rieling; Musical Supervisor: Constantine Kitsopoulos; Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Associate Conductor: Chip Prince; Piano: Chip Prince; Drums: Mark O'Kain; Synthesizer Programmer: Karl Mansfield
Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates; Tour Booking Agent: The Booking Group; Dance Captain: Nicole Adell Johnson; Casting: Telsey + Company and Justin Huff, C.S.A.; Marketing Direction: Type A Marketing; Dialect Coach: Dawn-Elin Fraser; Advertising: The Marketing Division; Social Media Outreach: Broadway's Best Shows; Photographer: Michael J. Lutch
Dedicated to the memory of Associate Costume Designer Ashley Farra (who followed her dreams and dedicated her passions to the art of theatre)
Alicia Hall Moran
Bess
Nathaniel Stampley
Porgy
Sumayya Ali
Clara
Denisha Ballew
Serena
Alvin Crawford
Crown
Danielle Lee Greaves
Mariah
David Hughey
Jake
Kingsley Leggs
Sporting Life
Dan Barnhill
Detective
Adrianna M. Cleveland
A Woman of Catfish Row
Roosevelt André Credit
A Fisherman
Cicily Daniels
A Woman of Catfish Row
Dwelvan David
The Crab Man
Nkrumah Gatling
A Fisherman
Tamar Greene
A Fisherman
Nicole Adell Johnson
A Woman of Catfish Row
James Earl Jones II
Robbins
Sarita Rachelle Lilly
Strawberry Woman
Kent Overshown
Mingo
The Undertaker
Chauncey Packer
Peter
The Honey Man
Fred Rose
Policeman
Soara-Joye Ross
A Woman of Catfish Row
Swings: Vanjah Boikai , Quentin Oliver Lee , Cheryse Mcleod Lewis and Lindsay Roberts
Understudies: Sumayya Ali (Bess), Vanjah Boikai (Jake), Adrianna M. Cleveland (Clara), Cicily Daniels (Mariah), Dwelvan David (Crown), Nkrumah Gatling (Jake), William Gilinsky (Policeman), James Earl Jones II (Porgy), Quentin Oliver Lee (Porgy, Crown), Cheryse Mcleod Lewis (Bess), Kent Overshown (Porgy), Chauncey Packer (Sporting Life), Lindsay Roberts (Clara), Fred Rose (Detective) and Soara-Joye Ross (Bess, Serena)
Understudies: Adrianna M. Cleveland (Serena), Kent Overshown (Sporting Life) and Soara-Joye Ross (Mariah)
Act 1
Sung By
Summertime
Clara and Jake
A Woman is a Sometime Thing
Jake and Ensemble
Crap Game
Ensemble
Gone, Gone, Gone
Ensemble
My Man's Gone Now
Serena
Leaving for the Promised Land
Bess and Ensemble
It Takes a Long Pull
Jake and the Fishermen
I Got Plenty of Nothing
Porgy
I Hates Your Strutting Style
Mariah
Bess, You is My Woman Now
Porgy and Bess
Oh, I Can't Sit Down
Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
It Ain't Necessarily So
Sporting Life and Ensemble
What You Want with Bess?
Bess and Crown
It Takes a Long Pull (Reprise)
Jake and the Fishermen
Oh, Doctor Jesus
Serena and Ensemble
Street Cries
Strawberry Woman, Honey Man and The Crab Man
I Loves You, Porgy
Bess and Porgy
Oh, the Lord Shake the Heaven
Ensemble
A Red Headed Woman
Crown and Ensemble
Clara, Don't You be Downhearted
Ensemble
There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon
Sporting Life
Where's My Bess?
Porgy, Mariah and Serena
I'm On My Way
Porgy and Ensemble
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