The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin10.0
Plot
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Writer | Ira Gershwin |
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Director | Francesca Zambello |
Actor | Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Lester Lynch |
Country | United States of America |
Production | San Francisco Opera |