The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Apr 19, 2009

2h 38m

★ 10.0

From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

San Francisco Opera

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Trailers

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Cast

Porgy

Eric Owens

Bess

Laquita Mitchell

Crown

Lester Lynch

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