Porgy and Bess

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.

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Cast

Willard White

Porgy

Cynthia Haymon

Bess

Gregg Baker

Crown

Cynthia Clarey

Serena

Marietta Simpson

Maria

Damon Evans

Sportin' Life

Paula Ingram

Clara / Annie (singing voice)

Gordon Hawkins

Jake

D. Alonzo Washington

Robbins

Mervin Wallace

Peter