The read
It runs long at 3h 4m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Trevor NunnDirector
- DuBose HeywardWriter
- Dorothy HeywardWriter
- George GershwinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Willard WhitePorgy
- Cynthia HaymonBess
- Gregg BakerCrown
- Cynthia ClareySerena
- Marietta SimpsonMaria
- Damon EvansSportin' Life
- Paula IngramClara / Annie (singing voice)
- Gordon HawkinsJake
- D. Alonzo WashingtonRobbins
- Mervin WallacePeter
- Barrington ColemanMingo
- William B. JohnsonFrazier
Themes
operadisabilityblack singersex workerglyndebourneblack love