The Gershwins'
Porgy and Bess
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Previews Began: December 17, 2011
Opening Night: January 12, 2012
Closing Night: September 23, 2012
Lyrics: George Gershwin
Diedre Murray
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Dorothy Heyward
DuBose Heyward
Libretto: DuBose Heyward
An operatic adaptation of Porgy that follows the lives of the inhabitants of Catfish Row, an African-American section of Charleston, South Carolina, including the crippled Porgy, his beloved Bess, who is under the thrall of the dangerous Crown, and the sinewy drug dealer Sportin’ Life.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Summertime………………………………………….Clara. Jake
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing………..Jake, Ensemble
Crap Game……………………………………………..Ensemble
Gone, Gone, Gone……………………………………Ensemble
My Man’s Gone Now……………………………………Serena
Leaving for the Promised Land………..Bess, Ensemble
It Takes a Long Pull…………………………Jake, Ensemble
I Got Plenty of Nothing………………………………….Porgy
I Hates Your Strutting Style…………………………Mariah
Bess, You Is My Woman Now………………..Porgy, Bess
Oh I Can’t Sit Down…………………………………Ensemble
ACT TWO
It Ain’t Necessarily So Sporting Life………….Ensemble
What You Want With Bess?…………………Bess, Crown
Oh, Doctor Jesus…………………………Serena, Ensemble
Street Cries……………………Strawberry Woman, Peter,
The Crab Man
I Loves You, Porgy…………………………………Bess, Porgy
Oh, The Lord Shake the Heaven……………….Ensemble
A Red Headed Woman………………….Crown, Ensemble
Clara, Don’t You Be Downhearted…………….Ensemble
There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon……..Sporting Life
Where’s My Bess?…………………Porgy, Mariah, Serena
I’m On My Way……………………………..Porgy, Ensemble
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
David Alan Grier Sporting Life
Norm Lewis Porgy
Audra McDonald Bess
Allison Blackwell A Woman of Catfish Row
Phillip Boykin Crown
Roosevelt André Credit A Fisherman
Nikki Renée Daniels Clara
Trevon Davis A Fisherman
Joseph Dellger Policeman
Wilkie Ferguson A Fisherman
Joshua Henry Jake
Heather Hill A Woman of Catfish Row
Christopher Innvar Detective
Andrea Jones-Sojola Strawberry Woman
Alicia Hall Moran A Woman of Catfish Row
Cedric Neal The Crab Man
Bryonha Marie Parham Serena
Phumzile Sojola Peter
The Honey Man
Nathaniel Stampley Robbins
J.D. Webster Mingo
The Undertaker
Lisa Nicole Wilkerson A Woman of Catfish Row
NaTasha Yvette Williams Mariah
Swings: Sumayya Ali, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Gavin Gregory, David Hughey, Julius Thomas III
REPLACEMENTS
Dan Barnhill Policeman
9/18/12 – 9/23/12
Joseph Dellger Detective
9/18/12 – 9/23/12
Swing: Sarita Rachelle Lilly
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