Porgy and Bess
2002-03-20 en 153m
Music
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.
Director
Tazewell Thompson
Writer
Dorothy Heyward
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Lyricist
Ira Gershwin
Music
George Gershwin
Production Design
Douglas W. Schmidt
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Status
ReleasedCountries
- United States of America
Companies
- PBS
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
