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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- PBS, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Keywords
- drug addiction
- musical
- south carolina
- based on play or musical
- poverty row
- charleston
- 1900s
- 20th century
- romantic drama
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Top Cast
Marquita Lister as Bess
Alvy Powell as Porgy
Timothy Robert Blevins as Crown
Sabrina Elaine Carten as Maria
Dwayne Clark as Sportin' Life
David Aron Damane as Jake
Darryl Reuben Hall as Company
Wynn Harmon as The Detective
Top Crew
Tazewell Thompson · Director
Dorothy Heyward · Writer
DuBose Heyward · Writer
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