Porgy and Bess, which has music by George Gershwin, lyrics by his brother Ira and a book and additional lyrics by DuBose Heyward, has been re-explored as a musical for contemporary theatre audiences.
“Summertime,” meet summertime. But why the name change for this touring production? Why is this revival no longer called Porgy and Bess, as it was when it premiered in 1935 by George and Ira Gershwin ...
Nikki Renée Daniels, a talented vet of eight Broadway musicals (including Aida, Anything Goes, Promises, Promises, Les Miserables and Nine), is back on the Rialto as luminous young mother Clara in ...
"Summertime" "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" "My Man's Gone Now" "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" "Bess, You Is My Woman" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Loves You, Porgy" In the 1920s, George Gershwin had an ...