Porgy and Bess

Overview

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.

Directed by Trevor Nunn

Top cast

Willard White

Porgy

Cynthia Haymon

Bess

G

Gregg Baker

Crown

Cynthia Clarey

Serena

Marietta Simpson

Maria

Damon Evans

Sportin' Life

P

Paula Ingram

Clara / Annie (singing voice)

G

Gordon Hawkins

Jake

D

D. Alonzo Washington

Robbins

M

Mervin Wallace

Peter

Barrington Coleman

Mingo

W

William B. Johnson

Frazier

C

Camella Johnson

Strawberry Woman

C

Colenton Freeman

Nelson / Crabman

Y

Yolanda Grant

Annie

M

Maureen Brathwaite

Lily

C

Curtis Watson

Jim

A

Autris Paige

Undertaker

L

Linda Thompson

Neighbour

A

Andrez Harriott

Scipio

Details