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.
Title | Porgy and Bess |
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Year | 2002 |
Genre | Music |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | PBS, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
Cast | Marquita Lister, Alvy Powell, Timothy Robert Blevins, Sabrina Elaine Carten, Dwayne Clark, David Aron Damane |
Crew | Dorothy Heyward (Writer), George Gershwin (Music), Nancy Potts (Costume Design), DuBose Heyward (Writer), Alan Adelman (Lighting Design), Ira Gershwin (Lyricist) |
Keyword | drug addiction, musical, south carolina, based on play or musical, poverty row, charleston, 1900s, 20th century, romantic drama |
Release | Mar 20, 2002 |
Runtime | 153 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 0.00 / 10 by 0 users |