The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin
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.
- Genre: Music
- Studio: San Francisco Opera
- Keyword: opera, drug addiction, musical, south carolina, based on play or musical, cripple, poverty row, charleston, 1900s, 20th century, romantic drama
- Cast: Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Lester Lynch, Chauncey Packer, Karen Slack, Angel Blue