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.
Released: Mar 20, 2002
Runtime: 153 minutes
Genre: Music
Stars: Marquita Lister, Alvy Powell, Timothy Robert Blevins, Sabrina Elaine Carten, Dwayne Clark, David Aron Damane
Crew: Douglas W. Schmidt (Production Design), Alan Adelman (Lighting Design), Nancy Potts (Costume Design), George Gershwin (Music), Dorothy Heyward (Writer), Ira Gershwin (Lyricist)