Porgy and Bess (International Tour, 1952)

Production Info

Previews: not listed yet (not listed yet)
Opening June 1952
Closing: June 1956
Length of Run: not listed yet
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: International

Credits

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Director

Robert Breen

Cast

... Porgy (alt)	LeVern Hutcherson Leslie Scott Irving Barnes
... Bess (alt)	Leontyne Price Urylee Leonardos
... Performer	McHenry Boatwright John W. Bubbles Robert Henson Barbara Webb Miriam Burton Alonzo Jones Bernice Hall Maeretha Stewart

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Summer Time .... Clara
A Woman is a Sometime Thing .... Jake & Ensemble
They Pass by Singing .... Porgy
Roll Them Bones .... Porgy, Sportin' Life, Crown & Ensemble
Gone, Gone, Gone! .... Ensemble
Overflow .... Ensemble
My Man's Gone Now .... Serena
Leavin' fo' de Promis' Lan' .... Bess & Ensemble

Act Two

I Ain't Got No Shame .... Sportin' Life & Ensemble
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There .... Jake & Fisherman
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' .... Porgy
Woman to Lady .... Porgy, Bess, Frazier & Ensemble
Bess, You is My Woman Now .... Porgy & Bess
Oh, I Can't Sit Down .... Charleston Orphans' Band
It Ain't Necessarily So .... Sportin' Life & Ensemble
What You Want With Bess? .... Crown & Bess
Time and Time Again .... Serena & Ensemble
Strawberry Woman
Crab Man
I Loves You, Porgy .... Porgy & Bess
Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heaven .... Ensemble
A Red Headed Woman .... Crown & Ensemble
Oh, Doctor Jesus .... Company

Act Three

Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted .... Ensemble
There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York .... Sportin' Life & Bess
Buzzard Song .... Porgy
Where's My Bess? .... Porgy
I'm On My Way .... Porgy

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Trivia & History

This production restored a great deal of the music including some that had not been used before. Parts of the libretto were revised and cut and some musical numbers were displaced. Dialogue was added from the novel with the approval of Dorothy Heyward and many ad-libbed remarks from the workscript of the libretto were added for atmosphere.

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Production Info

Previews: not listed yet (not listed yet)
Opening June 1952
Closing: June 1956
Length of Run: not listed yet
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: International

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Audio Recordings

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Commercial Recordings

German Radio Broadcast (1952)
Leontyne Price , William Warfield , Cab Calloway

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