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Porgy and Bess

Regional Tour (1977)

Production Info

Opening Summer 1977
Closing: Summer 1977
Length of Run: not listed yet
Run Type: Limited

Credits Highlights

... Director	Jack O'Brien (i)
... Choreography	Mabel Robinson

Cast

... Porgy (alternates)	Donnie Ray Albert Robert Mosley Bruce A. Hubbard
... Bess (alternates)	Wilhelmenia Fernandez Gail Nelson Naomi Moody
... Clara (alternates)	Elizabeth Graham Henrietta Davis
... Jake (alternate)	Bruce A. Hubbard Jubilant Sykes
... Sportin' Life (alternates)	Larry Marshall Ronald E. Richardson
... Serena (alternates)	Delores Ivory-Davis Wilma Shakesnider Shirley Baines
... Maria (alternates)	Joanne Jackson Gwendolyn Shepherd
... Peter	Mervin Bertel Wallace
... Lily	Barbara Buck
... Crown (alternates)	George Robert Merritt Andrew Smith

Musical Numbers

Act One

Summer Time .... Clara
A Woman is a Sometime Thing .... Jake & Ensemble
They Pass by Singing .... Porgy
Gone, Gone, Gone! .... Ensemble
Overflow .... Ensemble
My Man's Gone Now .... Serena
Leavin' fo' de Promis' Lan' .... Bess & Ensemble
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There .... Jake & Fisherman
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' .... Porgy
Buzzard Song .... 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

Act Two

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

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Production Info

Opening Summer 1977
Closing: Summer 1977
Length of Run: not listed yet
Run Type: Limited

Venues

Tour Schedule

St. Louis MUNY (St. Louis, MO)
August 15, 1977 - August 21, 1977
Starlight Theatre (Kansas City, MO)
August 22, 1977 - August 28, 1977

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