Porgy and Bess

1942 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Majestic Theatre

Opening Night

Jan 22, 1942

Total Performances

286

Original Cast

Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Catherine Ayers, William Bowers, Jack Carr, Osbert Chevers, Warren Coleman, Henry Davis, Helen Dowdy, Paul Du Pont, Robert Ecton, Ruby Elzy, John Garth, Georgette Harvey, Harriet Jackson, Jacqueline Jennings, The Eva Jessye Choir, J. Rosamond Johnson, Naida King, Rosalie King, Avon Long, Edward Matthews, Harvey McGill, Gibbs Penrose, William Richardson, Robert Tucker, Jimmy Waters, Al West, Granville Williams, Lorraine Williams, William Woolfolk

Director

Robert Ross

Producer

Cheryl Crawford

Scenic Design

Herbert Andrews

Costume Design

Paul Du Pont

1943 Broadway Revival

Theatre

44th Street Theatre

Opening Night

Sep 13, 1943

Total Performances

24

Original Cast

Etta Moten, Todd Duncan, Roger Aeford, Ruthetta Anderson, Catherine Ayers, Richard Bowler, Charles Coleman, Warren Coleman, Charles Colman, Don Darcy, Henry Davis, Harold Desverney, John Diggs, Virginia Girvin, Gladys Goode, Leslie Gray, Georgette Harvey, Louisa Howard, Alma Hubbard, Harriet Jackson, Kenneth Konopka, Jerry Laws, Avon Long, Assota Marshall, Edward Matthews, Sadie McGill, Coral McMahan, Coyal McMahon, William O'Neal, George Randol, Douglas Rice, Patricia Rice, Eulabel Riley, Annabelle Ross, Velda Shelton, Zelda Shelton, William C. Smith, Kenneth Tucker, Robert Tucker, Thomas Tucker, Edward Lee Tyler, Eloise Uggams, Charles Welch, Musa Williams

Director

Robert Ross

Producer

Cheryl Crawford

Musical Director

Eva Jessye

Scenic Design

Herbert Andrews

Costume Design

Paul Du Pont

1944 Broadway Revival

Theatre

City Center

Opening Night

Feb 7, 1944

Total Performances

64

Original Cast

Etta Moten, William Franklin, Roger Alford, Ruthetta Anderson, Catherine Ayres, Olive Ball, Richard Bowler, Frances Brock, Warren Coleman, Charles Colman, Don Darcy, Henry Davis, Harold Desverney, John Diggs, Gladys Goode, Leslie Gray, Georgette Harvey, Louisa Howard, Alma Hubbard, Harriet Jackson, Kenneth Konopka, Jerry Laws, Avon Long, Assota Marshall, Edward Matthews, Sadie McGill, Coyal McMahon, William O'Neal, George Randol, Douglas Rice, Patricia Rice, Eulabel Riley, Annabelle Ross, Zelda Shelton, William C. Smith, Kenneth Tucker, Robert Tucker, Thomas Tucker, Eloise Uggams, Charles Welch, Musa Williams

Director

Robert Ross

Producer

Cheryl Crawford and John J. Wildberg

Scenic Design

Herbert Andrews

Costume Design

Paul Du Pont

1953 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Ziegfeld Theatre

Opening Night

Mar 10, 1953

Total Performances

305

Original Cast

Urylee Leonardos, Leontyne Price, Irving Barnes, LeVern Hutcherson, Joseph Attles, Catherine Ayers, Jacqueline Barnes, Lawson Bates, James Hawthorne Bey, Rhoda Boggs, Walter P. Brown, Georgia Burke, Miriam Burton, Sibol Cain, Cab Calloway, Elsie Clark, Helen Colbert, Charles Colman, Clarice Crawford, Joseph Crawford, Willis Daily, Hugh Dilworth, Helen Dowdy, Helen Ferguson, Elizabeth Foster, Doris Galiber, John Garth, Ruby Greene, Kenneth Hibbert, George A. Hill, Joseph James, Jebob, Sam Kasakoff, Moses La Marr, Jerry Laws, John McCurry, Joy McLean, Pauline Phelps, Edna Ricks, Walter Riemer, Howard Roberts, Anabelle Ross, George Royston Jr., George A. Royston, Sherman Sneed, Delores Swan, Helen Thigpen, Clyde Turner, Eloise C. Uggams, William Veasey, Barbara Ann Webb, Ray Yeates

Director

Robert Breen

Producer

Blevins Davis and Robert Breen

Musical Director

Alexander Smallens

Scenic Design

Wolfgang Roth

Costume Design

Jed Mace

1976 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Uris Theatre and Mark Hellinger Theatre

Opening Night

Sep 25, 1976

Total Performances

122

Original Cast

Clamma Dale, Esther Hinds, Donnie Ray Albert, Abraham Lind-Oquendo, Steven Alex-Cole, John D. Anthony, Shirley Baines, Earl Baker, Kenneth Barry, Phyllis Bash, Kenneth Bates, Raymond Bazemore, Carol Brice, Barbara Buck, Alex Carrington, Curtis Dickson, Ella Eure, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, William Gammon, Elizabeth Graham, Earl Grandison, Kenneth Hamilton, Betty Harris, Loretta Holkmann, Delores Ivory-Davis, Alma Johnson, Cora Johnson, Betty D. Lane, Roberta Long, Hartwell Mace, Larry Marshall, Patricia McDermott, George Robert Merritt, Myra Merritt, Naomi Moody, Glover Parham, William Penn, Dwight Ransom, Ross Reimueller, Cornel Richie, John B. Ross, Rodrick Ross, Hansford Rowe, Wilma A. Shakesnider, Alexander B. Smalls, Andrew Smith, Bernard Thacker, Mervin Wallace, Barbara Ann Webb, Wardell Woodard, Denice Woods, Barbara L. Young

Director

Jack O'Brien

Choreographer

Mabel Robinson

Producer

Sherwin M. Goldman and The Houston Grand Opera

Musical Director

John DeMain

Scenic Design

Robert Randolph (Additional scenic elements for Kittiwah Island designed by John Rothgeb)

Costume Design

Nancy Potts

Lighting Design

Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.

1983 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Radio City Music Hall

Opening Night

Apr 7, 1983

Total Performances

45

Original Cast

Henrietta Elizabeth Davis, Priscilla Baskerville, Naomi Moody, Daisy Newman, Robert Mosley Jr., Michael V. Smartt, Jonathan Sprague, James Tyeska, Loretta Abbott, Timothy Allen, Shirley Baines, Earl L. Baker, Gregg Baker, Emerson Battles, Raymond H. Bazemore, Shirley Black-Brown, Roslyn Burrough, Vertrelle Cameron, Seraiah Carol, Duane Clenton Carter, Dabriah Chapman, Louise Coleman, Janice D. Dixon, Diallobe Dorsey, Cisco Xavier Drayton, Alberta M. Driver, Richert Easley, Joseph S. Eubanks, Karen E. Eubanks, Lori Eubanks, Beno Foster, Luvenia Garner, Jerry Godfrey, Earl Grandison, Milton B. Grayson, Jr., Elvira Green, Lawrence Hamilton, Gurcell Henry, Angela Holcomb, Lisa D. Holkmann, Loretta Holkmann, Janice T. Hutson, David-Michael Johnson, Leavata Johnson, Tyrone Jolivet, Dorothy L. Jones, Donald Walter Kase, Robert Kryser, Roberta Alexandra Laws, Eugene Little, Jason Little, Ann Marie Mackey, Barbara Mahajan, Amelia Marshall, Larry Marshall, Richard Mason, Y. Yvonne Matthews, Regina McConnell, Everett McCorvey, John McDaniels, George Robert Merritt, William Moize, Byron Onque, H. William Penn, Marenda Perry, Lou Ann Pickett, Akili Prince, Herbert Lee Rawlings, Jr., Roumel Reaux, Noelle Richards, David Robertson, Lattilia Ronrico, Renee L. Rose, Myles Gregory Savage, Wilma A. Shakesnider, Sheryl Shell, Kiki Shepard, Gwendolyn Shepherd, Alexander Smalls, Larry Storch, Edward Strauss, Kevin L. Stroman, Charee Adia Thorpes, Veronica Tyler, Mervin Bertel Wallace, Pamela Warrick-Smith, Cornelius White, Rodney Wing, Tarik Winston, Denice Woods, Thomas J. Young

Director

Jack O'Brien

Choreographer

George Faison

Producer

Radio City Music Hall Productions (Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer) and Sherwin M. Goldman Productions

Musical Director

C. William Harwood

Scenic Design

Douglas W. Schmidt

Costume Design

Nancy Potts

Lighting Design

Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.

2012 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Richard Rodgers Theatre

Opening Night

Jan 12, 2012

Total Performances

293

Original Cast

Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier, Phillip Boykin, Nikki Renee Daniels, Joshua Henry, Christopher Innvar, Bryonha Marie Parham, NaTasha Yvette Williams (Mariah) as well as Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt Andre Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson

Director

Diane Paulus

Choreographer

Ronald K. Brown

Producer

Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel in association with the American Repertory Theatre

Musical Director

Constantine Kitsopoulos

Orchestrations

William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke

Scenic Design

Riccardo Hernandez

Costume Design

Emilio Sosa

Lighting Design

Christopher Akerlind

Sound Design

Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers

1959 Film Version

Movie Name

Porgy and Bess

Type

Hollywood Musical

Director

Otto Preminger

Screenplay

N. Richard Nash

Starring

Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr.