Concert Guild, Lenfest and Class of '64 join together to present Porgy and Bess. Featuring a cast of 30 with live orchestra, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess will celebrate the opera's 75th Anniversary in 2010.
A fully staged production of Gershwin's masterful "folk-opera" about
an African-American community in early twentieth-century Charleston,
South Carolina, will feature such great tunes as "Summertime," "It
Ain't Necessarily So," "My Man's Gone," and "I'm On My Way."
"Opening Porgy and Bess in 1935 was an exceptionally brave move for
George Gershwin. He insisted on casting African American artists in all
the roles despite the prevailing segregationist and racist views of the
era. The complex issues of race and class were brought to the very
center of Broadway, “the great white way,” with extraordinary,
unforgettable music and an explosive love story set against the
backdrop of Charleston’s Catfish Row."
--Stanley E.
Williams, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
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Concert Guild, Lenfest and Class of '64 join together to present Porgy and Bess. Featuring a cast of 30 with live orchestra, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess will celebrate the opera's 75th Anniversary in 2010.
