Porgy and Bess (2002)
2h 33m
Running Time
March 20, 2002Release Date
Porgy and Bess (2002)
2h 33m
Running Time
March 20, 2002Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Marquita Lister
Bess

Alvy Powell
Porgy

Timothy Robert Blevins
Crown

Sabrina Elaine Carten
Maria

Dwayne Clark
Sportin' Life

David Aron Damane
Jake

Darryl Reuben Hall
Company

Wynn Harmon
The Detective

Charles Mandracchia
Policeman

Angela Renée Simpson
Serena

Martin Sola
Nelson

Douglas W. Schmidt
Production Design

Alan Adelman
Lighting Design

Nancy Potts
Costume Design

John Goberman
Producer

George Gershwin
Music

Dorothy Heyward
Writer

Ira Gershwin
Lyricist

Tazewell Thompson
Director

DuBose Heyward
Writer

Robert Wierzel
Lighting Design

TanNa Young
Manager of Operations

John DeMain
Conductor
Details.
This Movie Is About.
drug addiction
musical
south carolina
based on play or musical
poverty row
charleston
early 1900s
20th century
romantic drama