Stage musical

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

Opening date: September 30, 1935
Comments: An American folk opera in three acts, starring Todd Duncan as "Porgy" and Anne Wiggins Brown as "Bess". First performed at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. Opened on Broadway on October 10, 1935 at the Alvin Theatre where it ran for 124 performances.

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Performances

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
A Red-Headed Woman	Warren Coleman, Abbie Mitchell, Anne Brown	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by Johnny Hartman
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing PRF	Edward Matthews	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (37 artists) Originally by Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC
Bess, You Is My Woman Now PRF	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (178 artists) Originally by Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL
Gone, Gone, Gone	The Eva Jessye Choir	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (20 artists)
Here Come de Honey Man	Gus Simons	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (18 artists)
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' PRF	Todd Duncan	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (131 artists) Originally by Lawrence Tibbett REC
I Loves You, Porgy PRF	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (342 artists) Originally by Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL
It Ain't Necessarily So PRF	John W. Bubbles	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (362 artists) Originally by Lawrence Tibbett REC
My Man's Gone Now PRF	Ruby Elzy	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (206 artists) Originally by Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Helen Jepson REL
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? PRF	Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (42 artists) Originally by Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
Oh, Doctor Jesus	Ruby Elzy	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (2 artists)
Oh I Can't Sit Down	Ensemble [Porgy and Bess]	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by Whiffenpoofs
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way	Todd Duncan	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (21 artists)
Summertime PRF	Abbie Mitchell	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (2512 artists) Originally by Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York	John W. Bubbles & Anne Brown	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by Bluegrass Student Union
What You Want wid Bess?	Warren Coleman & Anne Wiggins Brown	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by Phillip Boykin