Stage production

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.

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing	Edward Matthews	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (29 artists)
Bess, You Is My Woman Now	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (139 artists)
Gone, Gone, Gone	The Eva Jessye Choir	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (18 artists)
Here Come de Honey Man	Gus Simons	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (17 artists)
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (99 artists)
I Loves You, Porgy	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (275 artists)
It Ain't Necessarily So	John W. Bubbles	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (272 artists)
My Man's Gone Now	Ruby Elzy	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	Covered by (174 artists)
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?	Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (40 artists)
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way	Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (15 artists)
Summertime	Abbie Mitchell	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Covered by (2092 artists)