Porgy and Bess (1976)

Broadway, Musical

MusicGeorge Gershwin

Lyrics • Lyrics - AdditionalIra Gershwin

Lyrics • Book • Based on the PlayDorothy Heyward

Lyrics • Book • Based on the PlayDuBose Heyward

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VenueUris Theatre222 W. 51st St. New York, NY

Licensed ByConcord Theatricals

Opening DateSep 25th 1976

Closing DateJan 9th 1977

Creative Team
Director
Jack O'Brien
Original
Second Assistant Director
Mabel Robinson
Original
Helaine Head
Original
Choreographer
Mabel Robinson
Original
Master Music Director Chorus
John DeMain
Original
Music Coordinator
Mel Rodnon
Original
Music Director
John DeMain
Original
Music Preparation
George Darden
Original
Music Director
John De Main
Original
Set Designer
Robert Randolph
Original
Assistant Set Designer
John Rothgeb
Original
Costume Designer
Nancy Potts
Original
Lighting Designer
Gilbert V. Hemsley Jr.
Original
Gilbert V Hemsley Jr.
Original
Production Stage Management
Sally McCravey
Original
Helaine Head
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
William Gammon
Original
Cast
Porgy
Robert Mosley
Original
Donnie Ray Albert
Original
Abraham Lind Oquendo
Original
Bess
Irene Oliver
Original
Esther Hinds
Original
Clamma Dale
Original
Crown
George Robert Merritt
Original
Andrew Hyde Smith
Original
Serena
Delores Ivory Davis
Original
Wilma A Shakesnider
Original
Mingo
Bernard Thacker
Original
Sportin' Life
Larry Marshall
Original
Undertaker
Cornel Richie
Original
Robbins
Glover Parham
Original
Policeman
William Gammon
Original
Coroner
John B Ross
Original
Clara
Betty D Lane
Original
Crab Man
Steven Alex Cole
Original
Jim
Hartwell Mace
Original
Scipio
Alex Carrington
Original
Strawberry Woman
Phyllis Bash
Original
Detective
Hansford Rowe
Original
Ensemble
Naomi Moody
Original
Wilma Shakesnider
Original
John D Anthony
Original
Earl Grandison
Original
Ella Eure
Original
Loretta Holkmann
Original
Alexander B Smalls
Original
Dwight Ransom
Original
Barbara Ann Webb
Original
Kenneth Hamilton
Original
Denice Woods
Original
Rodrick Ross
Original
Alma Johnson
Original
Patricia McDermott
Original
Clamma Cale
Original
Kenneth Bates
Original
Roberta Long
Original
Carol Brice
Original
Raymond Bazemore
Original
Wilhelmenia Fernandez
Original
Elizabeth Graham
Original
William Penn
Original
Betty Lane
Original
Cora Johnson
Original
Barbara Buck
Original
Betty Harris
Original
Wardell Woodard
Original
Earl Baker
Original
Barbara L Young
Original
Myra Merritt
Original
Shirley Baines
Original
Mervin Wallace
Original
Jasbo Brown
Ross Reimueller
Original
Jake
Curtis Dickson
Original
Mr. Archdale
Kenneth Barry
Original
Orchestra
Assistant Conductor
Ross Reimueller
Original
Artistic Production
Producer
Tams-Witmark Music Library Inc.
Original
The Houston Grand Opera
Original
Sherwin M. Goldman
Original
General Management
General Management
Robert A. Buckley
Original

Creative Team
Director
Jack O'Brien
Original
Second Assistant Director
Mabel Robinson
Original
Helaine Head
Original
Choreographer
Mabel Robinson
Original
Master Music Director Chorus
John DeMain
Original
Music Coordinator
Mel Rodnon
Original
Music Director
John DeMain
Original
Music Preparation
George Darden
Original
Music Director
John De Main
Original
Set Designer
Robert Randolph
Original
Assistant Set Designer
John Rothgeb
Original
Costume Designer
Nancy Potts
Original
Lighting Designer
Gilbert V. Hemsley Jr.
Original
Gilbert V Hemsley Jr.
Original
Production Stage Management
Sally McCravey
Original
Helaine Head
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
William Gammon
Original
Cast
Porgy
Robert Mosley
Original
Donnie Ray Albert
Original
Abraham Lind Oquendo
Original
Bess
Irene Oliver
Original
Esther Hinds
Original
Clamma Dale
Original
Crown
George Robert Merritt
Original
Andrew Hyde Smith
Original
Serena
Delores Ivory Davis
Original
Wilma A Shakesnider
Original
Mingo
Bernard Thacker
Original
Sportin' Life
Larry Marshall
Original
Undertaker
Cornel Richie
Original
Robbins
Glover Parham
Original
Policeman
William Gammon
Original
Coroner
John B Ross
Original
Clara
Betty D Lane
Original
Crab Man
Steven Alex Cole
Original
Jim
Hartwell Mace
Original
Scipio
Alex Carrington
Original
Strawberry Woman
Phyllis Bash
Original
Detective
Hansford Rowe
Original
Ensemble
Naomi Moody
Original
Wilma Shakesnider
Original
John D Anthony
Original
Earl Grandison
Original
Ella Eure
Original
Loretta Holkmann
Original
Alexander B Smalls
Original
Dwight Ransom
Original
Barbara Ann Webb
Original
Kenneth Hamilton
Original
Denice Woods
Original
Rodrick Ross
Original
Alma Johnson
Original
Patricia McDermott
Original
Clamma Cale
Original
Kenneth Bates
Original
Roberta Long
Original
Carol Brice
Original
Raymond Bazemore
Original
Wilhelmenia Fernandez
Original
Elizabeth Graham
Original
William Penn
Original
Betty Lane
Original
Cora Johnson
Original
Barbara Buck
Original
Betty Harris
Original
Wardell Woodard
Original
Earl Baker
Original
Barbara L Young
Original
Myra Merritt
Original
Shirley Baines
Original
Mervin Wallace
Original
Jasbo Brown
Ross Reimueller
Original
Jake
Curtis Dickson
Original
Mr. Archdale
Kenneth Barry
Original
Orchestra
Assistant Conductor
Ross Reimueller
Original
Artistic Production
Producer
Tams-Witmark Music Library Inc.
Original
The Houston Grand Opera
Original
Sherwin M. Goldman
Original
General Management
General Management
Robert A. Buckley
Original

Porgy and Bess (1976)

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