The Gershwins ®’ Porgy and Bess SM

HISTORY

Premiere Alvin Theatre on Broadway, October 10, 1935, New York, NY

Last Performed By Washington National Opera October-November 2005, in the Kennedy Center Opera House with Wayne Marshall conducting and Francesca Zambello directing, featuring the following cast: Porgy, Gordon Hawkins/Kevin Short; Bess, Indira Mahajan/Morenike Fadayomi; Crown, Terry Cook/Lester Lynch; Jasbo Brown, Eric Reed/Lester Green, Jr.; Clara, Laquita Mitchell/Alyson Cambridge; Sportin’ Life, Jermaine Smith; Serena, Angela Simpson/Dara Rahming

George Gershwin’s Stage Works La La Lucille, New York, Henry Miller Theatre, May 26,1919 A Dangerous Maid , Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 21, 1921 Blue Monday (opera), orchestrated W. H. Vodery, New York, Globe Theatre, August 28, 1922; as 135th Street , reorchd F. Grofé, Carnegie Hall (concert perf), December 29, 1925 Our Nell , Nora Bayes Theatre, December 4, 1922 Sweet Little Devil , New York, Astor Theatre, January 21, 1924 Primrose , London, Winter Garden Theatre, September 11, 1924 Lady, be Good! , New York, Liberty Theatre, December 1, 1924 Tell Me More , New York, Gaiety Theatre, April 13, 1925 Tip-Toes, New York, Liberty Theatre, December 28, 1925 Song of the Flame (operetta), New York, 44th Street Theatre, December 30, 1925 Oh, Kay! , New York, Imperial Theatre, November 8, 1926 Strike up the Band (operetta), Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, September 5, 1927; 2nd version, Times Square, January 14, 1930 Funny Face , New York, Alvin Theatre, November 22, 1927 Rosalie , New York, New Amsterdam Theatre, January 10, 1928 Treasure Girl , New York, Alvin Theatre, November 8, 1928 Show Girl , New York, Ziegfeld Theatre, July 2, 1929 Girl Crazy , New York, Alvin Theatre, October 14, 1930 Of Thee I Sing (operetta), New York, Music Box Theatre, December 26, 1931

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Pardon my English , New York, Majestic Theatre, January 20, 1933 Let ’em eat Cake (operetta), New York, Imperial Theatre, October 21, 1933 Porgy and Bess (opera), New York, Alvin Theatre, October 10, 1935

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