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Porgy and Bess
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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.
Cast
Willard White
Porgy
Cynthia Haymon
Bess
G
Gregg Baker
Crown
Cynthia Clarey
Serena
Marietta Simpson
Maria
Damon Evans
Sportin' Life
P
Paula Ingram
Clara / Annie (singing voice)
G
Gordon Hawkins
Jake
D
D. Alonzo Washington
Robbins
M
Mervin Wallace
Peter
Barrington Coleman
Mingo
W
William B. Johnson
Frazier
C
Camella Johnson
Strawberry Woman
C
Colenton Freeman
Nelson / Crabman
Y
Yolanda Grant
Annie
M
Maureen Brathwaite
Lily
