Film

Porgy and Bess

7.219933h 4mMusic Drama

Director: Trevor Nunn
Year: 1993

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.

Top cast

Willard White

Porgy

Cynthia Haymon

Bess

Gregg Baker

Crown

Cynthia Clarey

Serena

Marietta Simpson

Maria

Damon Evans

Sportin' Life

Paula Ingram

Clara / Annie (singing voice)

Gordon Hawkins

Jake

D. Alonzo Washington

Robbins

Mervin Wallace

Peter

Barrington Coleman

Mingo

William B. Johnson

Frazier

Camella Johnson

Strawberry Woman

Colenton Freeman

Nelson / Crabman

Yolanda Grant

Annie

Maureen Brathwaite

Lily

Curtis Watson

Jim

Autris Paige

Undertaker

Directed by

Trevor Nunn

Written by

DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward

Produced by

Greg Smith, Stephanie Marks