Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Libretto: DuBose Heyward
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Tryout: Colonial Theater, Boston, September 30, 1935.
Produced by the Theatre Guild at the Alvin Theater, New York
Opened: October 10, 1935
Performances: 124


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Original Cast

•Porgy -- Todd Duncan •Bess -- Anne Brown •Sportin' Life -- John W. 
Bubbles •Abbie Mitchell -- Clara •Ruby Elzy -- Serena •Warren Coleman -- 
Crown



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Songs

ACT ONE

Jasbo Brown Blues
Summertime
A Woman is a Sometime Thing
Here Comes the Honeyman
They Pass By Singin'
Oh Little Stars
Crap Game Fugue
Gone, Gone, Gone!
Overflow
My Man's Gone Now
Leavin' for the Promis' Lan'

ACT TWO

It Take a Long Pull to Get There
I Got Plenty o' Nuthin'
Woman to Lady
Buzzard Keep On Flyin' Over
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Oh, I Can't Sit Down
I Ain't Got No Shame
It Ain't Necessarily So
What You Want with Bess?
Oh, Doctor Jesus
Strawberry Woman, Crab Man
I Loves You, Porgy
Oh, Heav'nly Father
Oh, the Lawd Shake the Heavens
A Red-Headed Woman
Oh, There's Somebody Knockin' at the Door

ACT THREE

Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted
There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York
Good Mornin', Sistuh!
Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way!