A jazz interpretation of the American opera “Porgy and Bess” debuts this weekend at the New Vic Theater in Santa Barbara, starring actors Elijah Rock and Karole Foreman. Composed by George Gershwin, ...

More than 50 years after Charleston's landmark 1970 production of "Porgy and Bess," former cast members shared firsthand ...

Soprano Angel Blue as Bess and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as Porgy in HGO's productionof Porgy and Bess. Credit: Michael Bishop When George Gershwin died in Hollywood in 1937 at the age of 38 from a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Angel Blue and Michael Sumuel in Houston Grand Opera's 'Porgy and Bess' (Michael Bishop) The Houston Grand Opera opened its ...

Anticipation is running high for Seattle Opera‘s Porgy and Bess which opens this weekend. George Gershwin’s work is America’s most popular and controversial opera. Porgy and Bess is easily the most ...

NEW YORK — “Bess, you is my woman now,” the disabled beggar and unlikely hero of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” sings when he realizes that, somehow, Bess — desirable, though troubled — may actually love ...

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WHERE: Schuster Center, Second and Main streets. WHEN: 8 p.m. Oct. 23 and 29, and 3 p.m. Oct. 31. TICKETS: $36-$92. Discounts available for seniors, students and ...

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