Porgy and Bess remains George Gershwin’s magnum opus, with an unforgettable score that includes songs (“Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So”) later recorded by popular musicians from Billie Holiday ...

Now playing in the Grand Theater at Crown Center is Music Theater Heritage’s production of Gershwin’s “PORGY AND BESS.” This is an example of MTH going “all in” on a very challenging show and ...

On Sept. 2, 1935, George Gershwin signed his name to the completed orchestral score of the opera, “Porgy and Bess.” The composer called the 700-page score his masterpiece. Many critics consider it to ...

In the third or fourth phase of his illustrious career, Miles Davis recorded an album called Porgy and Bess. The title didn’t indicate that he was playing the music that George Gershwin had created ...

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 ...

Do you remember the 1988 Bobby McFerrin song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? The extraordinarily talented and versatile musician’s ...

A.R.T. artistic director Diane Paulus, a Tony Award nominee for the 2008 revival of Hair, is staging the Broadway-bound production, which re-imagines the traditionally sung-through, four-hour opera, ...

Here's the question people always ask about Porgy and Bess: Back in 1933, when George Gershwin sat down at his piano, did he create a musical, an operetta, a quaint period piece, or a white-boy ...

Morgans has been fortunate to build a career during a moment when more Black stories are finding space on opera stages. He has performed in several major works within this growing repertoire, ...

Tony nominee Lewis (Sondheim on Sondheim, Side Show, Les Miserables) stars as the crippled beggar Porgy opposite four-time Tony Award winner McDonald (Ragtime, Marie Christine, Master Class) as Bess.