New THE GERSHWINS' PORGY & BESS National Tour Promo Trailer

By: Nov. 12, 2013
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A passionate new promotional trailer for the national tour of American musical classic THE GERSHWINS' PORGY & BESS is now available to view, featuring the cast and creative team discussing their participation in the production and the content of the legendary opera itself.

Director Diane Paulus, as well as Alicia Hall Morton (who play Bess) and Nathaniel Stampley (who plays Porgy) share their insights into the material in the new promo piece.

"This same production, to be brought all across America, is, to me, the most exciting part of our journey yet," Paulus concludes of the new tour.

The official description of the new national tour of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY & BESS is as follows: "See what Time Magazine exclaims is, "A don't miss theatre event! The #1 Broadway musical of the year." Winner of the 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess is hitting the road in a stunning and stirring new staging, including such legendary songs as "Summertime," "It Ain't Necessarily So," and "I Got Plenty of Nothing." The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess features one of Broadway's most accomplished creative teams, led by Tony-winning director Diane Paulus (Hair), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog), and two-time Obie Award-winning composer DIEDRE L. Murray (Running Man), bringing George and Ira Gershwin's legendary masterwork to the Broadway stage for the first time in more than 35 years. Praised by the New Yorker as, "A great achievement!" and hailed by the Associated Press as, "a Gorgeous version of the Gershwin masterpiece," the classic story of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess is set in Charleston's fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess' relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater's most exhilarating love stories."

More information on the national tour of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY & BESS is available at the official site here.

Additionally, check out a previous promotional trailer released for the tour, as reported by BroadwayWorld here.

View the new promotional trailer for the national tour of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY & BESS below.



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