The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Broadway Original Cast Revival

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Broadway


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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has won several awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Acme Sound Partners, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Audra McDonald, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Norm Lewis, Distinguished Revival of a Musical at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Outstanding Debut Performance at the Theatre World Awards for Phillip Boykin.

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has won the following Tony Awards: - Best Costume Design of a Musical for ESosa - Best Direction of a Musical for Diane Paulus - Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Christopher Akerlind - Best Orchestrations for William David Brohn - Best Orchestrations for Christopher Jahnke - Best Revival of a Musical for The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust - Best Revival of a Musical for American Repertory Theater - Best Revival of a Musical for Freitag Productions/Koenigsberg Filerman - Best Revival of a Musical for Terry Schnuck - Best Revival of a Musical for Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub - Best Revival of a Musical for Joseph & Matthew Deitch - Best Revival of a Musical for Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Brunish Trinchero/Lucio Simons TBC - Best Revival of a Musical for Howard Kagan - Best Revival of a Musical for Rebecca Gold - Best Revival of a Musical for Jerry Frankel - Best Revival of a Musical for Jeffrey Richards - Best Revival of a Musical for American Repertory Theater - Best Revival of a Musical for Universal Pictures Stage Productions - Best Revival of a Musical for Ken Mahoney - Best Revival of a Musical for Judith Resnick - Best Revival of a Musical for Tulchin/Bartner/ATG - Best Revival of a Musical for Paper Boy Productions - Best Revival of a Musical for Christopher Hart - Best Revival of a Musical for Alden Badway - Best Revival of a Musical for Broadway Across America - Best Revival of a Musical for Irene Gandy - Best Revival of a Musical for Will Trice - Best Revival of a Musical for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Best Sound Design of a Musical for Acme Sound Partners Please note that the list includes both wins and nominations for the show.

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has been nominated for several awards. These include Outstanding Revival of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Acme Sound Partners, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Audra McDonald, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Norm Lewis, Distinguished Revival of a Musical at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Outstanding Debut Performance at the Theatre World Awards for Phillip Boykin.

Hear dat? Gawd's laughin' at you!...
Dem dat is in such a hurry to meet de judgement...
Yes boss, we swear to that...
Was Crown killed here, yes or no?...
I got to an' look, look at Crown's face...
Here, boy, look what I brought for you...
Why, hello, if dere ain't Serena...
Bess is gone. An' Serena take dis chile...
You better stay wid yo' frien', Porgy...
Lonely Boy
Summer Time
Seems like these bones don't give me nothin' but box-cars tonight...
A man's got a right to play...
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Here come de honey man...
Hello, Peter...
They Pass by Singing
Crap Game Fugue
That damn whiskey jus' as weak as water...
Box-cars again...
Yo' mammy's gone and yo' daddy's happy...
Give me a pinch of happy dust, Sportin' Life...
Huh, seven!...
Oh, little stars...
Oh, stop them! Don' let them fight!...
Can't anybody make Crown stop?...
Jesus, he's killed him...
Gone, Gone, Gone!
Overflow
Um! A saucer burying set-up, I see...
You're a damn liar...
My Man's Gone Now
How de saucer stan' now my sister...
Leavin' fo' de Promis' Lan'
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
Woman to Lady
Dey's a Bukra comin'...
'Lo Bess, goin' to picnic?...
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Oh, I Can't Sit Down
What's de matter wid you, sister?...
It Ain't Necessarily So
Dance [i]
Here there! Hold yo' holt. I'se a comin'...
Crown, I got something to tell you...
What You Want With Bess?
Lemme go, hear dat boat, it's goin' without me!...
Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for...
Well, if it ain't ole Peter!...
Time and Time Again
Strawberry Woman
Crab Man
Now de time, oh Gawd. Now de time...
I Loves You, Porgy
Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?...
Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heaven
Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'...
You is a nice parcel of Christians...
Here, cut dat out! Stop it!...
Ha ha ha ha ha ha, dat's right, drown 'em out...
A Red Headed Woman
Jake's boat in de river upside down...
Oh, Doctor Jesus [ii]
Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted
You low-lived skunk, ain' you got no shame...
Wait for us at the corner, Al...
We swear to dat, Boss...
Of course, you're the goat man...
I can't look at Crown's face...
Oh Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face...
There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York
Occupational Humoresque
Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin', brudder!...
Sure to go to Heaven...
How are you dis mornin'?...
It's Porgy comin' home...
Jus' you wait till dat gal see me...
Here, hol' on, let me see dat chile...
Where's My Bess?
Where Bess gone?...
Where you goin', Porgy?...
I'm on My Way
Jasbo Brown
Roll dem bones...
If you hadn't been drinkin' you wouldn't talk to me that way...
He got better sense than to listen to that nonsense...
He sure loves his liquor...
That gal ain't need to worry 'bout no man marryin' her...
I shoots like that...
Frien' an' dice an' happy dust ain' meant to 'sociate
Nobody's gettin' away wid Crown's money...
That's easy, I thought as much...
Listen there, what I tells you...
I hates yo' struttin' style...
Good mornin' Mister Archdale...
Look out, dat's a buzzard!
Buzzard Song
I Ain't Got No Shame
Dance [ii]
Shame on all you sinners...
I can't stay, Crown, or de boat'll go without me...
Take yo' hands off me, I say...
Honey Man
You ain't got nuttin' to be afraid of...
Hurricane bell! Lawd chile, dere ain't goin' be no hurricane...
Oh, Hev'nly Father
Oh, de sun goin' rise in de wes'...

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has had 21 productions including Broadway which opened in 1935, Broadway which opened in 1935, Broadway which opened in 1942, Broadway which opened in 1942, Broadway which opened in 1943, Broadway which opened in 1943, Broadway which opened in 1944, Broadway which opened in 1944, West End which opened in 1952, Broadway which opened in 1953, Broadway which opened in 1953, Off-Broadway which opened in 1961, Off-Broadway which opened in 1964, Broadway which opened in 1976, Broadway which opened in 1976, Broadway which opened in 1983, Broadway which opened in 1983, Broadway which opened in 2000, West End which opened in 2006, Broadway which opened in 2012 and US Tour which opened in 2013.

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