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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Music Theater

Dates: (3/25/2014 - 3/30/2014 )

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Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Music Theater


345 Washington Street
St. Paul,MN MN 55102

Phone: 651.224.4222

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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 Nottin’.” The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess features one of Broadway’s most accomplished creative teams, led by Tony-nominated 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 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 Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater’s most exhilarating love stories.

Cast and Creative team for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Music Theater

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