195 actors have played Ensemble in Porgy and Bess.
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| Performer | Production | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor) | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1935 |
| The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor) | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1942 |
| Anabelle Ross | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Barbara Ann Webb | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Charles Colman | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Clarice Crawford | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Clyde Turner | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Delores Swan | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Doris Galiber | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Edna Ricks | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Eloise C. Uggams | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Elsie Clark | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| George A. Hill | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| George A. Royston | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Helen Ferguson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Helen Ferguson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Irving Barnes | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| James Hawthorne Bey | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| John Garth | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Joseph Attles | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Joy McLean | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Kenneth Hibbert | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Lawson Bates | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Miriam Burton | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Pauline Phelps | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Rhoda Boggs | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Ruby Greene | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Sibol Cain | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Walter P. Brown | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1953 |
| Alexander B. Smalls | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Alma Johnson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Barbara Ann Webb | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Barbara Buck | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Barbara L. Young | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Bernard Thacker | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Betty Harris | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Bruce Hubbard | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Cora Johnson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Cornel Richie | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Denice Woods | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Dwight Ransom | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Earl Baker | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Earl Grandison | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Elizabeth Graham | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Ella Eure | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Glover Parham | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Hartwell Mace | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| John D. Anthony | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Kenneth Bates | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Kenneth Hamilton | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Loretta Holkmann | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Mervin Wallace | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Myra Merritt | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Naomi Moody | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Patricia McDermott | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Phyllis Bash | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Raymond Bazemore | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Roberta Long | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Rodrick Ross | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Shirley Baines | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Steven Alex-Cole | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Wardell Woodard | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Wilhelmenia Fernandez | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| William Penn | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1976 |
| Alberta M. Driver | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Amelia Marshall | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Angela Holcomb | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Ann Marie Mackey | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Barbara Mahajan | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Beno Foster | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Byron Onque | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Charee Adia Thorpes | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Cisco Xavier Drayton | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Cornelius White | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Dabriah Chapman | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| David Robertson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| David-Michael Johnson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Denice Woods | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Diallobe Dorsey | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Donald Walter Kase | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Dorothy L. Jones | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Duane Clenton Carter | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Earl Grandison | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Earl L. Baker | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Elvira Green | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Emerson Battles | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Eugene Little | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Everett McCorvey | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Gurcell Henry | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| H. William Penn | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Herbert Lee Rawlings, Jr. | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Janice D. Dixon | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Janice T. Hutson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Jason Little | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Jerry Godfrey | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| John McDaniels | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Joseph S. Eubanks | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Karen E. Eubanks | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Kevin L. Stroman | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Kiki Shepard | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Lattilia Ronrico | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Lawrence Hamilton | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Leavata Johnson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Lisa D. Holkmann | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Loretta Abbott | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Lori Eubanks | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Lou Ann Pickett | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Louise Coleman | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Marenda Perry | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Mervin Bertel Wallace | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Milton B. Grayson, Jr. | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Myles Gregory Savage | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Noelle Richards | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Pamela Warrick-Smith | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Raymond H. Bazemore | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Renee L. Rose | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Richard Mason | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Robert Kryser | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Roberta Alexandra Laws | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Rodney Wing | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Roslyn Burrough | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Roumel Reaux | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Seraiah Carol | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Sheryl Shell | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Shirley Black-Brown | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Tarik Winston | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Thomas J. Young | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Timothy Allen Smith | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Tyrone Jolivet | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Vertrelle Cameron | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| William Moize | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Y. Yvonne Matthews | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Adina Aaron | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Aixa Cruz-Falu | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Bert Boone | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Bryan Jackson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Chinyelu Ingram | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Clinton Ingram | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| David Aron Damane | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Devonne Douglas | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Dorian Gray Ross | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Duane Martin Foster | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| E. Mani Cadet | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Edward Pleasant | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Elaugh Butler | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Elizabeth Lyra Ross | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Everett Suttle | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| J. Robert Lindsey | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Jason Phillip Knight | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Jean Derricotte-Murphy | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Jeanette Blakeney | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Kellie Turner | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Leonard Rowe | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Lisa Lockhart | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Lucy Salome Strauli | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Marcelin Summers | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Martín Solá | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Marvin Lowe | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Mia Douglas | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Naomi Elizabeth Jones | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Nicola James | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Pamela E. Jones | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Quanda Johnson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Robert Mack | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Rochelle Ellis | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| Shirley Russ | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 2000 |
| A.J. Lewis | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Africa Nile | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Anton Stephans | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Cavin Cornwall | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Chris Copeland | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Des Coleman | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Emi Wokoma | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Ewart James Walters | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| George Daniel Long | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Glenn Conroy | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Hannah Levane | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Harry Ditson | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Holly James | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Ian Carlyle | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Josh Barry | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Josie Benson | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Julian Cannonier | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Leroy Ricardo Jones | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Lewis Davies | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Lisa Davina Phillip | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Maurey Richards | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Nathaniel Morrison | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Ngo Omene-Ngofa | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Nolan Frederick | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Paul Isles | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Phillip Browne | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Ruby King | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Sam Douglas | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Sandra Marvin | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Stephen Lester | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Terel Nugent | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Verelle Roberts | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Wendy Mae Brown | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
| Yolanda Grant-Thompson | West End Porgy and Bess | 2006 |
Other Roles in Porgy and Bess
| Role | Production | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Annie | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Bess | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Clara | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Coroner | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Crab Man | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Crown | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Detective | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Ensemble | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Frazier | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Jake | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Jasbo Brown | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Jim | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Lily | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Maria | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Mingo | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Nelson | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Peter | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Policeman | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Porgy | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Robbins | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Scipio | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Serena | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Sportin' Life | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Strawberry Woman | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
| Undertaker | Broadway Porgy and Bess | 1983 |
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