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Stage Production: Porgy and Bess

Opening date

October 10, 1935

Comments

An American folk opera in three acts, starring Todd Duncan as "Porgy" and Anne Wiggins Brown as "Bess".

First Performances

	Performance	Performer	Written by	Covered by
1	Bess, You Is My Woman Now	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(39 artists)
2	I Loves You, Porgy	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(68 artists)
3	Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way	Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(2 artists)
4	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	Todd Duncan	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin	(30 artists)
5	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing	Eddie Matthews	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(10 artists)
6	It Ain't Necessarily So	John W. Bubbles	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	(86 artists)
7	Summertime	Abbie Mitchell	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(755 artists)
8	My Man's Gone Now	Ruby Elzy	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(45 artists)
9	Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?	Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	(7 artists)

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