After a pre-Broadway run at the American Repertory Theatre, four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier will head to Broadway in Porgy and Bess. Diane Paulus’ production of the Gershwin classic, featuring a reworked book by Suzan-Lori Parks, will begin previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on December 17 and open on January 12, 2012.
Porgy and Bess’ run at A.R.T. (the Cambridge, MA, theater where Paulus is artistic director) will begin on August 17, open on August 31 and run through October 2. Tony nominee Joshua Henry is on board for the pre-Broadway run but was not mentioned in the Broadway news release, which said only, "Further casting will be announced soon."
As previously reported, the new production is described as a re-imagining of the classic musical opera by Paulus (the Tony-nominated director of Hair), Pulitzer Prize winner Parks and two-time Obie winner Diedre Murray as musical director. Featuring music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, the show includes such classics as "Summertime," "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," "I Got Plenty o' Nothin" and "It Ain't Necessarily So." Originally conceived as an American folk opera, it ...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis & More Headed to Broadway in Porgy and Bess
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