Porgy and Bess
Contributors: Brown, Anne, 1912-2009; Duncan, Todd; Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972; Ross, Robert, approximately 1902-1954; Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992; Andrews, Herbert; Du Pont, Paul, approximately 1906-1957; Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937; Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940; Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961; Eva Jessye Choir; Majestic Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1942
Language: eng
Description: Majestic Theatre, Magoro Operating Corp., Cheryl Crawford presents George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," (founded on the play, "Porgy", by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward), with Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, and the Eva Jessye Choir, Alexander Smallens, conductor, music by George Gershwin, book by DuBose Heyward, lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, directed by Robert Ross, choral director Eva Jessye, settings by Herbert Andrews, costumes supervised by Paul du Pont, associate producer John J. Wildberg.
Notes: Majestic Theatre, beginning Sunday, March 22, 1942.

"The Playbill. Majestic Theatre"--Cover.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Georgette Harvey, Helen Dowdy, Catherine Ayers, Harriett Jackson, Edward Matthews, Avon Long, Jimmy Waters, Henry Davis, Ruby Elzy, Jack Carr, Robert Ecton, Todd Duncan, Warren Coleman, Anne Brown, John Demmigar, Paul Du Pont, Gibbs Penrose, John Garth, J. Rosamund Johnson, William Bowers, William Woolfolk, Al West. The Eva Jessye Choir: Eva Jessye, Lillian Cowan, Gladys Goode, June Hawkins, Louisa Howard, Alma Hubbard, Rosalie King, Assotta Marshall, Sadie McGill, Annabelle Ross, Musa Williams, John Diggs, Leslie Gray, Jerry Laws, Arthur MacLean, William McDaniel, William Smith, Charles Welch, Lawrence Whisonant. Children: Harvey McGill, Granville Williams, Lorraine Williams, Rosalie King, Naida King, Osbert Chevers, Jacqueline Jennings, Robert Tucker.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).