PORGY AND BESS



Composer: George Gershwin
Lyricists: DuBose Heyward; Ira Gershwin

Opened: October 10, 1935, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 124

Note: Although several numbers were cut out of town in Boston, all but one have been reinstated in one or more productions of PORGY AND BESS over the years and appear on certain cast or studio cast albums of the score. The sole exception is listed below.


Lonely Boy (L: DuBose Heyward) (cut):

1. All Through The Night, CD/RCA Victor 902661278 (Marilyn Horne with Martin Katz, piano, and orchestra)
2. Memory Of All That, CD/Kopaesthetics 104 (Spider Saloff)
3. Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin, CD/Concord Jazz 4849 (Michael Feinstein)
4. Nobody But You, CD/WEA International 23588 (Michael Feinstein)