Porgy and Bess

Overview

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Details

• Status Released
• Release Date March 20, 2002
• Budget N/A
• Revenue N/A
• Production PBS, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts