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Porgy and Bess

(Broadway Revival, 1983)

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Production Information
Previews:March 19, 1983 (22 previews)
Opening:April 07, 1983
Closing:May 15, 1983
# Performances:45
Theatres:Radio City Music Hall
(4/7/1983 - ?)
Radio City Music Hall
(3/19/1983 - 5/15/1983)
Production Type:Revival
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Limited Run
Market:Broadway
 
Production Staff
George Faison
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Choreographer
C. William Harwood
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Musical Director
Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.
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Lighting Designer
Jack O'Brien
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Director
Nancy Potts
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Costume Designer
Douglas W. Schmidt
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Scenic Designer
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Milton B. Grayson, Jr.
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Ensemble
Herbert Lee Rawlings, Jr.
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Ensemble
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Sportin' Life (Understudy)
Loretta Abbott
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Ensemble
Timothy Allen
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Ensemble
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Mingo
Shirley Baines
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Serena (Alternate)
Earl L. Baker
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Ensemble
Gregg Baker
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Crown (Alternate)
Priscilla Baskerville
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Bess (Alternate)
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Clara (Alternate)
Emerson Battles
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Ensemble
Raymond H. Bazemore
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Ensemble
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Frazier
Shirley Black-Brown
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Ensemble
Roslyn Burrough
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Ensemble
Vertrelle Cameron
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Ensemble
Seraiah Carol
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Ensemble
Duane Clenton Carter
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Ensemble
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Crown (Understudy)
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Porgy (Understudy)
Dabriah Chapman
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Ensemble
Louise Coleman
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Ensemble
Henrietta Elizabeth Davis
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Bess (Alternate)
Janice D. Dixon
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Ensemble
Diallobe Dorsey
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Ensemble
Cisco Xavier Drayton
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Ensemble
Alberta M. Driver
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Ensemble
Richert Easley
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Coroner
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Detective (Understudy)
Joseph S. Eubanks
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Ensemble
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Undertaker
Karen E. Eubanks
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Ensemble
Lori Eubanks
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Ensemble
Beno Foster
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Ensemble
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Peter (Understudy)
Luvenia Garner
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Clara (Alternate)
Jerry Godfrey
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Ensemble
Earl Grandison
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Ensemble
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Frazier (Understudy)
Elvira Green
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Ensemble
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Maria (Understudy)
Lawrence Hamilton
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Ensemble
Gurcell Henry
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Ensemble
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Clara (Understudy)
Angela Holcomb
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Ensemble
Lisa D. Holkmann
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Ensemble
Loretta Holkmann
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Maria (Alternate)
Janice T. Hutson
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Ensemble
David-Michael Johnson
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Ensemble
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Mingo (Understudy)
Leavata Johnson
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Ensemble
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Annie (Understudy)
Tyrone Jolivet
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Ensemble
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Robbins
Dorothy L. Jones
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Ensemble
Robert Mosley Jr.
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Porgy (Alternate)
Donald Walter Kase
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Ensemble
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Jim
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Jake (Understudy)
Robert Kryser
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Ensemble
Roberta Alexandra Laws
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Ensemble
Eugene Little
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Ensemble
Jason Little
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Ensemble
Ann Marie Mackey
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Ensemble
Barbara Mahajan
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Ensemble
Amelia Marshall
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Ensemble
Larry Marshall
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Sportin' Life
Richard Mason
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Ensemble
Y. Yvonne Matthews
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Ensemble
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Lily
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Strawberry Woman (Understudy)
Regina McConnell
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Serena (Alternate)
Everett McCorvey
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Ensemble
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Nelson
John McDaniels
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Ensemble
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Robbins (Understudy)
George Robert Merritt
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Crown (Alternate)
William Moize
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Ensemble
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Policeman
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Nelson (Understudy)
Naomi Moody
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Bess (Alternate)
Daisy Newman
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Bess (Alternate)
Byron Onque
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Ensemble
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Jim (Understudy)
H. William Penn
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Ensemble
Marenda Perry
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Ensemble
Lou Ann Pickett
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Annie
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Ensemble
Akili Prince
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Scipio
Roumel Reaux
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Ensemble
Noelle Richards
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Ensemble
David Robertson
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Ensemble
Lattilia Ronrico
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Ensemble
Renee L. Rose
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Ensemble
Myles Gregory Savage
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Ensemble
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Crab Man (Understudy)
Wilma A. Shakesnider
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Serena (Alternate)
Sheryl Shell
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Ensemble
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Lily (Understudy)
Kiki Shepard
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Ensemble
Gwendolyn Shepherd
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Maria (Alternate)
Alexander Smalls
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Jake (Alternate)
Michael V. Smartt
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Porgy (Alternate)
Jonathan Sprague
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Porgy (Alternate)
Larry Storch
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Detective
Edward Strauss
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Jasbo Brown
Kevin L. Stroman
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Ensemble
Charee Adia Thorpes
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Ensemble
James Tyeska
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Jake (Alternate)
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Porgy (Alternate)
Veronica Tyler
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Serena (Alternate)
Mervin Bertel Wallace
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Peter
(The Honey Man)
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Ensemble
Pamela Warrick-Smith
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Ensemble
Cornelius White
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Ensemble
Rodney Wing
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Ensemble
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Jake (Understudy)
Tarik Winston
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Ensemble
Denice Woods
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Ensemble
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Strawberry Woman
Thomas J. Young
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Crab Man
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Ensemble
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