The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines

The classic story by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorthy Heyward and Ira Gershwin is set in Charleston�s fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess� relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater�s most exhilarating love stories.