What is the Story of Porgy and Bess? Set in the 1930s in an African-American Charleston neighborhood known as Catfish Row, Porgy and Bess centers on the tragic love story of the cripple beggar ...

When: 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and May 10; 2 p.m. Sunday Where: Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets May 2 - Is "Porgy and Bess" an opera or a musical? On the ...

All day, we’ve been serenading you with music that celebrates love in all its forms. And the romance continues with an ...

Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. StarringSidney Poitier Dorothy Dandridge Sammy Davis Jr.

"Summertime," composed by George Gershwin for Porgy and Bess, has become one of the most recorded songs in history, with over 25,000 versions. This video explores its origins, from African ...