Porgy and Bess Volume Two > Broadway Revival Cast Members

Show Details

Show

Porgy and Bess (110)

Music

George Gershwin (859)

Lyrics

Ira Gershwin (709), DuBose Heyward (106)

Book

DuBose Heyward (106)

Recording Details

Date

April 1942

Type

Audio / Stage Cast

Method

Studio

Language

English

Location

US / NY / New York

Director

Robert Ross

Conductor

Alexander Smallens (9)

Performer

Anne Brown (19), Helen Dowdy (12), Todd Duncan (23), Eva Jessye Choir (9), Gladys Goode, Georgette Harvey (2), Harriet Jackson (3), Avon Long (26), Edward Matthews (9), William Woolfolk

Musician

Decca Symphony Orchestra (3)

Notes

Was later combined with Porgy and Bess [1940 Original Cast Members] to create an "Original Broadway Cast Recording."

Shortcode

[r27278]

Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

Front Row Center - 1996 Compilation Album

There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

Releases

Format

3-78

Label

Decca DA 283

Released

1942

Country

US

Lists

6 collectors / 0 wish lists

History

2 Revisions

Shortcode

[rl8627]

1. Summertime/Crap Game/A Woman is a Sometime Thing
2. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
3. What You Want Wid' Bess
4. Street Cries: Strawberry Woman's Call & Crab Man's Call
5. I Loves You Porgy
6. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York