The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess > Broadway Cast


Show Details

Show
Porgy and Bess (110)
Music
George Gershwin (860)
Lyrics
Ira Gershwin (708), DuBose Heyward (106)
Book
DuBose Heyward (106)

Recording Details

Date
March 2012
Type
Audio / Stage Cast
Method
Studio
Language
English
Location
US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Recording Studio
MSR Studios
Book
Suzan-Lori Parks — Adaptation
Producer
Tommy Krasker (118)
Engineer
Bart Migal (32)
Liner Notes
Patrick Pacheco (7), Diane Paulus (8)
Package Design
Derek Bishop (25)
Photography
Michael J. Lutch
Conductor
Constantine Kitsopoulos (5)
Music Director
Constantine Kitsopoulos (5)
Orchestrations
William David Brohn (77), Christopher Jahnke (19)
Performer
Allison Blackwell (9), Phillip Boykin (7), Roosevelt Andre Credit (3), Nikki Renée Daniels (23), Trevon Davis (3), Joseph Dellger (4), Wilkie Ferguson (2), Carmen Ruby Floyd (6), David Alan Grier (12), Joshua Henry (24), Heather Hill, David Hughey (3), Christopher Innvar (5), Andrea Jones-Sojola (6), Norm Lewis (65), Audra McDonald (78), Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal (10), Bryonha Marie Parham (9), Phumzile Sojola (3), Nathaniel Stampley (7), Julius Thomas, J.D. Webster (4), Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, NaTasha Yvette Williams (12)
Notes
Recorded on March 26 & 27, 2012 (had to be rescheduled from 3/12 - 13 when some cast members were ill).
Shortcode
[r24967]

Releases

Format
2-CD
Label
PS Classics 1206
Release Date
2012-05-22
Country / Region
US
UPC / EAN
803607120627
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# Tracks
32
Length
1:36:00
Lists
251 collectors / 16 wish lists
History
1 Revisions
Shortcode
[rl38489]
Disc 1:
1. Overture -- Orchestra (2:23)
2. Summertime -- Nikki Renée Daniels, Joshua Henry, NaTasha Yvette Williams & Company (2:40)
3. Roll Them Bones -- David Alan Grier, J.D. Webster, Joshua Henry, Nathaniel Stampley, Bryonha Marie Parham & Company (3:38)
4. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing -- Joshua Henry, David Alan Grier & Company (2:16)
5. Porgy's Entrance -- Joshua Henry, J.D. Webster, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier, Cedric Neal, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Bryonha Marie Parham, Phillip Boykin, Audra McDonald & Nathaniel Stampley (3:12)
6. Crap Game -- The Company (1:37)
7. The Killing of Robbins -- The Company (4:23)
8. Gone, Gone, Gone -- The Company (3:34)
9. My Man's Gone Now -- Bryonha Marie Parham & Company (4:05)
10. Leaving for the Promised Land -- Audra McDonald and Company (3:32)
11. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There -- Joshua Henry, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis & Wilkie Ferguson III (2:12)
12. I Got Plenty of Nothing -- Norm Lewis & Company (2:44)
13. I Hates Your Strutting Style -- NaTasha Yvette Williams & David Alan Grier (2:31)
14. "Picnics is all right..." -- David Alan Grier, Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis (2:16)
15. Bess, You Is My Woman Now -- Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald (5:00)
16. Oh, I Can't Sit Down -- The Company (2:35)
Disc 2:
1. It Ain't Necessarily So -- David Alan Grier, Bryonha Marie Parham & Company (3:14)
2. What You Want With Bess? -- Audra McDonald & Phillip Boykin (6:38)
3. Oh, Doctor Jesus -- Bryonha Marie Parham, J.D. Webster, Norm Lewis & Company (2:50)
4. Street Cries -- Andrea Jones Sojola, Phumzile Sojola, Cedric Neal & Company (3:38)
Strawberry Woman -- Andrea Jones Sojola
Here come the honey man... -- Phumzile Sojola
Crab Man -- Cedric Neal
5. "I was powerful sick..." -- Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis (2:16)
6. I Loves You, Porgy -- Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis (3:11)
7. The Storm Approaches -- NaTasha Yvette Williams, Nikki Renée Daniels & Bryonha Marie Parham (2:20)
8. Oh, The Lord Shake the Heaven -- The Company (4:02)
9. A Red Headed Woman -- Phillip Boykin & Company (2:00)
10. Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise) -- The Company (1:24)
11. Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted -- The Company (2:05)
12. Summertime (Reprise) -- Audra McDonald (2:36)
13. The Death of Crown -- Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, Phillip Boykin & David Alan Grier (1:31)
14. There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York -- David Alan Grier (2:55)
15. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? -- Norm Lewis, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Bryonha Marie Parham & J.D. Webster (4:07)
16. Oh Lord, I'm On My Way -- Norm Lewis & Company (2:38)

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