
Porgy and Bess (2012)
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George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, and Suzan-Lori Parks’s 'Porgy and Bess' arrived at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2012, running for an astonishing 322 performances and sweeping two major Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. Heavily re-engineered into a high-octane commercial musical theater format by Parks and director Diane Paulus, the emotionally massive American folk opera tracks the star-crossed romance and physical endurance of a disabled street beggar and a fragile woman, starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis.

