On stage 4 productions, 7 years
| 1935 | Porgy and Bess Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian | 124 perf. |
| 1937 | Brown Sugar Biltmore Theatre · Original | 4 perf. |
| 1940 | John Henry 44th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Anthony Brown | 7 perf. |
| 1942 | Porgy and Bess Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Ross | 286 perf. |
Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.
Worked with more than once12 names
| Georgette Harvey | 3 productions |
| William Woolfolk | 2 productions |
| Warren Coleman | 2 productions |
| Todd Duncan | 2 productions |
| The Eva Jessye Choir Eva Jessye Choral Conductor | 2 productions |
| Ray Yeates | 2 productions |
| John Garth | 2 productions |
| Jimmy Waters | 2 productions |
| Jack Carr | 2 productions |
| J. Rosamond Johnson | 2 productions |
| Henry Davis | 2 productions |
| Helen Dowdy | 2 productions |
Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 5 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.
In the literature4 passages
- Porgy and Bess. Ruby Elzy and J. Rosamond Johnson in the saucer burial scene. Anne Brown and Todd Duncan are to their left. (Vandamm)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
- Cast: Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Warren Coleman, John W. Bubbles, Abbie Mitchell, Ruby Elzy, Georgette Harvey, Edward Matthews, Helen Dowdy, J. Rosamond Johnsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
- (Sportin’ Life), Ruby Elzy (Serena), Warren Coleman (Crown), Abbie Mitchell (Clara), Edward Matthews (Jake), Georgette Harvey (Maria), J. Rosamond Johnson (Frazier), Helen Dowdy (Lily), Ford L. Buck (Mingo), and the Eva Jessye Choir.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- Occasions: “ ‘Moderato con gioja—Banjo Song.’. . . Act II, scene i: Todd Duncan as ‘Porgy—at window— happily.’ ’ The song was also introduced by Ruby Elzy (Serena), Georgette Harvey (Maria), and ensemble.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.
What this page does not know
- What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
- Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.