The run closed November 28, 1953
- Opened
- March 10, 1953
- Closed
- November 28, 1953
- Performances
- 305
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- —
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 99th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Porgy and Bess 7 more that season
| 1935 | Alvin Theatre Original · Rouben Mamoulian | 124 perf. |
| 1942 | Majestic Theatre Revival · Robert Ross | 286 perf. |
| 1943 | 44th Street Theatre Revival · Robert Ross | 24 perf. |
| 1944 | City Center Revival · Robert Ross | 64 perf. |
| 1976 | Uris Theatre Revival · Jack O'Brien | 122 perf. |
| 1983 | Radio City Music Hall Revival · Jack O'Brien | 45 perf. |
| 2012 | Richard Rodgers Theatre Revival · Diane Paulus | 322 perf. |
Who was in it52 named
Helen Dowdy
Helen Ferguson
Elizabeth Foster
Doris Galiber
John Garth
Ruby Greene
Kenneth Hibbert
George A. Hill
LeVern Hutcherson
Joseph James
Jebob
Sam Kasakoff
Moses la Marr
Urylee Leonardos
John Mccurry
Joy Mclean
Pauline Phelps
Leontyne Price
Edna Ricks
Howard Roberts
Anabelle Ross
George Royston Jr
George A Royston
Leslie Scott
Sherman Sneed
Delores Swan
Helen Thigpen
Clyde Turner
Eloise C Uggams
William Veasey
Barbara Ann Webb
Ray Yeates
Earl Jones
Catherine van Buren
32 of these 52 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 20 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Recordings 5 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Porgy and Bess, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- Which of the 5 recordings of Porgy and Bess document this run, if any.
- No director named.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.