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Overview
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Director
Tazewell Thompson
Production
PBS
Cast
M
Marquita Lister
Bess
A
Alvy Powell
Porgy
T
Timothy Robert Blevins
Crown
S
Sabrina Elaine Carten
Maria
D
Dwayne Clark
Sportin' Life
David Aron Damane
Jake
D
Darryl Reuben Hall
Company
W
Wynn Harmon
The Detective
C
Charles Mandracchia
Policeman
A
Angela Renée Simpson
Serena
