Broadway loves you, Porgy

Jun 29, 2011

Summertime, and the livin' is easy?though you'll have to wait for colder weather to see a certain American classic "reimagined" on Broadway. It was announced Wednesday that The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess will begin previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre Dec. 17, with an opening slated for Jan. 12. The production ? based at Cambridge, MA's American Repertory Theater, where it will run August through October ? will star Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis as the titular couple, with David Alan Grier as Sportin' Life. A press release describes the show as "specifically created for Broadway" ? the original Porgy And Bess is essentially an opera, though it has been staged on Broadway a few times ? and "will feature a revised book in a musical-theatre format and jazz-oriented musical arrangements."

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