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.
Unfortunately the movie Porgy and Bess is not yet available on HBO Max.
Art | Douglas W. Schmidt | Production Design |
Lighting | Alan Adelman | Lighting Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Nancy Potts | Costume Design |
Sound | George Gershwin | Music |
Writing | Dorothy Heyward | Writer |
Writing | Ira Gershwin | Lyricist |
Directing | Tazewell Thompson | Director |
Writing | DuBose Heyward | Writer |
Lighting | Robert Wierzel | Lighting Design |
Crew | TanNa Young | Manager of Operations |
Sound | John DeMain | Conductor |