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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Title: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess [videorecording] / Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Rebecca Gold, Howard Kagan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Brunish Trinchero/Lucio Simons TBC, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Terry Schnuck, Freitag Productions/Koenigsberg Filerman, The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Ken Mahoney, Judith Resnick, Tulchin/Bartner/ATG, Paper Boy Productions, Christopher Hart, Alden Badway, Broadway Across America, Irene Gandy, Will Trice present the American Repertory Theater production ; associate producers, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld Jr., Allan S. Gordon, INFINITY Stages, Shorenstein Hays-Nederlander Theatres LLC, David & Barbara Stoller, Michael & Jean Strunsky, Theresa Wozunk ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose Heyward ; based on the play "Porgy," by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward ; musical book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks ; musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray ; choreographed by Ronald K. Brown ; directed by Diane Paulus ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication: New York, c2012.

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (142 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Porgy and Bess

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Orchestrations, William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke ; scenic design, Riccardo Hernandez ; costume design, ESosa ; lighting design, Christopher Akerlind ; sound design, Acme Sound Partners ; music supervisor, David Loud ; music director and conductor, Constantine Kitsopoulos ; company manager, Bruce Klinger ; associate director/prod. stage manager, Nancy Harrington.

Performer (note)

Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier, Phillip Boykin, Nikki Renée Daniels, Joshua Henry, Christopher Innvar, Bryonha Marie Parham, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Sumayya Ali, Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson III, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Gavin Gregory, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, N.Y., July 20, 2012.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

NCOV 3795

OCLC

830668251

Title

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess [videorecording] / Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Rebecca Gold, Howard Kagan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Brunish Trinchero/Lucio Simons TBC, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Terry Schnuck, Freitag Productions/Koenigsberg Filerman, The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Ken Mahoney, Judith Resnick, Tulchin/Bartner/ATG, Paper Boy Productions, Christopher Hart, Alden Badway, Broadway Across America, Irene Gandy, Will Trice present the American Repertory Theater production ; associate producers, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld Jr., Allan S. Gordon, INFINITY Stages, Shorenstein Hays-Nederlander Theatres LLC, David & Barbara Stoller, Michael & Jean Strunsky, Theresa Wozunk ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose Heyward ; based on the play "Porgy," by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward ; musical book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks ; musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray ; choreographed by Ronald K. Brown ; directed by Diane Paulus ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

New York, c2012.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Orchestrations, William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke ; scenic design, Riccardo Hernandez ; costume design, ESosa ; lighting design, Christopher Akerlind ; sound design, Acme Sound Partners ; music supervisor, David Loud ; music director and conductor, Constantine Kitsopoulos ; company manager, Bruce Klinger ; associate director/prod. stage manager, Nancy Harrington.

Cast

Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier, Phillip Boykin, Nikki Renée Daniels, Joshua Henry, Christopher Innvar, Bryonha Marie Parham, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Sumayya Ali, Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson III, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Gavin Gregory, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, N.Y., July 20, 2012.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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Added Author

Richards, Jeffrey, producer.

Frankel, Jerry, producer.

Gold, Rebecca, producer.

Kagan, Howard, producer.

Wiesenfeld, Cheryl, producer.

Brunish, Corey, producer.

Trinchero, Brisa, producer.

Lucio, Meredith, producer.

Simons, Ron, producer.

Deitch, Joseph, producer.

Deitch, Matthew, producer.

Golub, Mark S., producer.

Golub, David S., producer.

Schnuck, Terry E., producer.

Koenigsberg, Heni, producer.

Filerman, Michael, producer.

Mahoney, Ken, producer.

Resnick, Judith, producer.

Tulchin, Norman, producer.

Bartner, Robert, producer.

Hart, Christopher, producer.

Alden Badway, producer.

Alden, Michael, producer.

Badway, Dale, producer.

Gandy, Irene, producer.

Trice, Will, producer.

Frankel, Ronald, producer.

Fuld, James, Jr, producer.

Gordon, Allan S., producer.

Hays, Carole Shorenstein, producer.

Stoller, David, producer.

Stoller, Barbara, producer.

Strunsky, Michael, producer.

Strunsky, Jean, producer.

Wozunk, Theresa, producer.

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, lyricist.

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.

Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961.

Parks, Suzan-Lori, adapter.

Murray, Diedre, adapter.

Brown, Ronald K., 1966- choreographer.

Paulus, Diane, director.

Brohn, William D., orchestrations.

Jahnke, Christopher, orchestrations.

Hernández, Riccardo, set designer.

Sosa, Emilio, costume designer.

Akerlind, Christopher, lighting designer.

Loud, David, 1961- musical supervisor.

Kitsopoulos, Constantine, conductor.

Klinger, Bruce, company manager.

Harrington, Nancy, production stage manager.

McDonald, Audra, performer.

Lewis, Norm, 1963- performer.

Grier, David Alan, 1956 June 30- performer.

Boykin, Phillip, performer.

Daniels, Nikki Renee, performer.

Henry, Joshua, performer.

Innvar, Christopher, performer.

Parham, Bryonha Marie, performer.

Williams, NaTasha Yvette, performer.

Ali, Sumayya, performer.

Blackwell, Allison, performer.

Credit, Roosevelt, performer.

Davis, Trevon, performer.

Dellger, Joseph, performer.

Ferguson, Wilkie, III, performer.

Floyd, Carmen Ruby, performer.

Gregory, Gavin, performer.

Hill, Heather, performer.

Hughey, David, performer.

Jones-Sojola, Andrea, performer.

Moran, Alicia Hall, performer.

Neal, Cedric, performer.

Sojola, Phumzile, performer.

Stampley, Nathaniel, performer.

Thomas, Julius, III, performer.

Webster, J. D., performer.

Wilkerson, Lisa Nicole, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Broadway Consortium, producer.

Freitag Productions, producer.

Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust.

Universal Pictures Stage Productions, producer.

Paper Boy Productions, producer.

Broadway Across America, producer.

American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), producer.

INFINITY Stages, producer.

Shorenstein Hays-Nederlander, producer.

Acme Sound Partners (Firm), designer.

Ford Foundation.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3795

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