Exclusive: Behind the scenes with Kwamé Ryan for his Met Opera debut, conducting “Porgy and Bess.” It was a journey years in ...

Dwayne Clark is a veteran Broadway performer, director, music director, educator, and motivational speaker with a career spanning over three decades in theatre and the performing arts. Most recently, ...

(HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Ritz Theatre Company presents Porgy and Bess from May 1-24, 2026. Set in the 1930s in Catfish Row, a Black community in Charleston, South Carolina,the musical tells the ...

With their eclectic mix of punk, reggae, ska, and hip-hop, the Long Beach, California trio Sublime became one of the most beloved bands of the ‘90s. Singer/guitarist Bradley Nowell, bassist Eric ...

The Vallejo Symphony is set to perform a free concert to celebrate the grand reopening of Hogan Auditorium on Sunday, from 3 to 5 p.m. Doors will open at 2:15 p.m., and seating is open. Vallejo ...

Featuring beloved songs like “Summertime,” Porgy and Bess blends operatic tradition with jazz and blues influences. When Lyric Opera of Kansas City announced it would stage Porgy and Bess for the ...

Ninety years ago this autumn, George Gershwin unveiled “Porgy and Bess” on Broadway—and confusion reigned. Was it an opera or a musical? A bold experiment or a misfire? Critics were split. Yet from ...

Alfred Walker and Brittany Renee star in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Richard Termine/Met Opera Like a successful business enterprise, the Metropolitan Opera’s ...

The Houston Grand Opera opened its 2025-26 Friday season with George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" in a performance that showcased an array of star-quality soloists, a superb chorus, and a gritty ...

Soprano Angel Blue as Bess and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as Porgy in HGO's productionof Porgy and Bess. Credit: Michael Bishop When George Gershwin died in Hollywood in 1937 at the age of 38 from a ...

On Thursday, the twenty-second of last December, after a train ride of three nights and two days from East Berlin, ninety-three Americans arrived in Russia’s second-largest and northernmost metropolis ...