May 15, 2012 - NPR
Audra McDonald has starred in stage classics and on TV, where she played a leading role on the ABC drama Private Practice for four seasons. But the actress might be better known for her stunning voice and for her performances in the Broadway productions of Carousel, Master Class and Ragtime, which helped her rack up three Tony Awards before the age of 30.
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May 10, 2012 - The New York Times
Audra McDonald has a chance for a fifth Tony award, and first for lead actress, for her role as Bess, in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.
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May 2, 2012 - PerezHilton.com
The show was so pleasurable on so many levels! Hearing a full orchestra on Broadway is divine! But, what was most spectacular were those voices! And the performances!
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May 1, 2012 - Playbill.com
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL- Audra McDonald
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Norm Lewis
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Phillip Boykin
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - David Alan Grier
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL - Diane Paulus
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - ESosa
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - Christopher Akerlind
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - Acme Sound Partners
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS - William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke
April 27, 2012 - Playbill.com
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL- Audra McDonald
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Norm Lewis
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Phillip Boykin
BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A MUSICAL - Acme Sound Partners
April 26, 2012 - Harper's Bazaar
“Summertime, and the living is easy….,” and so begins Porgy and Bess, the operatic Gershwin-penned opus that is adding sizzle and seduction to the Great White Way this season. We love a tale of love, lust and lightning-fast action —and this musical does not disappoint.
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April 26, 2012 - Black Enterprise
This weekend on an all-new Our World with Black Enterprise, host Marc Lamont Hill catches up with actor David Alan Grier, co-star of the revived Broadway hit play, Porgy & Bess at The Richard Rogers Theater. In this exclusive All Access interview, Grier talks about the classic love story being performed for a new generation and the spike in Black participation on Broadway this theater season.
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April 25, 2012 - Broadway.com
For the latest Gotta Dance! profile, Broadway.com gets insight into the life of a Broadway gypsy courtesy of Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, Porgy and Bess’ eye-catching dancer.
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April 24, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
Nominations include:
Best Musical Revival
Best Performance: Audra McDonald
Best Performance: Norm Lewis
April 23, 2012 - Playbill.com
Nominations include:
Best Musical Revival
Best Actress in a Musical: Audra McDonald
Best Actor in a Musical: Norm Lewis
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Phillip Boykin
April 18, 2012 - Playbill.com
Spend a two-show day at The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess on Broadway, starring Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald. Bryonha Parham, who stops the show with her rendition of "My Man's Gone Now," takes Playbill.com through a busy day with the residents of Catfish Row.
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April 13, 2012 - VH1
David Alan Grier talks about reuniting with his "In Living Color" castmates at the upcoming TV Land Awards.
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March 26, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
The cast of and company of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS hooded up in honor of slain teen, Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen in Florida who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Although the shooter, George Zimmerman, proclaims self-defense, Martin was found with only a beverage and pack of Skittles. The case is now making headlines across the nation as one of racial profiling and a hate crime. Check out the photo in support of Trayvon Martin.
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March 26, 2012 - Playbill.com
The cast of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess gathers in a Manhattan recording studio March 26 and 27 to record the new cast album of the classic American opera, which will now be released in late May.
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March 20, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
Producers of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess have just announced plans for a national tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival, set to launch in the Fall of 2013. The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which was originally announced as a limited run, has already been extended through September 30, 2012, and celebrated its 100th Broadway performance on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
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March 14, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
Producers of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess just announced that thanks to a generous donation from the families of George and Ira Gershwin, 2,250 high school students from New York City Public Schools will be coming to see the show on Wednesday matinees from March through May. The announcement was made yesterday, March 13, with a special event that involved both cast members and NYC teachers and city officials.
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March 5, 2012 - The Colbert Report
Audra McDonald gives some historical background on Porgy and Bess and explains why it's not a musical about Stephen. Audra and Stephen then perform "Summertime," from Porgy and Bess, as a duet.
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February 27, 2012 - NYTimes.com
As a Yale-trained actor as well as a stand-up comedian used to shutting up yahoos in the audience, David Alan Grier rarely feels rattled onstage.
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February 27, 2012 - Playbill.com
The cast of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will be honored by New York State politicians Feb. 29 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in celebration of Black History Month.
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February 24, 2012 - Playbill.com
PS Classics will record a two-disc cast album of the Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess in mid-March, aiming for a May 8 in-store release.
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February 22, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
All the excitement of the Broadway stage will be broadcast into viewers' homes this week, as Broadway Week has returned to LATE NIGHT WITH Jimmy Fallon (12:35 a.m. ET on NBC) featuring a new musical number each night. Last night, Fallon welcomed David Alan Grier and the cast of PORGY AND BESS, who performed 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' and you can check out the musical number below!
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February 17, 2012 - Playbill.com
The Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre Jan. 12, features choreography by Ronald K. Brown.
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February 17, 2012 - Playbill.com
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
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February 10, 2012 - Broadway.com
The friends took a break from Catfish Row to answer fans' burning questions and finish each other's sentences in this hilarious Ask a Star.
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February 10, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
Actor Phillip Boykin is currently making his Broadway debut in the role of 'Crown' in The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess opposite co-stars Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier.
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February 10, 2012 - NYTimes.com
The producers of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" on Broadway informed group sales ticket agents on Thursday that the run of the musical, which had been scheduled to end July 8, would extend through Sept. 30.
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February 3, 2012 - BroadwayWorld.com
Audra McDonald, who currently stars in Broadway's Porgy and Bess was named a Givenik Ambassador.
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February 2012 - Dance Magazine
After just one look at the dancing in the 1959 movie version of Porgy and Bess, Ronald K. Brown felt the pressure lift.
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January 13, 2012 - Broadway.com
From the tenements of Catfish Row to the swanky party at the McKittrick Hotel, it was an emotional evening at the January 12 Broadway opening of Diane Paulus’ reimagined Porgy and Bess.
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January 9, 2012 - Playbill.com
Diane Paulus, director of the re-envisioned version of Porgy and Bess, recently sat down with her leading lady, Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, for a Playbill Video "Director's Cut."
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December 30, 2011 - NYDailyNews.com
Like every actor, Norm Lewis has daydreamed about playing certain characters.
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December 29, 2011 - Broadway.com
Phylicia Rashad and Sierra Boggess caught the December 29, 2011, performance of Porgy and Bess
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December 29, 2011 - NYTimes.com
Broadway has not seen much of "Porgy and Bess"in recent years, which is precisely why the new revival (in previews now and opening on Jan. 12) is the one show I’m most looking forward to next year.
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December 27, 2011 - WSJ.com
While adapting the Gershwin and Heyward classic, "Porgy and Bess," playwright Suzan-Lori Parks fell in love.
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December 22, 2011 - Playbill.com
The Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, starring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, began previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre Dec. 17. View photos on the Marquee and theatre!
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December 20, 2011 - WPIX.com
David Alan Grier stops by to discuss his return to Broadway in the adaptation of The Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess."
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December 19, 2011 - BlackEnterprise.com
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright took on the challenge of adapting a folk classic for a contemporary black audience.
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December 9, 2011 - ESSENCE.com
ESSENCE.com's Entertainment Editor Yolanda Sangweni talks with actress Audra McDonald about her new role as Bess in the Broadway Musical "Porgy and Bess."
December 7, 2011 - BroadwayWorld.com
Yesterday, the company met the press and treated the crowd to a performance preview. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you full photo coverage of the festivities!
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December 1, 2011 - Playbill.com
Complete casting has been confirmed for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, a new vision of the classic American folk opera, which will arrive on Broadway Dec. 17 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
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October 23, 2011 - NYTimes.com
In December the American Repertory Theater adaptation of Porgy and Bess, starring Ms. McDonald as Bess, begins performances at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York. May she never stray so far from home again.
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September 26, 2011 - Time Magazine
This latest Porgy, from director Diane Paulus (the revival of Hair) and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog) makes revisions that are respectful, not radical.
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September 26, 2011 - NewYorker.com
As audience members took their seats before a recent performance of the director Diane Paulus’s politically radical and dramaturgically original musical adaptation of DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and George and Ira Gershwin's "American folk opera" Porgy and Bess (at the American Repertory Theatre, in Cambridge, through October 2nd; the show will open on Broadway on January 12th), the air was full of questions and expectations.
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September 16, 2011 - NY1.com
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is currently playing to sold-out crowds at The American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. NY1’s Frank DiLella recently took a trip to check in with the folks behind this landmark work, which is set to begin previews on Broadway in December.
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September 16, 2011 - BroadwaysBestShows.com
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) opened its 2011-12 season with The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin.
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September 14, 2011 - Playbill.com
Producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel in association with the American Repertory Theater announced Sept. 14 that the estates of George and Ira Gershwin, and Dubose and Dorothy Heyward have given their blessing to the Broadway-bound revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which will be leavin' soon for New York after its current run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA.
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September, 2011 - VanityFair.com
"It's an American masterpiece, but it hasn't found its voice as a musical with the dramatic values a modern audience expects," says Diane Paulus, artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, who was asked by the trusts of George Gershwin, who wrote the music, and DuBose Heyward, who wrote the book, to "reimagine" Porgy and Bess for our time.
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By George Gershwin, DuBose & Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L. Murray Directed by Diane Paulus
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