| Show ti f f 1 i 1 w w- w c L IrLi t d IS a X y s 1 A iii jj f t S u y iw I Porgy and Bess will open at the Capitol Theater on Monday Nov 15 Porgy and Bess to Unite at Opera Porgy and Bess will come to the Capitol Theater for a limited i engagement of two performances pm p.m. on Monday Nov Noy 15 and on Tuesday Nov 16 Porgy and Bess is presented by Utah Opera and Theater League of Utah Porgy and Bess is based on the highly successful novel by DuBose DuBos Heyward about the resit residents residents resi resi- t dents of Charleston's famed Catfish Catfish Catfish Cat fish row It later became a successful play called Porgy written by Heyward Hey Hey- J i i ward and his wife Dorothy which i t i served as the inspiration and basis for the collaboration between George Gershwin Ira Gershwin and Heyward that created this American opera Summertime It aint Necessarily Necessarily Necessarily so and I got plenty of the hit are just a few of songs from Porgy and Bess to be performed The production directed by Will Roberson will feature a 20 piece orchestra under the musical direction of David Stahl music director of the Charleston Symphony Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony Orchestra and his I ates Stewart Malina and Stephen Kozinski Three performers will alternate as Bess Elizabeth Graham Roberta Roberta Roberta Ro Ro- Ro- Ro berta Laws and Claudette McCargo Andre Soloman- Soloman Glover and Brain Gibson will alternate al alternate al- al ternate as Porgy Scenic design is by James Fou Fouchard chard and the choreographer is Kevin Jeff founder and artistic director of the modern dance company Jubilation Porgy and Bess is produced by Living Arts Tickets are on on sale f |
