Nearly nine decades after his death at 38 years old, George Gershwin remains one of the most celebrated and influential American composers. Dr. Thomas Cimarusti, Professor of Music History at Florida ...

Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 107; DMC 4-1247. Title from container. Compact discs. Program notes, bibliography, and index to performers (64 p. : ill. ; 29 x 14 cm.) laid in container.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Orchestra is kicking off the month of March with George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, set in the slums of 1930's Charleston, South Carolina. "Gershwin himself went ...

Tony nominee Lewis (Sondheim on Sondheim, Side Show, Les Miserables) stars as the crippled beggar Porgy opposite four-time Tony Award winner McDonald (Ragtime, Marie Christine, Master Class) as Bess.

When George Gershwin visited a cottage in Folly Beach, S.C., in 1934, “Porgy and Bess” came to life. But will it remain a historic artifact or become just another beach house? By Jonathan Abrams In ...