A minor reworking of the text was in order. Even so, "Porgy and Bess" survives in its vivid depiction of social issues that are still with us: poverty, abuse, drugs, discrimination and injustice. And ...

What is the Story of Porgy and Bess? Set in the 1930s in an African-American Charleston neighborhood known as Catfish Row, Porgy and Bess centers on the tragic love story of the cripple beggar ...

Porgy and Bess No doubt here are those who are glad ... Most wanted to know about the doctrine of self-defense. Still others asked why he said, "chickens come home to roost" in reference to ...

Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

It was 5° above zero when the 85 members of the Porgy and Bess company got to Leningrad, the first American theatrical troupe ever to visit Russia. Jammed on the station platform to greet them ...