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-# George & Ira Gershin's _Porgy & Bess_ at Golden Gate Theatre, November 27, 2013 
  
-[SHNSF](https://www.shnsf.com/online/porgy) presents George & Ira Gershin's _Porgy & Bess_   
-2013-11-27   
-[Golden Gate Theatre](https://www.shnsf.com/theatres/goldengate)   
-[1020 Market St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1020+Market+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)   
-8:00 PM, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 
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-## Act One 
- 
-[8:00 PM orchestral tuning; dead air awhile; 8:05 PM lights down] 
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-01. [8:05 PM] Overture 
-02. [8:08 PM; curtain up!] Summertime (Clara & Jake) 
-03. [8:11 PM] A Woman is a Sometime Thing (Jake & ensemble) 
-04. [8:15 PM] Crap Game (ensemble) 
-05. [8:00 PM] Gone, Gone, Gone! (ensemble) 
-06. [8:00 PM] My Man's Gone Now (Serena) 
-07. [8:30 PM] Leavin' fo' de Promis' Lan' (Bess & ensemble) 
-08. [8:00 PM] It Takes a Long Pull to Get There (Jake & ensemble) 
-09. [8:45 PM] I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (Porgy) 
-10. [8:00 PM] I Hate Your Struttin' Style (Mariah) 
-11. [8:00 PM] Bess, You is My Woman Now (Porgy & Bess) 
-12. [9:05 PM] Oh, I Can't Sit Down (ensemble)   
-[set ends 9:08 PM] 
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-## Act Two 
- 
-[9:23 PM orchestra ready; noodlin, then tuning; 9:m PM lights down, announcements] 
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-01. [9:27 PM] Entr'acte 
-02. [9:31 PM] It Ain't Necessarily So (Sporting Life & ensemble) 
-03. [9:35 PM] What You Want With Bess? (Bess & Crown) 
-04. [9:00 PM] It Takes a Long Pull (Jake & the Fishermen) 
-05. [9:00 PM] Oh, Doctor Jesus (Serena & ensemble) 
-06. [9:00 PM] Street Cries (Strawberry Woman, Peter & The Crab Man) 
-07. [9:00 PM] I Loves You, Porgy (Bess & Porgy) 
-08. [9:00 PM] Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heaven (ensemble) 
-09. [10:00 PM] A Red Headed Woman (Crown & ensemble) 
-10. [10:00 PM] Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted (ensemble) 
-11. [10:00 PM] There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York (Sporting Life) 
-12. [10:00 PM] Where's My Bess? (Porgy, Mariah & Serena) 
-13. [10:00 PM] I'm On My Way (Porgy & ensemble)   
-[set ends 10:40 PM] 
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-## Performers 
- 
-### Principals 
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-* Sumayya Ali as _Clara_: vox; 
-* Denisha Ballew as _Serena_: vox; 
-* Alvin Crawford as _Crown_: vox; 
-* Dwelvan David as _the Crab Man_: vox; 
-* Danielle Lee Greaves as _Mariah_: vox; 
-* David Hughey as _Jake_: vox; 
-* Kingsley Leggs as _Sporting Life_: vox; 
-* Sarita Rachelle Lilly as _the Strawberry Woman_: vox; 
-* Alicia Hall Moran as _Bess_: mezzo-soprano vox; 
-* Chauncey Packer as _Peter, the Honey Man_: vox; 
-* Nathaniel Stampley as _Porgy_: vox. 
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-### Supporting Cast 
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-* Dan Barnhill as _the Detective_: vox; 
-* Vanjah Boikai: chorus; 
-* Adrianna M. Cleveland as _a woman of Catfish Row_: ensemble vox; 
-* Roosevelt André Credit as _a Fisherman_: ensemble vox; 
-* Cicily Daniels as _a woman of Catfish Row_: ensemble vox; 
-* Nkrumah Gatling as _a Fisherman_: ensemble vox; 
-* Tamar Greene as _a Fisherman_: ensemble vox; 
-* Nicole Adell Johnson as _a woman of Catfish Row_: ensemble vox; 
-* James Earl Jones II as _Robbins_: ensemble vox; 
-* Quentin Oliver Lee : chorus; 
-* Cheryse McLeod Lewis : chorus; 
-* Kent Overshown as _Mingo, the Undertaker_: ensemble vox; 
-* Lindsay Roberts : chorus; 
-* Fred Rose as _the Policeman_: ensemble vox; 
-* Soara-Joye Ross as _a woman of Catfish Row_: ensemble vox; 
- 
-### Production Credits 
- 
-* Acme Sound Partners: sound design; 
-* Christopher Akerlind: lighting design; 
-* William David Brohn: orchestration; 
-* Ronald K. Brown: choreographer; 
-* Arcell Cabuag: associate choreographer; 
-* Ira Gershwin: lyrics; 
-* George Gershwin: original composer; 
-* Rob Greene: wig, hair & makeup design; 
-* Riccardo Hernandez: scenic design; 
-* Dubose & Dorothy Heyward: original libretto, lyrics; 
-* Hudson Theatrical Associates: technical supervisor; 
-* Christopher Jahnke: orchestration; 
-* J. Jared Janas: wig, hair & makeup design; 
-* Constantine Kitsopoulos: music supervisor; 
-* John Miller: music coordinator; 
-* Diedre L. Murray: musical score adaptation; 
-* Harrington Nancy: associate director; 
-* Suzan-Lori Parks: book adaptation; 
-* Diane Paulus: director; 
-* Emilio Sosa: costume design. 
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- 
-## Notes 
- 
-Off to a good start: an uneventful trip, traffic-wise, and we got the very closest possible legal parking spot, right before the passenger loading zone! 
- 
-<(wip)> 
- 
-Lot's of information is posted at [[http://www.PorgyandBessTheMusical.com|the official show site]], with still more notes about the production posted online at [[https://www.facebook.com/TheGershwinsPorgyandBessNationalTour|Facebook]] and [[http://www.ovrtur.com/production/2901624|Ovrtur]]. Facebook has links to many short Youtube videos of the cast. 
- 
-Plenty of reviews have been posted online, here are a few: 
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-* [[http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_24523513/review-gershwins-porgy-and-bess-sumptuous-musical-treat|Karen D'Souza]] for the San Jose Mercury News 
-* [[http://www.sfcv.org/reviews/porgy-amp-bess-opera-or-musical-yes|Janos Green]] for SFCV 
-* [[http://myculturallandscape.blogspot.com/2013/11/its-not-just-about-goat.html|George Haymont]] 
-* [[http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/The-Gershwins-Porgy-and-Bess-review-a-new-take-4983900.php|Robert Hurwitt]] for SFGate 
-* [[http://sfappeal.com/2013/11/controversial-classic-porgy-and-bess/|Rain Jokinen]] for SF Appeal 
-* [[http://www.theaterdogs.net/2013/11/14/porgy-sings-anew-at-the-golden-gate/|Chad Jones]] for Theater Dogs 
-* [[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/The-Gershwins-Porgy-and-Bess-United-by-music-4961688.php|Chad Jones #2]] for SFGate 
-* [[http://www.jointforcesjournal.com/_jfj.php?READ=yes&which=999|Jan Miller]] 
-* [[http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=151482|Robert Sokol]] 
-* [[http://www.marinscope.com/sausalito_marin_scope/lifestyles_entertainment/article_f55158da-4d99-11e3-b395-001a4bcf887a.html|Woody Weingarten]]  
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-{{tag>music theatre P+B_cast P+B_production Golden_Gate_Theatre Sumayya_Ali Roosevelt_André_Credit Denisha_Ballew Dan_Barnhill Vanjah_Boikai Adrianna_M._Cleveland Alvin_Crawford Cicily_Daniels Dwelvan_David Nkrumah_Gatling Danielle_Lee_Greaves Tamar_Greene David_Hughey Nicole_Adell_Johnson James_Earl_Jones_II Quentin_Oliver_Lee_ Kingsley_Leggs Cheryse_McLeod_Lewis_ Sarita_Rachelle_Lilly Alicia_Hall_Moran Kent_Overshown Chauncey_Packer Lindsay_Roberts_ Fred_Rose Soara-Joye_Ross Nathaniel_Stampley Acme_Sound_Partners Christopher_Akerlind William_David_Brohn Ronald_K._Brown Arcell_Cabuag Ira_Gershwin George_Gershwin Rob_Greene Riccardo_Hernandez Dubose_&_Dorothy_Heyward Hudson_Theatrical_Associates Christopher_Jahnke J._Jared_Janas Constantine_Kitsopoulos John_Miller Diedre_L._Murray Harrington_Nancy Suzan-Lori_Parks Diane_Paulus Emilio_Sosa}} 
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