The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (2012 Broadway Cast)

 

Two CD set. New production of the Gershwins' Porgy And Bess starring four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, Drama Desk-nominee Norm Lewis, and two-time Tony Award-nominee David Alan Grier.

The Associated Press hailed it as "a gorgeous version of the Gershwin masterpiece," while Newsday proclaimed it "a luscious piece of musical theatre: a gripping, in-your-face, vibrant revival that bursts with fierce immediacy''.

Revered for its legendary score by George Gershwin, Dubose & Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin -- featuring such classics as "Summertime," "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" and "I Got Plenty of Nothing" -- The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has been reimagined and reinvigorated for the modern stage by a team that includes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, musical adapter Diedre L. Murray and director Diane Paulus.

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
1. Overture — Orchestra 2:23
2. Summertime — Nikki Renée Daniels, Joshua Henry, NaTasha Yvette Williams & Company 2:40
3. Roll Them Bones — David Alan Grier, J.D. Webster, Joshua Henry, Nathaniel Stampley, Bryonha Marie Parham & Company 3:38
4. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing — Joshua Henry, David Alan Grier & Company 2:16
5. Porgy’s Entrance — Joshua Henry, J.D. Webster, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier, Cedric Neal, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Bryonha Marie Parham, Phillip Boykin, Audra McDonald & Nathaniel Stampley 3:12
6. Crap Game — The Company 1:37
7. The Killing of Robbins — The Company 4:23
8. Gone, Gone, Gone — The Company 3:34
9. My Man’s Gone Now — Bryonha Marie Parham & Company 4:05
10. Leaving for the Promised Land — Audra McDonald and Company 3:32
11. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There — Joshua Henry, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis & Wilkie Ferguson III 2:12
12. I Got Plenty of Nothing — Norm Lewis & Company 2:44
13. I Hates Your Strutting Style — NaTasha Yvette Williams & David Alan Grier 2:31
14. “Picnics is all right…” — David Alan Grier, Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis 2:16
15. Bess, You Is My Woman Now — Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald 5:00
16. Oh, I Can’t Sit Down — The Company 2:35

Disc 2:
1. It Ain’t Necessarily So — David Alan Grier, Bryonha Marie Parham & Company 3:14
2. What You Want With Bess? — Audra McDonald & Phillip Boykin 6:38
3. Oh, Doctor Jesus — Bryonha Marie Parham, J.D. Webster, Norm Lewis & Company 2:50
4. Street Cries — Andrea Jones Sojola, Phumzile Sojola, Cedric Neal & Company 3:38
5. “I was powerful sick…” — Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis 2:16
6. I Loves You, Porgy — Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis 3:11
7. The Storm Approaches — NaTasha Yvette Williams, Nikki Renée Daniels & Bryonha Marie Parham 2:20
8. Oh, The Lord Shake the Heaven — The Company 4:02
9. A Red Headed Woman — Phillip Boykin & Company 2:00
10. Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise) — The Company 1:24
11. Clara, Don’t You Be Downhearted — The Company 2:05
12. Summertime (Reprise) — Audra McDonald 2:36
13. The Death of Crown — Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, Phillip Boykin & David Alan Grier 1:31
14. There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York — David Alan Grier 2:55
15. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — Norm Lewis, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Bryonha Marie Parham & J.D. Webster 4:07
16. Oh Lord, I’m On My Way — Norm Lewis & Company 2:38