PhotosPHOTO SPECIAL: An Exclusive Look Inside The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess' Closing Night BashThe Tony Award-winning revival of Porgy and Bess, starring five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Tony nominee Norm Lewis, ended its Broadway run Sept. 23. Playbill.com offers an exclusive look inside the company's closing night blowout held at the Jimmy Rooftop Bar in Soho.
By
Matthew Blank
October 02, 2012
Tony nominee Lewis (Sondheim on Sondheim, Side Show, Les Miserables) starred as the crippled beggar Porgy opposite five-time Tony Award winner McDonald (Ragtime, Marie Christine, Master Class) as Bess. They were joined by three-time Tony nominee David Alan Grier (The First, Race, Dreamgirls) as Sportin' Life and Tony nominee Joshua Henry (The Scottsboro Boys, American Idiot) as Jake. Here's a look at cast and crew celebrating a successful run:
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PHOTO ARCHIVE: "Oh Lord, I'm On My Way..." An Exclusive Look Inside The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess' Closing Night Bash Two Years Ago Today
PHOTO ARCHIVE: "Oh Lord, I'm On My Way..." An Exclusive Look Inside The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess' Closing Night Bash Two Years Ago Today
The Tony Award-winning revival of Porgy and Bess, starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Tony nominee Norm Lewis, ended its Broadway run Sept. 23, 2012. Playbill.com offers an exclusive look inside the company's closing night blowout held at the Jimmy Rooftop Bar in Soho.
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Carmen Ruby Floyd and Julius Thomas III
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Natasha Yvette Williams and Audra McDonald
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Audra McDonald and Sumayya Ali
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Carmen Ruby Floyd with Norm Lewis
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Heather Hill and guest
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Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, Kate Sorg, Allison Blackwell, Nikki Renee Daniels
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Allison Blackwell, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson and Sumayya Ali
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Allison Blackwell, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson and Sumayya Ali
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Natasha Yvette Williams
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Audra McDonald and Heather Hill
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Norm Lewis and Heather Hill
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Ken Mahoney and David Hughey
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Will Swenson, Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis
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Bryonha Parham
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Norm Lewis and Bryonha Parham
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Phillip Boykin
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Roosevelt Andre Credit
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Andrea Jones-Sojola
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David Alan Grier with Nathaniel Stampley
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Phumzile Sojola and Andrea Jones-Sojola
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Sharika Niles
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Norm Lewis and Phillip Boykin
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Producer Rebecca Gold Milikowsky and director Diane Paulus
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Sumayya Ali and Bryonha Parham
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Carmen Ruby Floyd and guest
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Alicia Hall Moran and husband jazz artist Jason Moran.
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Alicia Hall Moran
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Alicia Hall Moran with David Alan Grier
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Roosevelt Andre Credit, Alicia Hall Moran and David Alan Grier
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Audra McDonald, Carmen Ruby Floyd, guest and Nikki Renee Daniels
The cast also featured Nikki Renee Daniels as Clara, Phillip Boykin as Crown, Bryonha Marie Parham as Serena, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Maria, Cedric Neal as Frazier, J.D. Webster as Mingo, Heather Hill as Lily, Phumzile Sojola as Peter and Nathaniel Stampley as Robbins.
According to the producers, Porgy and Bess "is set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater’s most exhilarating love stories."
