Porgy and Bess runs through May 31, 2025, and is produced by the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center located at 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20566.

soprano Brittany Renee as Bess (a role she will alternate with soprano Alyson Cambridge) and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as Porgy (also alternating with baritone Reginald Smith Jr.). Their ...

and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as Porgy (also alternating with baritone Reginald Smith Jr.). Their ravishing duet (“Bess, You Is My Woman Now”) was one of many high points. Renee’s Bess ...

If there is one opera lost or won by its chorus and characters, it’s George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. In this perfect storm of a story, it’s all about the tight-knit fishing community that ...

In 1954, a crash on Route 66 changed Sammy Davis Jr.’s life forever. We visited the site where the music icon lost his left eye—and where Hollywood history took a dramatic turn. Judge Throws ...

Pianist Oscar Peterson dug into the Gershwin score—again, on Verve—in 1959. But the most notable rendition is the Miles Davis/Gil Evans collaboration Porgy and Bess (Columbia Records,1958), one of the ...

Now, on the night of his final broadcast, Nat must grapple with the complexities of his psyche, personified by his best friend and alter-ego, Sammy Davis Jr., and decide whether to quietly step ...

Sammy Davis Jr., Ringo Starr, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones and Cher. Margolis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for directing the Oscars ...

and Emmy wins for the 1995 Oscars and Sammy Davis Jr.’s 60th Anniversary Celebration. Serving as executive producer, Margolis brought his expertise and creative energy to the Screen Actors Guild ...

A six-time Emmy nominee, Margolis won the award for his direction of the 1995 Oscars and for Sammy Davis Jr.’s 60th Anniversary Celebration in 1990. Margolis’ memoir, We’re Live in 5 ...