Talk:Porgy and Bess

"the times are here to debunk Gershwin's lampblack Negroisms."
According to a book by Howard Pollack, as found on Google, this quote came from an Edward Morrow interview for New Theatre which may have taken Ellington's words beyond what he actually said. While I think the quote should stay because of the ensuing fallout,it might be necessary to reflect who was saying that Ellington had said that> At the least, there wouldn't be the total flip-flop that the article currently claims.MMetro (talk) 02:41, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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Where is the reference to the 2-12 production starring Audra MacDonald, Norm Lewis and Phillip Boykin?
I was surprised to find no mention of this version which was shortened for sure but authorized by the Gershwin Estate and highly acclaimed by the critics and public allike. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.204.240.162 (talk) 23:49, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm surprised you didn't find the section . -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:27, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Need to fix this error
The Roles box says that Jim is a cotton picker. The Synopsis says he is a stevedore. Which is it? Softlavender (talk) 01:14, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * https://www.liveabout.com/porgy-and-bess-synopsis-724282 describes this early scene as "Men from around town trickle in to join the craps game, including fisherman Mingo and Jim, who works down at the docks loading and unloading cargo from the ships. Jim expresses that he has grown tired of his job and decides to try and make a living by joining Jake and Mingo as a fisherman." In the libretto, Jim and Jake have this dialogue: Jim: "I'm done with cotton." Jake: "Better come along with me on the Sea Gull. I got room for another fisherman." Jim: "That suit me. This cotton hook done swing its las' bale of cotton. Here, who wants a cotton hook?" This suggests to me that he's working on the docks loading cotton bales. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:49, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's another synopsis: . It sounds like the truth is somewhere between "stevedore" and "cotton picker": Jim hauls cotton, he doesn't pick it. I adjusted the wiki article to that effect. The city of Charleston wouldn't have cotton to "pick", anyway. Softlavender (talk) 01:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Interestingly, the wiki article on stevedore says:

"In present-day American waterfront usage, a stevedore is usually a person or a company who manages the operation of loading or unloading a ship. In the early 19th century, the word was usually applied to black laborers or slaves who loaded and unloaded bales of cotton and other freight on and off of riverboats."


 * (Emphasis mine.) Softlavender (talk) 02:03, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

2019-20 revival
I opened a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Opera regarding whether the version that I saw on PBS on Friday night should be discussed in a subsection of performance history.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 10:15, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I have been advised at that discussion of the following. There is a current element of encyclopedic content for this revival at Porgy and Bess, which is deemed as a currently unsatisfactory hodge-podge. I am not really equipped to tackle that hodge-podge to make it useful encyclopedic content. However, I am able to demsonstrate why it is not a very good presentation and not a good location for the content regarding this "run". I stated my problems with the current presentation over there as follows:
 * Anyone looking for 2018-2020 content in the TOC is not even going to see it because it seems to be chronoligically presented.
 * One ref for 2018-2020 content is dead and the other fails to link this production in a way that makes it a clear whether it is a revival or a newly-tweaked production bearing the same name.
 * It makes it seem as if the London production just transferred to the Met when it was recast twice before getting to the Met and some of the later encore performances at the Met had new casts or at least significant stand ins.
 * The current presentation never mentions the Dutch production and its only live source mentions a Washington National Opera run (in May), that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It is not clear how many more stops were on the schedule.
 * It seems to me that a separate subsection should address this shared/toured production.
 * I would encourage a reworking of the entire Subsequent productions content.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:18, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Second graf
The second paragraph states that it was not until the Houston revival of 1976 that P&G became widely acclaimed. However further on the text (properly) clarifies that the 1942 revival and particularly the touring production of 1952-53 were instrumental in cementing this show's renown.

I leave it to other editors to make any adjustments in the text since my own edits are invariably reversed the next day. Salut ConradArchguy (talk) 05:19, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Porgy (play)
I noticed a page called Porgy (play) which is a stub article of an early version of this play which has most of the same content. Maybe it should be combined into this article? I see no real reason to have them separate. Any thoughts? Buger677 (talk) 21:13, 3 January 2023 (UTC)