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George Gershwin, DuBose & Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Court Theatre
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| Friday | 8 p.m. |
| Saturday | 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Sunday | 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 7:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | 7:30 p.m. |
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Coming off their 2008 Jeff Award-winning production of Caroline, or Change, Charles Newell and Doug Peck come face-to-face with one of the greatest—and most controversial—pieces of American music theater ever created. Often denounced as a racially insensitive portrayal of black southerners, Newell and Peck, in collaboration with Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson and an all-African-American cast, will present a thoughtful, never-before-seen retelling of Gershwin and Heyward’s “folk opera” Porgy and Bess, a classic but contested piece of American theater history. Times and prices TBA.
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