Web Credits:
Producer: Licia Hurst
Associate Producer: Wendy Phillips
Writer: John Ardoin
Art Director: Mohammad Riza
Designer: Janette Afsharian
Technical Director: Howard Goldstein
Director, wNetStation and Online Programs: Barry Levine
wNetStation is a production of Thirteen/WNET's Kravis Multimedia Education Center in New York City. Ruth Ann Burns, Vice President. David Wolff, Director of New Media.
Special thanks to Bill O'Donnell.
About the Writer:
JOHN ARDOIN is music critic of the Dallas Morning News and has been music consultant for GREAT PERFORMANCES for 20 years, as well as a writer for many of its presentations. He is author of six books, including "The Callas Legacy," "Callas at Juilliard," "The Stages of Menotti," and "The Furtwaengler Record."
GREAT PERFORMANCES Web pages copyright © 1998 Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
All rights reserved. The contents of these GREAT PERFORMANCES Web pages are copyrighted under United States and other copyright laws. You may not download, reproduce, transmit, display, distribute or make derivative works from the contents of the GREAT PERFORMANCES Web pages other than for personal use without the advance written permission of the copyright owner. Any unauthorized use of any of the contents of the Great Performances Online Web pages may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
Television Credits:
Directed by
NIGEL NOBLE
Produced by
JAMES A. STANDIFER
Narrated by
RUBY DEE
Edited by
ANN COLLINS
Written by
GLORIA NAYLOR
ED APFEL
Director of Photography
DYANNA TAYLOR
Co-Producer
NANCY TONG
Associate Director
EDWARD DESSISSO
Archival Research
LEANE CLIFTON
Cast
Clara: KAREN PARKS
Young Heyward: CHRISTOPHER JONES
Leah: SHERI MCLAIN
Eugenie: FOUCHENA SHEPPARD
DuBose Heyward: ROBERT BRUNER
George Gershwin: JONATHAN BRODY
Ira Gershwin: TERRY PLATT
Voices
SIMON BROOKINGS
DAVID MARGULIES
JONATHAN PECK
T.L. REILLY
Script Consultants
BRIAN BRIEGER
ELISE A. BRYANT
Associate Producer
NANCY OEY
Charleston Crew
Casting Director
PAT GOLDEN
Location Manager
STEVEN RHEA
Production Designer
EMILY HIGGINS
Costume Designer
PAUL SIMMONS
Sound
PETER MILLER
Video Engineer
EDWARD O'CONNER
Gaffer
NATHANIEL KENDRICK JR.
Best Boy Electric
BENJAMIN NOBLE
Key Grip
TONY SUBER
Swing Crew
LORRAINE LOGAN
WILLIAM RAMPEY JR.
Construction Coordinator
EDWARD DONLON
Props Master
HANS KESSOCK
Hair/Makeup
JOAN RIEGER
Casting Assistant
KAREN KEYES
Wardrobe Assistant
DOROTHY MASTERS
Production Assistants
RANDY MOODY
KEVA KEYES
Additional Crew
Camera
PAUL BARTON
JOHN HAZARD
TERRY HOPKINS
DON LENZER
STUART MATH
Additional Sound/Video Engineer
STEVEN BALICK
JEFFREY EDRICH
TOM GUARCELLO
JOHN ZECCA
Additional Production Assistants
MAUDE CHILTON
ANDRE COTTON
LEON REYNOLDS
Post-Production
Post-Production Supervisor
SUSAN LAZARUS
Sound Editors
MARGARET CRIMMINS
PAUL HSU
Assistant Editors
RICHARD CAMPBELL
NOEL DOWD
JAMES GABRIEL
On-Line Editor
JOHN FORDHAM
Post-Production Facility
TEATOWN VIDEO
Chyron Graphics
MIGUEL GUADALUPE
Post Assistant
SHANI WASHINGTON
Sound Mixer
TONY VOLANTE
SOUNDTRACK
Advisors
HOLLIS ALPERT
DONALD BOGLE
WILLIAM BOLCOM
NINA COOCH
RUBY CORNWELL
RICHARD CRAWFORD
DAVID CRIPPENS
HAROLD CRUSE
THADIOUS DAVIS
PAMELA ELDER
SAMUEL FLOYD
HARLEN GREEN
CHARLES HAMM
EDWARD JABLONSKI
METTE JANSEN
ROBERT KIMBALL
LAWRENCE LEVINE
EARL LEWIS
GEORGE PRICE
TOBY QUITSLUND
MAXWELL O. READE
WAYNE SHIRLEY
Vanguard Films
Production Office Coordinator
MOON CHO
Production Associates
HELGA PEREZ
CARLO GABRIEL SPARANERO
Additional Casting
RICHARD HARDEN
Legal Advisors
ROBERT FREEDMAN
JONATHAN BOKER
Bookkeeper
NINA GARFINKEL
The University of Michigan
Project Director
JAMES A. STANDIFER
Project Coordinator
WILLIAM F. SHEA
Promo Editors
MICHAEL KNIGHT
Project Research
JAMES A. STANDIFER
Film & Music Clearance
ROBIN URDANG
Research Assistant
ANNA REID JHIRAD
Legal Consultant/Advisor
ELAINE BROCK
DEBRA KOWICH
MICHAEL A. KOPE
Special Rights & Permissions
JAMES KENDRICK
Accountants
DIANA CUBBERLY
ADELINE RYZNAR
SANDRA HAMILTON-STANDIFER
Interns
TODD GERSHWIN
BRONWEN FERGUSON
Chief Consultant
MARY JACKSON
Archival Sources
ABC NEWS/VIDEO SOURCE
JOHN E. ALLEN
ARCHIVE FILMS
A.R.I.Q. FOOTAGE, INC.
CBS NEWS ARCHIVE
CHERTOK ASSOCIATES INC.
VICTOR CROMWELL
FILM/AUDIO SERVICES INC.
GRINBERG WORLDWIDE IMAGES
NBC NEWS ARCHIVES
NATIONAL ARCHIVES UCLA ARCHIVES
NRK NORWEGIAN BROADCASTING CORP.
RUSSIAN STATE ARCHIVE OF CINEMA & PHOTODOCUMENTS
STANDIFER VIDEO ARCHIVE OF ORAL HISTORY, BLACK
AMERICAN MUSIC: EVA JESSYE COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MATERIALS
Carl Van Vechten photos courtesy of
BEINEKE LIBRARY AT YALE UNIVERSITY and
THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Sam Kasakoff photos courtesy of
ELLA GERBER
Edward Steichen photos courtesy of
CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS
Glyndebourne Festival Opera photos copyright
GUY GRAVETT
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, UK
KITTY CARLISLE HART
JEROME LAWRENCE AND ROBERT E. LEE THEATER
INSTITUTE AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY:
ROBERT BREEN COLLECTION
WAXMAN COLLECTION
Metropolitan Opera photos courtesy of
WINNIE KLOTZ
and the
METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
BILLY ROSE THEATER COLLECTION, NY PUBLIC LIBRARY
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CHARLESTON
© 1933, 1935 THE NEW YORK TIMES CO. USED BY PERMISSION
© 1924 THE NEWS & COURIER, CHARLESTON, SC
Clips from "LADY BE GOOD" and "RHAPSODY IN BLUE, THE STORY OF GEORGE GERSHWIN" provided by TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.
Excerpts of the Primetime Television production of "PORGY AND BESS" Courtesy of PRIMETIME ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
"PORGY AND BESS" 1959 film excerpt and stills furnished by
THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN COMPANY
Footage from Madeline Andersonís "I AM SOMEBODY" courtesy of FIRST RUN/ICARUS FILMS
The poem "Whitehouses" used by permission of the LITERARY ARCHIVES OF CLAUDE MCKAY
Black Manhattan © 1930 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
Music
"Gypsy Blues" written and perfomed by James P. Johnson
Courtesy of Biograph R Records, Inc.
Excerpts from "Porgy & Bess" 1940, 1943 cast recording
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
"Been in the Storm So Long"
Performed by Mary Pickney
Courtesy of Smithsonian/Folkway Records
"Harlem Speaks" and "Jive Stomp"
Written by Duke Ellington
Performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Courtesy of Jazz Information Records
"Misty Mornin'"
Written by A. Whetsol and E. Ellington
Performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Courtesy of Hot 'n Sweet, EPM
"Valse Noble et Sentimental" by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Pascal Roge
Courtesy of Polygram Recording, Inc.
Gershwin Performs Gershwin
Rare Recordings 1931-1935
Excerpts from Porgy & Bess Rehearsal
Courtesy of Music Masters/BMG
"So Am I" and "Sweet Lowdown"
Written by George & Ira Gershwin
Performed by George Gershwin
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications, Inc., a Time Warner Co.
Excerpts from "Porgy & Bess"
As produced and presented on stage by Sherwin M. Goldman and Houston Grand Opera © 1977 RCA/BMG
Exerpts from "Gershwinís Porgy & Bess"
Performed by Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans and the
Glyndebourne Chorus
Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
"The Pilgrim Song" by P.I. Tchaikovsky
Performed by Todd Duncan
Bell Telephone Hour - June 5, 1950
Courtesy NBC Enterprises
"Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Courtesy of Polygram Special Markets
A division of Polygram Global Distribution, Inc.
All selections from "Porgy & Bess"
© George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and DuBose & Dorothy
Heyward Memorial Fund
Administered by WB Music Corp.
The worldwide rights in the music of George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin for this permission are licensed by the Gershwin Family.
This program was funded by:
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
FORD FOUNDATION
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
NATIONAL BLACK PROGRAMMING CONSORITUM
NIKE CORPORATION
SOUTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL
MICHIGAN HUMANITIES COUNCIL
MAXWELL READE JAZZ FOUNDATION
MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES
HARBURG FOUNDATION
Special thanks to:
Tams-Whitmark Music Library, Inc.
Warner-Chappell Music
City of New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting
City of Charleston Department of Traffic and Transportation
Charleston Grip & Electric Corporation
Louis Aborn
Kent Byas
Judge Louis Condon
Ella Gerber
Virginia Geraty
Elizabeth Verner Hamilton
Charles Seabrooke
For GREAT PERFORMANCES
Manager, Program Development
BILL O'DONNELL
Director of Special Projects
JAN GURA
Series Producer for Music
DAVID HORN
Executive Producer
JAC VENZA
PORGY & BESS: AN AMERICAN VOICE is a presentation of
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
in collaboration with
VANGUARD FILMS
and
MOJO WORKING PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Executive Producer
CHARLES HOBSON
Copyright © 1997 University of Michigan
GREAT PERFORMANCES is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and public television stations. Major corporate support is provided by The Chase Manhattan Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Private Bank.
Porgy and Bess Intro | Behind the Scenes | Meet the Artists | A Look at the Work | Resources
TV Schedule | The Programs | Feedback | Video Info | Credits
Photo Credits:
Top Banner: Courtesy of the Vandamm Collection, Museum of the City of New York.