Great Performances

Season 26 Episode 8: Porgy and Bess: An American Voice

49 SeasonsNov 08, 1995TV-G3h 00m8.9

A documentary detailing the history of Gershwin's opera and DuBose Heyward's original novel "Porgy", and the impact it has had on its casts and audiences as well as U.S. black culture in general, with rare archival footage of the 1952...

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Season 26 Episodes:

Episode 7 Creating Ragtime

7. Creating Ragtime

Aired: Oct 25, 1995

Documentary explores the creation of the musical play Ragtime, based on the n...

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Music, Musical