Dubose Heyward's Books
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SummertimeSummertime and the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high... Nothing captures the feelings of summer better than the much-loved...Read More
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Playbill, April 15, 2013
...Bess has music by George Gershwin, lyrics by his brother Ira and a book and additional lyrics by DuBose Heyward. It is based on the play Porgy, by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. To reinvigorate the characters and bolster the dramatic impact of the story,...
Broadway World, April 15, 2013
...2012 Broadway Cast Recording of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS is now available on PS Classics. Based on DuBose Heyward's novel "Porgy" and the play of the same name, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward, the Broadway revival of THE GERSHWINS'...
Playbill, April 3, 2013
...Bess has music by George Gershwin, lyrics by his brother Ira and a book and additional lyrics by DuBose Heyward. It is based on the play Porgy, by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. To reinvigorate the characters and bolster the dramatic impact of the story,...
New York Daily News, December 30, 2012
...come to life in this streamlined version of the classic folk opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. Jan. 26 “Wit,” Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Cynthia Nixon stars as a poetry professor battling cancer in Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer...
New York Post, December 29, 2012
...went too quickly! It was one of the first times I realized the power of imagination. Porgy by DuBose Heyward When I was offered the opportunity to play Bess [on Broadway], I started from scratch. I’d seen the opera so many times, but I wondered,...
Playbill, September 23, 2012
...opera has music by George Gershwin, lyrics by his brother Ira and a book and additional lyrics by DuBose Heyward. It is based on the play Porgy, by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. PS Classics recorded a cast album of the new incarnation of the work.To...
Psychology Today, August 9, 2012
...Truly great picture books are engaging at any age, beautiful and beautifully written, and yet we don’t think of them as something we would seek out as adults. And when we think of enjoying “art,” it’s easy to imagine going to a museum–but the...
Broadway World, December 31, 2012
...of 2012. First, the operas.... PORGY AND BESS, the American folk opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, returned to South Africa following a series of international engagements. Set in Catfish Row, a slum in Charleston, South Caroline, the...
Broadway World, December 31, 2012
...opera's director, Matthew Wild. PORGY AND BESS, the American folk opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, returned to South Africa following a series of international engagements. Set in Catfish Row, a slum in Charleston, South Caroline, the...
New York Daily News, December 30, 2012
...come to life in this streamlined version of the classic folk opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. Jan. 26 “Wit,” Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Cynthia Nixon stars as a poetry professor battling cancer in Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer...
New York Post, December 29, 2012
...went too quickly! It was one of the first times I realized the power of imagination. Porgy by DuBose Heyward When I was offered the opportunity to play Bess [on Broadway], I started from scratch. I’d seen the opera so many times, but I wondered,...
Huffington Post, December 22, 2012
...PUBLIC 5. DANIEL KITSON'S IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT NOW, UNTIL IT'S LATER 6. THE GERSHWINS' (AND DUBOSE HEYWARD'S) PORGY & BESS 7. CLYBOURNE PARK 8. INDEPENDENTS AT FRINGEFEST NYC 9. THE PIANO LESSON AT SIGNATURE THEATRE 10. PIGPEN'S THE OLD...
World Socialist Web Site, December 16, 2012
...productions for the ensemble. The libretto for Gershwin’s opera was adapted from the 1924 best-seller, Porgy, by DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), a story based on a real figure—a crippled beggar—who lived on the streets of Charleston. Porgy, forced by...
Columbus Dispatch, December 13, 2012
...Porgy and Bess boasts some of the best songs by George and Ira Gershwin, who collaborated with lyricist Dubose Heyward (since praised by Stephen Sondheim in his book on lyrics for writing the best Broadway lyrics of the past century). Among the songs...
