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Porgy
1987 Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies

1977 "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances

1976 "Porgy and Bess" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances

1943 "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan

1940 Dubose Heyward, U.S. writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies

1935 "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere

1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway

1935 Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston

1933 Nina Simone, born in Tyron, North Carolina, vocalist/pianist, Porgy

1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess

1924 Sidney Poitier, actor, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, or 1927

1923 Dorothy Dandridge, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress/singer/dancer, Porgy and Bess

1890 Dorothy Heyward, New York City, playwright, Porgy

1885 DuBose Heyward, novelist, Porgy



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