Moore grew up in Houston’s Aldine neighborhood, the middle of five children, singing gospel in her grandfather’s church. Now, ...

As Porgy, the disabled beggar who falls in love with Bess in a Charleston slum, Sumuel has been practicing his limp along ...

Houston Life’s Melanie Camp takes us behind the curtain for an inside look at the artistry, music, and costumes bringing it ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Houston Grand Opera staged a pioneering production of George Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' that traveled ...

Houston Grand Opera's 1976 production of George Gershwin's controversial classic about African Amercan life won a Tony Award ...

This is the year for sumptuous productions of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” The poignant story about the residents of Catfish Row, coupled with the magnificent score, has touched audiences worldwide ...

Many people know “Porgy and Bess” as the grand George Gershwin opera which debuted on Broadway in 1935, but director Diane Paulus has since re-invented the popular tale of Southern black life as ...

Awash in the hard light of a summer afternoon in South Carolina, the opening scene of Washington National Opera’s “Porgy and Bess” bears the muted sepia glow of an old photograph — one that springs to ...

Better than: Being trampled — in your own seat — by half the people in your section as they make for the Irish coffee at intermission. More on that later. On the BART ride home after San Francisco ...

In the third or fourth phase of his illustrious career, Miles Davis recorded an album called Porgy and Bess. The title didn’t indicate that he was playing the music that George Gershwin had created ...

Three hours at the opera house might not sound like your idea of a Sunday afternoon. But what if you could spread out a blanket on the Mall, pop open a picnic basket and watch the show at no cost? To ...