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Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City

Michelle Bradley (Bess) and Eric Greene (Porgy)
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Eric Greene (Porgy) and Michelle Bradley (Bess)
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Jermaine Smith (Sportin’ Life)
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Catfish Row
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“we recognise him in the canon of heroes who leave home and risk all”
Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 28 February 2026
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Michael Ellis Ingram, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Peter J. Davison, Set Designer
Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer
Mark McCullough, Lighting Designer
Kansas City Symphony
Eric Greene, Porgy
Michelle Bradley, Bess
Donovan Singletary, Crown
Jermaine Smith, Sportin’ Life
Brandie Sutton, Clara
Norman Garrett, Jake
Katerina Burton, Serena
La'Shelle Allen, Maria
David Morgans, Mingo
Bernard Holcomb, Robbins, Crab man
Marcel Daly, Peter
LaTeesha Jackson, Lily
Amari Lewis, Annie
MiKayla Lynn Hatfield, Strawberry woman
David Pelino, Nelson
Alex Smith, Detective
Eric Sean Fogel, Choreography
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