The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
GPTKB entity
Properties (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
musical
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| gptkbp:adaptedInto |
film
ballet musical theatre productions DuBose_Heyward's_novel_Porgy |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Arts
gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Musical_Theater_Album gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Revival_of_a_Musical |
| gptkbp:culturalSignificance |
addresses themes of love and struggle
depicts_life_in_a_Black_community recognized_as_a_classic_of_American_music |
| gptkbp:featuresCharacter |
gptkb:Sportin'_Life
Crown Bess Porgy |
| gptkbp:genre |
opera
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| gptkbp:hasPerformance |
gptkb:Alvin_Theatre
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
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| gptkbp:influenced |
popular music
jazz musicians subsequent_American_musicals |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
jazz music
spirituals African_American_culture |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
2012 Broadway revival
1953 film adaptation 1986 Broadway revival 2019 revival at the American Repertory Theater 2006_Broadway_revival |
| gptkbp:notableSong |
gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
Summertime It Ain't Necessarily So I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' A Woman Is a Sometime Thing |
| gptkbp:officialLanguage |
English
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| gptkbp:performedBy |
international opera houses
many opera companies Broadway_productions |
| gptkbp:premieredOn |
September 30, 1935
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| gptkbp:producedBy |
gptkb:The_Metropolitan_Opera
|
| gptkbp:setIn |
gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina
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| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:George_Gershwin
gptkb:DuBose_Heyward gptkb:Ira_Gershwin |