In this three-part Playbill Director's Cut series, Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus (Hair) and Tony-winning leading lady Audra McDonald (Ragtime, Master Class, A Raisin in the Sun, Carousel) sit down for a comprehensive chat about the current Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, its Cambridge, MA, tryout production and their connection to — and the importance of — the iconic 1935 folk opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. For more on the show and its genesis, click here.
In this three-part Playbill Director's Cut series, Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus (Hair) and Tony-winning leading lady Audra McDonald (Ragtime, Master Class, A Raisin in the Sun, Carousel) sit down for a comprehensive chat about the current Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, its Cambridge, MA, tryout production and their connection to — and the importance of — the iconic 1935 folk opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. For more on the show and its genesis, click here.
