In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
- Genre: Music
- Studio: PBS, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Keyword: drug addiction, musical, south carolina, based on play or musical, poverty row, charleston, 1900s, 20th century, romantic drama
- Cast: Marquita Lister, Alvy Powell, Timothy Robert Blevins, Sabrina Elaine Carten, Dwayne Clark, David Aron Damane