ON MY WAY"/ THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROUBEN MAMOULIAN, GEORGE GERSHWIN, AND PORGY AND BESS

A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero.Bring m y goat! Porgy exclaims in the final scene of Gershwins opera Porgy and Bess. Bess, whom he loves, has left for New York City, and h es determined to find her. When his request is met with astonishmentNew York is a great distance from South Carolinas Catfish Row Porgy remains undaunted. He mounts his goat-cart and leads the community in an ecstatic finale, Oh Lawd, Im on my way.Stephen Sond heim has calle...[Read more]