{"product_id":"19664-gershwin-george-gershwin-ira-heyward-dubose-signed-contract-for-the-original-porgy-and-bess-production","title":"Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) \u0026 Gershwin, Ira. (1896–1983) \u0026 Heyward, DuBose. (1885–1940) Signed Contract for the Original 'Porgy and Bess' Production","description":"\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eCarbon typescript, 7 pp. on onionskin paper (10 7\/8 x 8 1\/2 in.; 278 x 216 mm), 5-line typed amendment pasted to final leaf, New York, 28 June 1935; stapled in upper left corner with first and last leaves detached, final leaf with tears at upper corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eThe original agreement granting the Theatre Guild the rights to produce \u003cem style=\"\"\u003ePorgy and Bess \u003c\/em\u003e(at this point still referred to simply as \u003cem style=\"\"\u003ePorgy\u003c\/em\u003e), signed by composer George Gershwin, lyricist Ira Gershwin, authors Dubose Hayward and Dorothy Hayward, and Theatre Guild representative Warren P. Munsell. The agreement is also initialed twice by all the signers and Munsell has initialed several more times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eThis contract prepares the way for the first performances of the greatest operatic work written by an American composer thus far. \u003cem style=\"\"\u003ePorgy and Bess\u003c\/em\u003e opened at the Colonial Theatre in Boston on 30 September 1935 and transferred to the Alvin Theatre in New York on 10 October.  The work includes a number of Gershwin's best-known and loved tunes, including Summertime, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin, It Ain't Necessarily So and A Woman Is a Sometime Thing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093723435167,"sku":"19664","price":30000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19664_Gershwin_Contract_1.png?v=1722189919","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/19664-gershwin-george-gershwin-ira-heyward-dubose-signed-contract-for-the-original-porgy-and-bess-production","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}