Cast of the Broadway musical “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” on stage at the Ahmanson Theatre April 22, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Nathaniel Stampley, right, and Alicia Hall Moran embrace onstage as Porgy and Bess at the Ahmanson. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Nathaniel Stampley, right, and Alicia Hall Moran as Porgy and Bess. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Alicia Hall Moran and Nathaniel Stampley as Porgy and Bess. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Kingsley Leggs, right, as Sporting Life, vies for the attention of Alicia Hall Moran’s Bess in “Porgy and Bess.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Nathaniel Stampley, left, and Alicia Hall Moran in “Porgy and Bess.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Danielle Lee Greaves as Mariah tries to comfort Denisha Ballew, playing Serena, following murder of her husband in “Porgy and Bess.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Alvin Crawford plays Crown, with Alicia Hall Moran as Bess. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Nathaniel Stampley, left, stars as Porgy in “Porgy and Bess.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Kingsley Leggs cuts a figure as Sporting Life in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
David Hughey, left, as Jake and Sumayya Ali, right, with baby, as Clara in “Porgy and Bess.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
