Porgy and Bess

Once again, summer came early with two heatwaves already and a third one looming in the next week. To cool things down a bit, we’re turning to the musicals for songs about “summer” on this week’s Dress Circle (6/28 7:00 p.m.), and we’ve been able to cull together fourteen pieces even though, oddly enough, there aren’t as many songs about summer as you might have thought.

The first Dress Circle program of October (10/1 7:00 p.m.) will be the traditional monthly feature that looks at some of the shows that opened this month.…