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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Show_BoatShow Boat - Wikipedia

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   Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes ...

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3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0044030Show Boat (1951) - IMDb

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   Show Boat: Directed by George Sidney. With Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown. The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.

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   • Genre: Drama, Family, Musical

   • Director: George Sidney
   • Release Date: 1951-09-24

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Show_Boat_(1951_film)Show Boat (1951 film) - Wikipedia

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   Show Boat is a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber.

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6. rodgersandhammerstein.com › show › show-boatExplore the show Show Boat - History and More | Rodgers ...

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   Based on Edna Ferber’s classic American novel, 1927’s lyrically masterful Show Boat, by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, is the most-recorded musical of all time.

7. rodgersandhammerstein.com › the-enduring-relevanceThe Enduring Relevance of Show Boat - Rodgers & Hammerstein

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   An adaptation of the epic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Edna Ferber, Show Boat has been interpreted at various moments and by various audiences as all of these and more.

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   It's an Oscar-nominated musical look at the lives and loves of a show boat theater troupe aboard an old-fashioned Mississippi riverboat. Featuring all-American classic songs by Oscar...

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   Is Show Boat based on a true story?

   • Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber 's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927.

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   Where can I find a book about Showboat?

   • Kreuger, Miles. Showboat: The Story of a Classic American Musical, New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-19-502275-0 Show Boat at the Internet Broadway Database Show Boat at the Playbill Vault Streaming audio

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   Is 'Show Boat' a good show?

   • For all its theatrical power, in the end Show Boat has endured for its array of song hits, with two for the Black cast foremost among them. Indeed, the nearly ritualized singing of “Ol’ Man River” is the standout moment in any production, often garnering a scattered standing ovation a mere twenty minutes into Act 1.

   The Enduring Relevance of Show Boat - Rodgers & Hammerstein

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   What is the story behind Show Boat?

   • The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot. Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the epic narrative concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk and their lifelong friends on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway.

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10. rodgersandhammerstein.com › show-boat-synopsisShow Boat - Synopsis - Rodgers & Hammerstein

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    Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the lyrical masterpiece Show Boat explores the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway. Captain Andy commands the Cotton Blossom with his wife Parthy at his side.