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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 ...
Show Boat made its first return to Broadway shortly after its initial run. Opening May 19, 1932 at the Casino Theatre, the revival was directed by Oscar Hammerstein II and choreographed by Sammy Lee. The cast included Tess Gardella as Queenie, Dennis King as Gaylord Ravenal, Helen Morgan as Julie, Eva Puck as Ellie, Paul Robeson as Joe, Norma ...
Show Boat’s Racially Charged History. Show Boat remains enduringly relevant and enduringly problematic because of its racially charged themes and history. Certainly, Hammerstein and Kern were well-intentioned in their efforts to create meaningful material for a Black singer-actor and to welcome a Black ensemble onto the same stage where a ...
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. The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot.
Show Boat - 1946 Broadway Cast Show Boat - 1999 Compilation Notes Contains many tracks from various Show Boat recordings, including the 1932 Studio Cast & 1946 Broadway Cast.
Show Boat. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s immortal musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel receives its most faithful and enduring cinematic treatment under the elegant direction of James Whale.
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Oscar Hammerstein II (901) Additional Lyrics. Oscar Hammerstein II (901), P.G. Wodehouse [1] (62) Type. Musical. Source. Edna Ferber's novel of the same name. Premiere. December 27, 1927.
