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Showboat
Music by Jerome Kern
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Adapted from the novel by Edna Ferber
Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld
Directed by Zeke Colvan
Choreography by Sammy Lee
Opened December 27, 1927 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ran
for 572 performances.
Synopsis
It is a musical treasure that beautifully paints a portrait of the ugliness of racism, marital discord and abandonment. And it is a story of love proclaimed in songs that have become standards in American musical literature SHOW BOAT covers one of the most dramatic eras in American history and spans four decades to tell its panoramic, romantic story of the Cotton Blossom floating theater, the Hawks family and their show boat troupe of actors.
Song List
- Overture
- Cotton Blossom
- Cap'n Andy's ballyhoo
- Where's the mate for me
- Make believe
- Ol' Man River
- Can't help lovin' dat man
- Life on the wicked stage
- Till good luck comes my way
- Mis'ry's comin' aroun'
- I would like to play a lover's part
- I might fall back on you
- Queenie's ballyhoo
- Villain dance
- You are love
- Finale act one
- At the fair
- Why do I love you?
- In Dahomey
- Convent scene
- Bill
- Can't help lovin' dat man (reprise)
- Trocadero opening chorus
- Apache dance
- Goodbye, my lady love
- After the ball
- Ol' man river (reprise)
- Hey, feller
- You are love (reprise)
- Cotton Blossom (reprise)
- It's getting hotter in the north
- Finale ultimo
- Pantry scene
- Waterfront saloon scene
- Yes, ma'am
- Kim's imitations (why do I love you?)
- Dance away the night
- A pack of cards
- Creole love song
- Out there in an orchard
- Gallivantin' aroun'
- I have the room above her
- Ah still suits me
- Nobody else but me
Info
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical in 1995. Winner of 5 Drama Desk Awards and 4 Outer Critics Circle Awards!
Original Cast included: Charles Winninger, Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Helen Morgan, Jules Bledsoe, Edna May Oliver, Eva Puck, Sammy White, Tess Gardella, Charles Ellis & Francis X. Mahoney.
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