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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. The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot.
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- 1927 Original Broadway Production
Unlike the dazzling revues for which Ziegfeld was known,...
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Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the lyrical...
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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.
Rodgers and Hammerstein re-worked the musical theater genre. Early 20th-century musicals, except for the Princess Theatre musicals and a few important examples like Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's Show Boat, were usually whimsical or farcical, and typically built around a star.
Show Boat es un musical en dos actos con música de Jerome Kern y libreto de Oscar Hammerstein II, considerado a menudo el "padre del musical estadounidense". Fue el primero en combinar texto con canciones, en una especie de opereta estadounidense de fuerte contenido racial y crítica social.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Rodgers and Hammerstein created tuneful diversions but also some of our nation's most enduring entertainments. ... His most noteworthy effort prior to teaming with Rodgers was “Show Boat,” in ...
