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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 include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love.
Unlike the dazzling revues for which Ziegfeld was known, Show Boat paved an uncharted path with a bold and ambitious vision; here was a new kind of musical operetta comedy with three-dimensional characters dealing with serious, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot.
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.
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.
27 de dic. de 2020 · Show Boat, Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern’s musical adaptation of the Edna Ferber novel, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre December 27, 1927. The groundbreaking musical examines the lives of...
In 1927, the very first thing audiences saw when Show Boat’s curtain rose was a Black chorus launching a show with an interracial cast—a sign of progress toward equitable race relations. But the first word this ensemble sang was a racial slur, referring to Black people in derogatory terms and their hard labor on the river.
Staged by Zeke Colvan and Oscar Hammerstein II; Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban; Costume Design by John Harkrider. Show Boat (Original, Musical, Drama) opened in New York City Dec 27, 1927 and played through May 4, 1929.
