If “Show Boat” is, as Rodgers described it, “the first truly American theater music,” it is also the most unstable musical. Some changes over the years have been dramaturgical, and some ...

Photo by Getty Images To tell the story of Show Boat is to reckon with the beginning of an American art form — and how it’s always been tied to appropriation. Show Boat is a sweeping ...

Highlights include a spare reworking of the 1927 musical “Show Boat” and a surprisingly touching new piece by the shock ...

Show Boat forever changed the face of American theater. The first show to integrate its music and plot, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Theater Review “Show/Boat: A River” reverses the racial lens on the great-grandfather of American musicals. By Jesse ...

In adapting Edna Ferber’s novel about life on Mississippi River showboat Cotton Blossom, Kern wove a lush score from spirituals, Dixieland, European waltz and burgeoning jazz. Extensively ...

Unlike the waterway of its most famous song, the landmark 1927 musical “Show Boat”—which integrated song and story with a sophistication that set the American musical on its path to full ...

“Showboat is thrilled with the support of the ... The NJEDA also approved spending an additional $4 million in American Rescue Plan funds on future grants in the city. The application window ...