Audiences at the premiere of “Show Boat” in late 1927 would have taken ... American girl. The character of Queenie, a riverboat cook, was originally played by a white actor in blackface.

So I’ve always been an athlete, but I’ve always been in places where there weren’t many women there with me,” she said Tuesday. Atkins doesn’t want girls today to be the only females in the room, now ...

Stephanie Weeks in Show/Boat: A River. Marisa Tornello In terms ... which they take on and off when playing Caucasians. The cast is diverse and full of dynamic, appealing performers, from downtown ...

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

Unlike the waterway of its most famous song, the landmark 1927 musical “Show Boat”—which integrated ... of more than a half-dozen central characters—another major revival may take another ...

Deliberately or not, Hammerstein told the story of being an American Jew by funneling it through the characters of Show Boat. He pioneered an American art form that continues to wrestle with the ...

The first show to integrate its music and plot, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot. Its epic narrative concerns the lives ...

Here’s the Trending team’s main character of the week ... Our owner has entered his Al Davis era wherein his showboat moves become predictable. The greatest football minds aren’t ...

Styled as “Show/Boat: A River,” Mr. Herskovits’s version ... unfamiliar with the complex narrative. The show has been cast with actors of color playing some of the white characters, and ...

From *Barnum* and *Matilda* to the thrilling new production *Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular*, London has ...

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office’ from Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens, narrated by Chloë Sevigny, debuts at Rotterdam, exploring the life of the utopian neuroscientist.