Show Boat US Tour in 1996 - Show Boat Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber. An epic musical revealing life behind the scenes on a show boat. Magnolia falls in love with Gaylord, a river ...

“Show Boat” was a testament to the courage of composer Jerome Kern, lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, and producer Florenz Ziegfeld. In an era of “willful nonsense,” they ...

“Show Boat” also elevated the musical as an art form. To tell the novel’s story of multiple generations and locales, of romance and tragedy, it had to work as a proper drama, more like an ...

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 ...

An all-day festival featuring live music, a boat show, a culinary competition, local vendors and interactive art experiences will celebrate Homer’s maritime culture this weekend. Homer Chamber ...