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 ...

soaring music, overwhelming spectacle, all burnished to a golden sheen. But this time, it had a story, an American story, a story with heart. “Show Boat” was an out-and-out hit, running 572 ...

When Show Boat opened on Broadway in 1927, it was an instant hit. Now, as co-music director and orchestrator of Show/Boat: A River Dan Schlosberg said, “People don’t want to touch it.” ...

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 ...

As written, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted from Edna Ferber’s novel, “Show Boat” has always shed powerful light on the viciousness of racism ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Music City's favorite winter boating tradition, The Nashville Boat Show, returns January 5-8 at the Music City Center. The event has been around for 35 years and is the ...

three musicians heavily influenced by grunge and classic rock music. 2:30 to 5 p.m. The Fake Experience, a blend of rock, reggae, pop, country, and original material. 3 Day CT Spring Boat Show ...

The Orlando Boat Show returns to the Orange County Convention ... in This annual live music event brings together local and touring artists for a celebration of traditional and modern sounds ...

A musical comedy behaved like a comic opera last week. It came back to Broadway just as if it had been written by Gilbert & Sullivan or Franz Lehar or Victor Herbert. It set people to singing ...

Everybody knew the music — from Jerome Kern’s classic musicomedy, Show Boat. Conductor Rodzinski, who rates the Show Boat music “true” and “great” U.S. song, last summer invited ...