Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

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 Green A water cooler.

From left: Tẹmídayọ Amay, Caitlin Nasema Cassidy, Rebbekah Vega-Romero, Alvin Crawford, J Molière, Steven Rattazzi, Suzanne Darrell, Stephanie Weeks, Edwin Joseph in Show/Boat: A River.

As many more-faithful revivals have proved, what’s great about “Show Boat” is not really separable from what isn’t. Not even with the help of a sash or a slash.

Set against the backdrop of America’s Deep South at the turn of the 20th-Century. Show Boat tells a powerful story of freedom, loyalty, and above all love. The show’s Broadway ...

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 ...

Show Boat started beguiling audiences back in 1927, when it was first brought to the Broadway stage after a Philadelphia tryout. Since then, in many legit versions and in two previous film ...

Show Boat, Universal’s second talkerized version, is a smash filmusical. Basic tender romance [from Edna Ferber’s novel] between Magnolia (Irene Dunne) and Gaylord Ravenal (Allan Jones ...