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Show Boat (1966)

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    Release Date: March 30, 1993
    Barbara Cook
    Constance Towers
    Oscar Hammerstein II
    Robert Russell Bennett
    Stephen Douglass
    William Warfield
    About Show Boat (1966):

    With Stephen Douglass portraying Ravenal and Barbara Cook playing Magnolia, Show Boat inaugurated the 1966 summer season at the Music Theater of Lincoln Center, where it opened on July 19 under the aegis of Richard Rodgers in a superlative production that became a hard ticket during its limited engagement of 64 performances. Once again, the magnificent score by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II was heard in all its splendor, thrilling audiences and making new converts to the musical theatre.

    First LP release: August 1, 1966


    Track Listing Show Boat (1966)

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    Disc 1

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    Overture
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    Cotton Blossom
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    Make Believe
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    Old Man River from "Show Boat"
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    Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
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    Life Upon the Wicked Stage
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    You Are Love
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    At the Chicago World's Fair
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    Why Do I Love You?
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    Bill
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    Good Bye My Lady Love
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    After the Ball
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    Finale: Ol' Man River
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    Synopsis Show Boat (1966)

    Show Boat is the saga of the Cotton Blossom, one of the picturesque floating theaters that used to ply the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. It's the story of jolly, bighearted Cap'n Andy Hawks, the Cotton Blossom's owner; Parthy Ann, his domineering New England wife; his lovely daughter Magnolia; and his troupe of actors, singers and dancers. It is the story of Julie, the leading lady on the Cotton Blossom, of her banishment with her husband because the state's law at that time made mixed marriages a crime. It is the story of Gaylord Ravenal, the romantic river gambler, who became the troupe's leading man and fell in love with Magnolia. And it is the story of Joe and his own helpless feelings contrasted with the relentless magnificence of Ol' Man River.

    Show Boat belongs to another era; it is a colorful segment of the American theater. The famous musical play was based by Oscar Hammerstein II on Edna Ferber's popular novel. It runs through a period of about forty years, from the 1880s to the late 1920s, and contains some of the greatest songs ever written for a musical. Jerome Kern's superb music and Hammerstein's eloquent lyrics have become popular classics delighting listeners who thrill again and again to their undying greatness.

    Credits Show Boat (1966)

    Rubberface: Bob La Crosse
    Third Barker: Neil McNelis
    Captain Andy: David Wayne
    Fatima: Sally Neil
    Windy: David Thomas
    Landlady: Helen Noyes
    Joe: William Warfield
    Ethel: Joyce McDonald
    Queenie: Rosetta Le Noire
    Sister: Frances Haywood
    Ellie: Allyn Ann McLerie
    Mother Superior: Mary Manchester
    Frank: Eddie Phillips
    Kim: Maureen McNabb
    Parthy Ann Hawks: Margaret Hamilton
    Jake: Clyde Walker
    Pete: Bob Monroe
    Jim: Barton Stone
    Julie: Constance Towers
    Man with Guitar: Paul Adams
    Steve: William Traylor
    Doorman at Trocadero: Edward Taylor
    Gaylord Ravenal: Stephen Douglass
    Drunk: John Roberson
    Vallon: Barton Stone
    Lottie: Martha Danielle
    Magnolia: Barbara Cook
    Dolly: Trudy Wallace
    Backwoodsman: Neil McNelis
    Sally: Frances Buffalino
    Jeb: Jess Green
    Maisie: Judith Keller
    First Barker: George McWhorter
    A Girl: Barbara Lindner
    Strong Woman: D. Spingler
    A Man: Dale Westerman
    Second Barker: Garrett Morris
    Old Lady on Levee: Helen Noyes

    Congress of Beauties: Emilina Escariz, Rita O'Connor, Nancy Van Rijn, Carol Hanzel
    Dancers: Emilina Escariz, Lois Etelman, Carol Hanzel, Vivian Hojston, Eileen Lawlor, Sally Neal, Rita O'Connor, Carol Perea, Nancy Van Rijn, Bryant Baker, Allan Byrns, Peter DeNicola, Ronald Dennis, Bob Hall, Bob LaCrosse, Donald Mark, Robert St. John, Doug Spingler
    Children: Paul Dwyer, Michael Grady, Lisa Huggins, Jeanne Ladomirak, Williams Sims
    Singers: Phyllis Bash, Frances Buffalino, Jane Coleman, Martha Danielle, Dolores Godwin, Frances Haywood, Ernestine Jackson, Judith Keller, Mary Manchester, Barbara Lindner, Joyce McDonald, Estella Munson, Geraldine Overstreet, Lorice Stevens, Trudy Wallace, Paul Adams, Donald Coleman, Ray Duval, Scott Gibson, Jess Green, Vincent Henry, Richard Kahn, James Kelley, James Kennon-Wilson, George McWhorter, Laried Montgomery, Garrett Morris, Garwood Perkins, John Roberson, Alan Sanderson, Richard Sparks, Edward Taylor, Clyde Walker, Dale Westerman, Joe Williams, Lee Winston

    Photos Show Boat (1966)

    Stephen Douglass (photo: Jerry Dantzic)
    Stephen Douglass (photo: Jerry Dantzic)
    Stephen Douglass (photo: Jerry Dantzic)
    Constance Towers (photo: Jerry Dantzic)
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