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Show Boat | Stage Door Society

Musical Theatre

Show Boat

Jerome Kern

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Provenance

Composer

Jerome Kern

Librettist

Oscar Hammerstein II

Premiered

1927

Synopsis

A panoramic tale of life on a Mississippi River show boat spanning decades, exploring racial prejudice and doomed romance. One of the first true book musicals, featuring 'Ol' Man River.'

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