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Show Boat es un musical en dos actos con música de Jerome Kern y libreto de Oscar Hammerstein II, considerado a menudo el "padre del musical estadounidense". Fue el primero en combinar texto con canciones, en una especie de opereta estadounidense de fuerte contenido racial y crítica social.
Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927.
Show Boat: Directed by George Sidney. With Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown. The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.
Based on Edna Ferber’s classic American novel, 1927’s lyrically masterful Show Boat, by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, is the most-recorded musical of all time. The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot.
Título original: Show Boat. Sinopsis: Principios del siglo XX. Narra las aventuras y desventuras vividas por un grupo de personajes de lo más heterogéneo que coinciden en un barco de vapor que surca las aguas del río Mississippi.
By Masi Asare and Todd Decker. Stills from the 1936 Film. SHOW BOAT is a musical play about reinvention, the irrepressible spirit of showbiz people, and what we make of the endless passage of time —time that flows on like a mighty river.
1h 53m. IMDb RATING. 7.4 /10. 3.7K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Comedy Drama Musical. 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. Director. James Whale. Writers. Edna Ferber. Oscar Hammerstein II. Zoe Akins. Stars. Irene Dunne. Allan Jones. Charles Winninger
