Show Boat

Broadway debut

Broadway debut
Kim Ravenal
understudy / performed
Kim Ravenal Kim Ravenal Kim Ravenal
Show Boat
Livent, Inc.
Harold Prince - Director
Susan Stroman - Choreographer

Read the New York Times review.
Ellie May Chipley
understudy / performed
Ellie Ellie and Frank Ellie Ellie Emma Schultz and Schultz Gretha and Tari

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Facts about Show Boat at the Gershwin


Elain Stritch and John McMartin
Elain Stritch and John McMartin

Susan Stroman, Choreographer

Eugene Lee, Production Design

Florence Klotz, Costume Design

Richard Pilbrow, Lighting Design

Montage Swing Ron and Tari Swing Swing

The Original Show Boat, by Oscar Hammerstein II

The Story Behind the Show: Edna Ferber

Florenz Ziegfeld, original producer

"It is the first great contemporary modern musical."
- Harold Prince, Director

New York Times Arts and Leisure article

The Gershwin Theatre


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