Show Boat

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Broadway musical book musical stage musical

Show Boat is a landmark American musical, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, that broke new ground by integrating serious themes and complex characters into its storytelling.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Show Boat canonical 31
Show Boat (1951 film) 10
Show Boat (1936 film) 9

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
book musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
basedOn Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Show Boat (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Edna Ferber ⓘ
bookWriter Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
character Cap'n Andy Hawks ⓘ
Gaylord Ravenal ⓘ
Joe ⓘ
Julie LaVerne ⓘ
Magnolia Hawks ⓘ
Parthy Ann Hawks ⓘ
Queenie ⓘ
composer Jerome Kern ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutMedium Broadway ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1927-11-15 ⓘ
genre integrated musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Show Boat (1929 film)

Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)

Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
historicalSignificance one of the first integrated book musicals ⓘ
pioneered serious themes in American musical theatre ⓘ
influenced development of the modern American musical ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
notableRevival 1946 Broadway revival of Show Boat ⓘ
1983 Broadway revival of Show Boat ⓘ
1994 Broadway revival of Show Boat ⓘ
notableSong Bill ⓘ
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man ⓘ
Make Believe ⓘ
Ol' Man River ⓘ
You Are Love ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength 572 performances ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereLocation Ziegfeld Theatre ⓘ
producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. ⓘ
setting Cotton Blossom show boat ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
settingPeriod 1880s ⓘ
1890s ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
subject interracial marriage ⓘ
life on the Mississippi River ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
theme gambling addiction ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ
passing (racial identity) ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

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Oscar Hammerstein II → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Robert Russell Bennett → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (orchestration)
Hattie McDaniel → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Jerome Kern → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Jerome Kern → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 musical)
Paul Robeson → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Show Boat" (1936)
Show Boat → basedOn → Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (novel)
Show Boat → hasFilmAdaptation → Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1929 film)
Show Boat → hasFilmAdaptation → Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Show Boat → hasFilmAdaptation → Show Boat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Mississippi River culture → documentedIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Helen Westley → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Harold Prince → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1994 revival)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
John Lee Mahin → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
John Lee Mahin → workedOn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
George Sidney → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
George Sidney → directed → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
James Whale → directed → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Walter Plunkett → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Irene Dunne → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Valarie Pettiford → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Charles Kenyon → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1929 film)
Charles Winninger → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Charles Winninger → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (stage role as Cap'n Andy)
Charles Winninger → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Robert Alton → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Kern → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Jerome Kern
Ol' Man River → partOf → Show Boat ⓘ
Ol' Man River → originalProduction → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 Broadway production)
Ol' Man River → introducedIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 musical)
Ol' Man River → associatedWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Ol' Man River → associatedWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Edna Ferber → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Edna Ferber → workAdaptedAs → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (musical)
Edna Ferber → workAdaptedAs → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1929 film)
Edna Ferber → workAdaptedAs → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Edna Ferber → workAdaptedAs → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Helen Morgan → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Helen Morgan → performerIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Barbara Cook → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Cotton Blossom show boat → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Cotton Blossom
Cotton Blossom show boat → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Cotton Blossom
this entity surface form: Show Boat (novel)
Cotton Blossom show boat → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Cotton Blossom
this entity surface form: Show Boat (musical)
Make Believe → partOfWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Make Believe → musicalTheatreProduction → Show Boat ⓘ
Make Believe → basedOnWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (novel)
Make Believe → originalBroadwayProduction → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 Broadway production)
Make Believe → includedIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1929 film)
Make Believe → includedIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)