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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Make Believe → includedIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man → partOf → Show Boat ⓘ
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man → fromMusical → Show Boat ⓘ
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man → firstPerformanceIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (stage musical)
Magnolia Hawks → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Magnolia Hawks → basedOnWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (novel)
Gaylord Ravenal → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Gaylord Ravenal → basedOnWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (novel)
Gaylord Ravenal → characterIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (musical)
Gaylord Ravenal → firstStageAppearance → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 musical)
Gaylord Ravenal → hasAdaptation → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1929 film)
Gaylord Ravenal → hasAdaptation → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1936 film)
Gaylord Ravenal → hasAdaptation → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1951 film)
Julie LaVerne → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Queenie → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Queenie → associatedWithWork → Show Boat ⓘ
Queenie → firstAppearanceIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 stage musical)
Cap'n Andy Hawks → characterIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Cap'n Andy Hawks → characterIn → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: stage musical "Show Boat"
Cap'n Andy Hawks → appearsInAdaptation → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1927 stage musical "Show Boat"
Cap'n Andy Hawks → firstAppearance → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: novel "Show Boat" (1926)
Cap'n Andy Hawks → laterAppearance → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: musical "Show Boat" (1927)
Parthy Ann Hawks → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
Parthy Ann Hawks → characterInNovel → Show Boat ⓘ
Parthy Ann Hawks → characterInMusical → Show Boat ⓘ
Joe → appearsIn → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe (Show Boat)
Joe → firstAppearance → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe (Show Boat)
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 stage musical)
You Are Love → partOfWork → Show Boat ⓘ
You Are Love → musicalTheatreProduction → Show Boat ⓘ
You Are Love → basedOnWork → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (novel)
You Are Love → usedInAdaptation → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (film, 1936)
You Are Love → usedInAdaptation → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (film, 1951)
You Are Love → broadwayShow → Show Boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Show Boat (1927 Broadway production)
Robeson → notableWork → Show Boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Robeson
this entity surface form: Show Boat (film and stage performances)