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SHOWBOAT - May 1977
The story, based on Edna Ferber's novel about life on a Mississippi show boat, tells parallel love stories of two doomed marriages. Magnolia, the daughter of the Cotton Blossom's owner, falls in love and runs off to Chicago with a dashing riverboat gambler. Their marriage is wrecked by his love for Lady Luck, however, and her family brings the pregnant Magnolia back to the show boat to have her baby. Ultimately, she reconciles with her husband to give the marriage another try. The star singer on the Cotton Blossom, beautiful Julie LaVerne, and her husband run afoul of Southern law when the sheriff discovers that she is mulatto and her husband is white. They are forced to leave the show boat and flee because Southern law forbids miscegnation.
Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
SHOWBOAT first opened on Broadway on Dec 27 1927 and ran for 572 performances.
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| Windy McLain |
Bill Coulstock |
| Steve Baker |
Tony Willcocks |
| Pete Gavin |
Derek Homes |
| Queenie |
Midge Wallace |
| Parthy Ann Hawkes |
Jean Norrie |
| Captain Andy Hawkes |
Geoff Gingell |
| Ellie May Chipley |
Myra Jones |
| Frank Schultz |
David Salt |
| Rubberface Smith |
Colin Watts |
| Julie Laverne |
Carole Jones |
| Gaylord Ravenal |
Eddie Gwilym |
| Sheriff Ike Vallon |
Bob Cartwright |
| Magnolia Hawkes |
Ann Peyton-Bruhl |
| Joe |
Jim Dyer |
| Backwoodsman |
Tony Peyton-Bruhl |
| Landlady, Mrs O'Brien |
Dot Waters |
| Jake |
David Rodgers |
| Kim Ravenal |
Wendy Freeth |
| Barkers |
John Freeth, Graham Bryant |
| Max |
Ron Dowing |
| Lottie |
Sharon Courtney |
| Ethel |
Eve Redman |
| Jeb |
Guy Smither |
| Dancers |
Sonia Atkinson, Daphne Barnes, Jean Brown, Carole Gennings, Jill Grant, Karen Hare, Anthea Humphrey, Julia Holland, Fiona Moss, Linda Smither, Kerry Taylor, Pat Ternouth |
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| Producer & Choreographer |
Audrey Pring |
| Musical Director |
Brian Eastop |
| Official Accompanist |
Eileen Cloak |
| Stage Manager |
Bob Gutherson |
| Assistant Stage Manager |
Bill Legg |
| Lighting |
Michael Page, Bill Goodchild |
| Sound |
Peter Mitchell |
| Stage Crew |
Malcolm Bernhardt, Duncan McClellan, Alan Prosser, Jasper Reynolds, Les Tipping, Peter Efemey, Mark Pole, David Walton |
| Wardrobe |
Joyce Slaughter |
| Wardrobe Assistants |
Pauline Hoar, Julie Hall, Betty Hogg, Ann Lesbirel |
| Properties |
Audrey Blow, Anne Blow, Edna McRae, Janet Ross, Pat Wallace, Josie Beckwith |
| Publicity |
Eric Tompkinson, Christopher Grist |
| Ticket Control |
Eric Tompkinson, June Evans |
| Make-Up |
Eric Greenwood |
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