Poster SHOWBOAT - 1993
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.

Windy McLain Jim Crowley
Steve Baker John Blencowe
Pete Gavin Peter McCrohon
Queenie Sheila Birt
Party Ann Hawkes Carole Gennings
Captain Andy Hawkes Tony Doye
Ellie May Chipley Kerry Joyce
Frank Schultz Steve Reading
Rubberface Smith Lee Stoddart
Julie Laverne Anne Allen
Gaylord Ravenal Brydon Baker
Sherriff Ike Vallon Steve Hearn
Magnolia Hawkes Jane Newell
Joe Jim Dyer
Backwoodsmen Alan Jenkins, Chris Todd,
Landlady, Mrs O'Brien Chris Ryan
Jim Greene Gary Moore
Jake Brian Sweatman
Charlie Lee Stoddart
Mother Superior Valerie Simpson
Kim Ravenal Julie Williams, Anna Pring, Lucy Watts
Old Lady Valerie Simpson
Producer & Choreographer Audrey Pring
Musical Director Alan Pring
Official Accompanist Jean Porter
Production Secretary Sara Ostermeyer
Stage Manager Colin D Justice
Assistant Stage Managers George Hyde, Frank Watson
Stage Crew Ron Lewis, Marc Scott, Mike Williams, Lee Stoddart, Peter Gardner, Brian Towler, Ian Matthews, Simon Mewett
Fly Crew Andre, Kate Longman, John Dunston, Tony Elsdon, Norman Price
Sound Mitchell Sound (Steve & Cathy Oldfield)
Lighting Design Colin D Justice, Theresa & Ian Pratt
Property Mistress Sheila Justice
Property Assistant Andrew Oakley
Wardrobe Maureen Francis
Wardrobe Assistants Queenie Walker, Marion Williams, Anne Snazel, Betty Smith, Marie Barrett, Shirley Weeks
Wigs & Make-up Christine Wenzel
Publicity Steve Hearn
Front of House Photographs Ivan Saunders
Programme Design & Production Steve Hearn, Clare Wallace
Ticket Controller Anita Waterhouse
Ticket Assistants Joan Budd, Linda Smither, Pat Wallace
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