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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.
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| 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 |
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| 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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