has been most effectively projected by this reproduction of the classic [1927] Edna Ferber-Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern operetta. Show Boat, Universal’s second talkerized version ...

Still, every major revival of the Show Boat could be called a reimagining of the last. Hammerstein and Kern retooled the libretto for a 1928 West End transfer with the original production still ...

When Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II first adapted Edna Ferber’s epic novel “Show Boat” for the stage, in the nineteen-twenties, they were the wild-eyed experimenters of their day.

As written, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted from Edna Ferber’s novel, “Show Boat” has always shed powerful light on the viciousness of racism ...

Audiences at the premiere of “Show Boat” in late 1927 would have taken that for granted. The musical is entirely the work of white people: Jerome Kern wrote the music and Oscar Hammerstein II ...

Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner brought the musical theater to an artistic peak that remains unsurpassed. From Show Boat, Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music to Brigadoon, My Fair Lady ...

Anchored by Hammerstein’s deft and ardent lyrics ... Stephanie Weeks, Edwin Joseph in Show/Boat: A River. Marisa Tornello Besides the canny reduction of forces, the score has been cleverly ...

Show Boat started beguiling audiences back ... from which Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II did the original musical. There are a few changes in this latest film version, the first in color ...

For much of the 20th century, Show Boat endured as a beloved classic, thanks to a lush, romantic score by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. In recent years, the show’s dated treatment of ...