Show Boat

Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of "Bill," the lyrics of which were written by P. G. Wodehouse). It is based on a 1926 book of the same name by Edna Ferber, and is generally considered to be the first American "musical", as a dramatic form with popular music, separate both from operetta and from the "Follies"-type musical comedies that preceded it. The show opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on December 27, 1927, where it ran for a year and a half. It is frequently revived and was adapted as a movie on at least four occasions, in 1929, 1936, 1946 (as a mini-show inside the movie Till the Clouds Roll By), and 1951. (See Show Boat (movie).)

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Musical - Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II - P. G. Wodehouse - 1926 - Edna Ferber - Operetta - Follies - Ziegfeld Theater - New York - December 27 - 1927 - Movie - 1929 - 1936 - 1946 - Till the Clouds Roll By - 1951 - Show Boat (movie)

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