Shows · Show Boat · Ziegfeld Theatre, 1927
Show Boat, 1927
Of the productions that opened in the 1920s, this had the 13th longest run.
Other stagings of Show Boat 11 more
Who was in it36 named
Bert Chapman
Laura Clairon
Jack Daley
Ted Daniels
Dorothy Denese
Robert Farley
Estelle Floyd
Thomas Gunn
Annette Harding
Annie Hart
Aunt Jemima
Tana Kamp
Dagmar Oakland
Mildred Schewenke
Eleanor Shaw
Phil Sheridan
Jack Wynn
Helen Chandler
Peggy Green
Hazel Jennings
Rose Mariella
June Maye
Creative team
- Director
- Zeke Colvan
- Choreographer
- Sammy Lee
- Producer
- Florenz Ziegfeld
Recordings
20 recordings of Show Boat exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Show Boat for all of them.
Around this production
Producer Florenz Ziegfeld hated the serious subject matter and tried to talk Hammerstein out of the project, fearing audiences would reject a musical dealing with racism and miscegenation.
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