Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, this lyrical masterpiece concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway (and their life-long friends). The primary plot follows Magnolia, the naive daughter of the show boat captain, as she marries a gambler and moves with him to Chicago. His gambling continues as his debts compound, and soon he deserts her and their young daughter. A subplot concerns the potential arrest o
Show Boat
- Charles K. Harris
- Edna Ferber
- Jerome Kern
- Joseph E. Howard
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- P. G. Wodehouse
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Tony Awards and Nominations for Show Boat
| Year | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best Revival of a Musical | Winner |
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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
BJCC Theatre (3/2 - 3/2) | |
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Beetlejuice
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex [Concert Hall] (5/6 - 5/11) | |
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Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity)
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex [Concert Hall] (6/24 - 6/29) | |
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Master Class
Alabama Recital Hall at Shelton State (2/5 - 2/9) | |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Von Braun Center [Concert Hall] (2/4 - 2/9) | |
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Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical
Bean-Brown Theatre (7/23 - 7/27) | |
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