in Chicago and on Broadway. Show Boat opened on Broadway on December 27, 1927, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. Show Boat's glorious songs include “Ol' Man River,” “Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man ...

As many more-faithful revivals have proved, what’s great about “Show Boat” is not really separable from what isn’t. Not even with the help of a sash or a slash.

Even if you know beforehand that the Target Margin production you’re attending will be an experimental reboot of “Show Boat,” ...

This is wonderful material, and it’s shot through with this problematic stuff,” Herskovits said. “Well, welcome to American culture.” Show/Boat: A River is billed as a “daring reimagining” of the ...

Target Margin Theater stages a radical reinterpretation of the classic Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein musical at NYU Skirball.

This new adaptation of the groundbreaking piece Show Boat reframes the 1927 production for today. From the 1880s to 1927, the United States moved from steamboats to airplanes, from vaudeville to ...

This minimalist staging strips ‘Show Boat’ to its bones, scraping away a century of cultural rust and sentimentality to ...

If you liked Show Boat and The Miracle Worker, then you'll love Fame Becomes Me, Martin Short's incredibly important new Broadway extravaganza. Backed by a brilliant cast of top Broadway ...

A River stars, from left, Stephanie Weeks, Alvin Crawford, Philip Temio Stoddard and Edwin Joseph. Photo courtesy of ...

Show Boat started beguiling audiences back in 1927, when it was first brought to the Broadway stage after a Philadelphia tryout. Since then, in many legit versions and in two previous film ...