February 13, 2025: Jerome Kern: Show Boat, 1927

Class Preparation

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: "There never was and never will be a show like this! (Show Boat)," pages 106-113​

​Handouts:

• Class 3 Selected Lyrics (all from Show Boat)
• ​Handout of Key Class 3 slides

Links & Playlists

Link to a Complete Performance:

• Show Boat (Paper Mill Playhouse, 1989) This performance was taped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill (NJ) Playhouse  and aired on PBS on October 27th, 1989, in the Great Performances series. Running time: 2:36:02.

 Playlists:

• Class 3 Videos (Note: The four selections I showed from the 1989 production at the Paper Mill playhouse are located in the above link to the whole performance: Opening of Act I, "Make Believe," "You Are Love," and the miscegenation scene.)