Show boat
Show boat

CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ DAT MAN OF MINE!

Music by
JEROME KERN
Book & Lyrics by
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Based on the novel Show Boat by
EDNA FERBER

Hammerstein and Kern’s masterpiece, Show Boat marked a turning point in the development of the Broadway musical. With themes of racial prejudice and tragic love, it follows the lives of actors, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi river show boat. Show Boat is famous for its soaring melodies and classic songs: the exquisite Make Believe, Bill, Life Upon the Wicked Stage, Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man and the wonderfully haunting Ol’ Man River. The story traces the lives of a family of show boat performers over three decades, focusing particularly on the story of Magnolia (Alinta Chidzey), the daughter of the show boat captain and her love for the gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Gareth Keegan) and the tragic decline in the fortunes of the beautiful Julie (Christina O’Neil).

Always an audience favourite, Show Boat has been revived on Broadway and the West End winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and The Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.

10 PERFORMANCES • 16 TO 24 AUGUST 2014

Director
ROGER HODGMAN
Costumes
ISAAC LUMMIS
Musical Director
KELLIE DICKERSON
Set
CHRISTINA SMITH

Choreographer
DANA JOLLY
Lighting
MATT SCOTT

 

Sound
System Sound

Show Boat is presented through special arrangement with OriginTM  Theatrical on behalf of R&H Theatricals; www.rnhtheatricals.com

CAST

ALINTA CHIDZEY
ALINTA CHIDZEYMagnolia Hawkes
GARETH KEEGAN
GARETH KEEGANGaylord Ravenal
CHRISTINA O’NEILL
CHRISTINA O’NEILLJulie La Verne
EDDIE MULIAM MASEALI'I
EDDIE MULIAM MASEALI'IJoe
PHILIP GOULD
PHILIP GOULDCap’n Andy
JUDITH ROBERTS
JUDITH ROBERTSParthy Ann Hawks
HERU PINKASOVA
HERU PINKASOVAParthy Ann Hawkes
NICOLE MELLOY
NICOLE MELLOYEllie May Chipley
GLENN HILL
GLENN HILLFrank Schultz

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