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SHOWBOAT - November 2003
The story, based on Edna Ferber's novel about life on a Mississippi show boat, tells parallel love stories of two doomed marriages. Magnolia, the daughter of the Cotton Blossom's owner, falls in love and runs off to Chicago with a dashing riverboat gambler. Their marriage is wrecked by his love for Lady Luck, however, and her family brings the pregnant Magnolia back to the show boat to have her baby. Ultimately, she reconciles with her husband to give the marriage another try. The star singer on the Cotton Blossom, beautiful Julie LaVerne, and her husband run afoul of Southern law when the sheriff discovers that she is mulatto and her husband is white. They are forced to leave the show boat and flee because Southern law forbids miscegnation.
Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
SHOWBOAT first opened on Broadway on Dec 27 1927 and ran for 572 performances.
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| Windy McLain |
Tom Hudson |
| Steve Baker |
Jonathan Shirlaw |
| Pete Gavin |
Chris Clarke |
| Queenie |
Peta Mewett |
| Parthy Ann Hawkes |
Linda Partridge |
| Captain Andy |
Brian Sweatman |
| Ellie May Chipley |
Kate Langrish |
| Frank Schultz |
Steve Reading |
| Rubberface Smith |
John McLaughlin |
| Julie |
Hayley Beames |
| Gaylord Ravenal |
Paul Tulley |
| Sherriff Ike Vallon |
Bill Price |
| Magnolia Hawkes |
Jane Pegler |
| Joe |
Julian Sykes |
| Backwoodsmen |
Irvine Forbes, Chris Clarke |
| Landlady, Mrs O'Brien |
Abby Phillips |
| Jake, Charlie |
Dennis Redding |
| Mother Superior |
Rebecca Wright |
| Kim Ravenal |
Alice Mayhead |
| Old Lady |
Sue Wright |
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| Producer & Choreographer |
Audrey Pring |
| Musical Director |
Alan Pring |
| Official Accompanist |
Jean Porter |
| Assistant Choreographer |
Sara Harkness |
| Stage Director |
Colin D Justice |
| Stage Manager |
Michael Williams |
| Assistant Stage Managers |
George Hyde, Frank Watson |
| Stage Crew |
Vic Bolton, Dave Churcher, Richard Fulstow, Sam Evans, Pete Langrish, Roy Luke, John Meyer, George Phillpot, Tom Potts, Peter Price, Simon Roe, Marc Scott, Lee Stoddart, Sandra Whitmore-Jones |
| Head Flyman |
Jason Smith |
| Fly Crew |
Kate Evans, Paul Hodge, Steve Naylor, Norman Price |
| Sound |
Mitchell Sound (Steve & Cathy Oldfield) |
| Lighting Design |
Steve Daddow |
| Property Mistress |
Amanda Knight |
| Property Assistants |
Patricia Oliver, Julia Phillpot, Sheila Stoddart |
| Wardrobe Co-ordinator |
Carole Gennings |
| Wardrobe Assistant |
Maureen Francis |
| Hair & Make-up |
Christine Wenzel |
| Hair & Make-up Assistant |
Marion Williams |
| Publicity |
Steve Guermonprez, Caroline Archer |
| Front of House Photographs |
Ivan Saunders |
| Programme Design & Production |
Holbrooks Printers |
| Ticket Controller |
Anita Waterhouse |
| Ticket Assistants |
Linda Smither, Pat Wallace |
| Canteen |
Betty Edwards, Lesley Hogan |
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| Violins |
Nuala Land, Judy Taylor, Jerry Salway |
| Viola |
Alan Barr |
| Cello |
Nigel McNestrie |
| Bass |
Alan Ham |
| Flute |
Helen Walton |
| Oboe |
Rebecca Gedge |
| Clarinets |
Paul Styles, Colin Campbell |
| Trumpets |
Roger Hammond, Peter Pring |
| Trombone |
Gareth Llewelyn |
| Horn |
Allan Mead |
| Percussion |
George Race |
| Keyboard |
Jean Porter |
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