Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama. Music by
Jerome Kern. Lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by
P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by
Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris. Material adaption by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by
Edna Ferber. Musical Direction by
Victor Baravalle. Choral direction by
Will Vodery. Music orchestrated by
Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by
E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan and
Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 27 Dec 1927- 4 May 1929 (572 performances). Cast:
Jules Bledsoe (as "Joe"), Alan Campbell, Bert Chapman, Laura Clairon, Jack Daley, Ted Daniels, Dorothy Denese, Charles Ellis (as "Steve"), Robert Farley, Estelle Floyd,
Tommy Gunn (as "Vallon"), Annette Harding, Annie Hart, Aunt Jemima, J. Louis Johnson, Tana Kamp, Francis X. Mahoney, Howard Marsh,
Helen L. Morgan (as "Julie"),
Dagmar Oakland (as "Dolly"),
Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Eva Puck, Mildred Schewenke, Eleanor Shaw,
Phil Sheridan (as "Gambler"),
Norma Terris (as "Magnolia/Kim, as a child"), Sammy White,
Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy"), Jack Wynn. Produced by
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as
Das Komödiantenschiff (1929) and more notably again by Universal Pictures as
Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of
Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Filmed later by MGM as
Mississippi-Melodie (1951).
