Great Performances: Season 18, Episode 4

Show Boat (27 Oct. 1989)

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A stage production of the classic musical, videotaped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey.

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A stage production of the classic musical, videotaped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey.

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Although this production still does not include the complete "Mis'ry's Comin' Round", which was cut at Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s orders from the original stage production, it does reinstate the always cut "Let's Start the New Year", and also includes "I Still Suits Me", from the 1936 film version of "Show Boat". See more »

Quotes

Sheriff Ike Vallon: [offering Ravenal a cigar] See-gar?
Gaylord Ravenal: [looking at it] What'd you call that?
Sheriff Ike Vallon: See-gar.
Gaylord Ravenal: Optimist!
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Version of Show Boat (1929) See more »

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"Cotton Blossom"
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Dock Workers and Townspeople
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A Great Production
30 July 2012 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This is a truly great production of a truly great musical. If you ever wondered why Showboat is so famous this production will show you why. If you're only experience is the splashy (but flat) 1951 film version, or even the much better 1936 version, get ready for a revelation. This show is moving and sincerely and beautifully performed. I just finished watching my 1989 tape of the broadcast, which unfortunately is grainy but in stereo which I transferred to a DVD. But the sincerity and exuberance of the performances shine right through. I wish someone would put this out on a professional DVD (along with Crazy For You) but there are probably copyright or ownership problems. PBS and the Paley TV museum probably have a copy. It is memorable and probably the best version of Show Boat you'll see and that this great show deserves.


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