Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber.
An epic musical revealing life behind the scenes on a show boat. Magnolia falls in love with Gaylord, a river gambler, and leaves her father’s show boat to marry him in the 1880s. Years of heartbreak return her to the show boat in the 1920s.
1927 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1928 | West End |
London Production West End |
1932 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1944 | Los Angeles |
LACLO Production Los Angeles |
1944 | Los Angeles |
LACLO Production Los Angeles |
1946 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1948 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
1954 | Broadway |
New York City Opera Production Broadway |
1954 | Off-Broadway |
Return Engagement [NYCO Revival] Off-Broadway |
1959 | West End |
London Revival West End |
1960 | US Tour |
Touring Revival US Tour |
1961 | Off-Broadway |
City Center Revival Off-Broadway |
1966 | Broadway |
Lincoln Center Revival Broadway |
1971 | West End |
London Revival West End |
1983 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1990 | West End |
Royal Shakespeare Company Revival West End |
1994 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1998 | Australia |
Australian Production Australia |
1998 | West End |
London Production West End |
2000 | US Tour |
NETWorks Productions US Tour US Tour |
2006 | West End |
London Revival West End |
2016 | West End |
West End Revival Production West End |
2018 | Regional (US) |
World-premiere Concert Adaptation Regional (US) |
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