Show Boat Revival 1948

Ages: 6+
Opened: September 19, 1948

Show Boat - 1948 - Broadway History , Info & More

City Center
131 W. 55th St. New York, NY

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.

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