Show Boat Revival 1994

Ages: 6+
Opened: October 2, 1994
Closing: January 05, 1997

Show Boat - 1994 - Broadway History , Info & More

Gershwin Theatre (Broadway)
222 West 51st 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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Other Productions of Show Boat

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)

Show Boat - 1994 Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners will appear on a background
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1995 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Director - Musical Harold Prince
1995 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Revival - Musical 0
1995 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Set, Costume and Lighting Design 0
1995 Tony Awards Best Choreography Susan Stroman
1995 Tony Awards Best Costume Design Florence Klotz
1995 Tony Awards Best Direction of a Musical Harold Prince
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Michel Bell
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Michel Bell
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Joel Blum
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Mark Jacoby
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical John McMartin
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Gretha Boston
1995 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Rebecca Luker
1995 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Musical Livent (U.S.) Inc

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