Lyric Stage Presents SHOW BOAT In Concert, 1/28-1/31

The Lyric Stage, Dallas County's only locally produced professional musical theater company, presents SHOW BOAT in concert with a full orchestra in Carpenter Hall. Performances are January 28-31, 2010.

Music by Jerome Kern, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber, Lyric Stage music director Jay Dias has been working in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization's archives to recreate the original 1927 version of SHOW BOAT. Lyric Stage's concert presentation of this ground breaking American musical will feature material that has never been heard by a live audience. SHOW BOAT will feature a 40 piece orchestra playing Robert Russell Bennett's original orchestrations.

"If SHOW BOAT isn't the greatest American musical ever written, it's as close as we'll ever get."San Francisco Examiner, 1998

"Musicals don't come a lot better than SHOW BOAT, and indeed they wouldn't come at all had it not been for this one." International Herald Tribune, 1998

"Excellent... perilously close to being the best New York has seen...an exceptionally tuneful score...every ingredient that the perfect musical should have." The New York Times, 1927

"SHOW BOAT has become part of the American experience, part of our folklore, with Ol' Man River' occupying a permanent place in our collective unconcious." The New Yorker, 1994

"SHOW BOAT dates from 1927 but... it's for the ages." Chicago Tribune, 1996

"A jewel of the American theater...Featuring so many perfect scenes and songs that it is impossible to mention them all. SHOW BOAT is the granddaddy of every great musical ever written!" Los Angeles Times, 1996

Performances of SHOW BOAT in Concert are January 28, 29, & 30 at 8:00 PM and January 31 @ 2:30 PM. Tickets for Show Boat in Concert can be ordered online by clicking here by calling 972-252-2787.

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