Daniel Scott Watson

BWW Reviews: SHOWBOAT at Westchester Broadway Theatre
by Kathryn Kitt - Oct 7, 2015

First of all, there is the score. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II composed an operatic masterpiece with legitimate melodies and glorious orchestrations. Listening to the score brings one back to a time when singers were sang without the luxury of a microphone and where the action alternated between comedy and tragedy, without being maudlin.