Who Played Joe in Show Boat

Joe is a role in Show Boat, a musical that opened Broadway in 1946.

Based on the novel <i>Show Boat</i> by Edna Ferber.<p>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.

17 actors have played Joe in Show Boat.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Jules Bledsoe	Broadway Show Boat	1927
Paul Robeson	West End Show Boat	1928
Paul Robeson	Broadway Show Boat	1932
Robert Raines	Broadway Show Boat	1932
Kenneth Spencer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Kenneth Spencer	Broadway Show Boat	1946
William C. Smith	Broadway Show Boat	1948
Lawrence Winters	Broadway Show Boat	1954
William C. Smith	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Lawrence Winters	US Tour Show Boat	1960
Andrew Frierson	Off-Broadway Show Boat	1961
William Warfield	Broadway Showboat	1966
Bruce Hubbard	Broadway Show Boat	1983
P.L. Brown	Broadway Show Boat	1983
P. L. Brown	Milburn, NJ (Regional) Show Boat	1989
Bruce Hubbard	West End Show Boat	1990
André Solomon Glover	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Jose Garcia	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Michel Bell	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Richard L. Hobson	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Michel Bell	West End Show Boat	1998
Mark Coles	West End Show Boat	2006
Emmanuel Kojo	West End Show Boat	2016
Michel Bell	Regional (US) Show Boat	2018

Other Roles in Show Boat

Role	Production	Opened
Ata	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Backwoodsman	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Barker	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Bora	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Cap'n Andy	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Captain	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Captain Andy	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Child	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Dahomey Queen	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Dancer	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Dancers (Boys)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Dancers (Girls)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Dolly	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Doorman at Trocadero	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Drunk	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Ellie	Broadway Show Boat	1946
English	Broadway Show Boat	1946
English (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Ethel	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Fatima	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Frank	Broadway Show Boat	1946
French	Broadway Show Boat	1946
French (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Gaylord Ravenal	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Greek	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Greek (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Indian	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Indian (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Italian	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Italian (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Jake	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Jeb	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Jim	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Jimmy Craig	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Joe	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Julie	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Kim	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Kim (child)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Kim (in her twenties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Landlady	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Lottie	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Magnolia	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Mala	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Man with guitar	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Mother Superior	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Old Lady on Levee	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Old Lady on the Levee	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Old Sport	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Parthy Ann Hawks	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Pete	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Queenie	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Rubber Face	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Russian	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Russian (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Sal	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Sally	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Sam	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Scotch	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Scotch (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Singer	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Singers (Boys)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Singers (Girls)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Sister	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Spanish	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Spanish (Congress of Beauties)	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Steve	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Strong Woman	Broadway Show Boat	1946
The Show Boat Ensemble	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Vallon	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Windy	Broadway Show Boat	1946

“Joe” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Some Like It Hot	US Tour	2024
Waitress	Broadway	2016
Fame on 42nd Street	Off-Broadway	2003
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Broadway	2003
Song and Dance	West End	1982
Merrily We Roll Along	Broadway	1981
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road	Off-Broadway	1978
The Shadow Box	Broadway	1977
All God's Chillun Got Wings	Broadway	1975
Sugar	Broadway	1972
Borstal Boy	Broadway	1970
Philadelphia, Here I Come!	Broadway	1966
Tenderloin	Broadway	1960
The Most Happy Fella	Broadway	1956
Happy Hunting	Broadway	1956
The Pajama Game	Broadway	1954
Oklahoma!	Broadway	1943
Carmen Jones	Broadway	1943
The Time of Your Life	Broadway	1939
The Show Off	Broadway	1924
They Knew What They Wanted	Broadway	1924

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