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Show Boat

(Original Broadway Production, 1927)

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Production Information
Opening:December 27, 1927
Closing:May 04, 1929
# Performances:572
Theatres:Ziegfeld Theatre
(12/27/1927 - 5/4/1929)
Ziegfeld Theatre
(12/27/1927 - 5/4/1929)
Erlanger Theatre
(12/5/1927 - ?)
Ohio Theatre
(11/28/1927 - ?)
Nixon Theatre
(11/21/1927 - ?)
National Theatre
(11/15/1927 - ?)
Production Type:
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
Version:Original Broadway Version
 
Production Staff
Victor Baravalle
....
Musical Director
Robert Russell Bennett
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Orchestrator
Zeke Colvan
....
Director
(Staging)
Oscar Hammerstein II [uncredited]
....
Director
....
Director
(Staging)
John Harkrider
....
Costume Designer
Sammy Lee
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Choreographer
Joseph Urban
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Scenic Designer
Will Vodery
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Choral Director
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Ethel Allen
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Lady of the Ensemble
Betty Allison
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Adrienne Armand
....
Lady of the Ensemble
William Bailey
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Julienne Barbour
....
Jubilee Singer
Dorothy Bellis
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Jules Bledsoe
....
Joe
Willis Bradley
....
Jubilee Singer
Maine Briggs
....
Jubilee Singer
J. Mardo Brown
....
Jubilee Singer
Billie Caine
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Alan Campbell
....
Windy
Allan Campbell
....
Windy
Mamie Cartier
....
Jubilee Singer
Dinorah Castillo
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Helen Chandler
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Bert Chapman
....
Old Sport
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Pete
Laura Clairon
....
Old Lady on Levee
....
Old Lady on the Levee
Lillian Clark
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Betty Collette
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Richard Cooper
....
Jubilee Singer
Jessie Crawford
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Jack Daley
....
Backwoodsman
....
Jim
John Daly
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Ted Daniels
....
Jim
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
....
Man with guitar
Dorothy Denese
....
La Belle Fatima
William Ehlers
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Charles Ellis
....
Steve
Robert Faricy
....
Jake
Robert Farley
....
Jake
Mary Farrell
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Estelle Floyd
....
Jubilee Singer
....
Ethel
Dorothy Foster
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Dell Fradenburg
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Rose Gallagher
....
Lady of the Ensemble
William Galpen
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Gentleman of the Ensemble
Rose Gillard
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Josephine Gray
....
Jubilee Singer
Peggy Green
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Gladys Greenwood
....
Jubilee Singer
Thomas Gunn
....
Vallon
Ed Hale
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Edgar Hall
....
Jubilee Singer
Annette Harding
....
Lady of the Ensemble
....
Sister
Gertrude Harris
....
Jubilee Singer
Annie Hart
....
Landlady
Maurine Holmes
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Frances Hope
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Sophie Howard
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Modette Hunt
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Lady of the Ensemble
R. Jamison
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Jubilee Singer
Aunt Jemima
....
Queenie
Rees Jenkins
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Hazel Jennings
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Theresa Jentry
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Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
J. Lewis Johnson
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Charlie
....
Jubilee Singer
J. Louis Johnson
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Charlie
H. George Juano
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Jubilee Singer
Charlotte Junius
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Jubilee Singer
Betty Junod
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Tana Kamp
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Lottie
Nancy Kaye
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Tana Kemp
....
Lady of the Ensemble
E. D. Killingsworth
....
Jubilee Singer
Ralph Knight
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
William Lawless
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Angeline Lawson
....
Jubilee Singer
James A. Lillard
....
Jubilee Singer
Henrietta Lovelace
....
Jubilee Singer
Ray Mace
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Francis X. Mahoney
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Rubber Face
Pansy Maness
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Pat Mann
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
Martha Manners
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Howard Marsh
....
Gaylord Ravenal
Nellie Mayer
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Constance McKenzie
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Joseph Minitello
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
J. W. Moberly
....
Jubilee Singer
Essie Moore
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Helen Morgan
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Julie
George Myrick
....
Jubilee Singer
Selma Myrick
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
George Nixon
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Jubilee Singer
Ethel O'Dell
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Dagmar Oakland
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Dolly
Edna May Oliver
....
Parthy Ann Hawks
Catherine Pearce
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Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
L. Pinard
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Jubilee Singer
Eva Puck
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Ellie
Llewellyn Ransom
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Jubilee Singer
Clementine Rigeau
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Kathryn Ringquist
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Lady of the Ensemble
Earl Sanborn
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Gentleman of the Ensemble
Mildred Schewenke
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Mother Superior
Mildred Schwenke
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Mother Superior
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Lady of the Ensemble
Eleanor Shaw
....
Kim (as a child)
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Young Kim
Ethel Sheppard
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Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Phil Sheridan
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Gambler
....
Gentleman of the Ensemble
....
Gambler
Maude Simmons
....
Jubilee Singer
Sidell Sisters [uncredited]
....
Specialty
Alma Smith
....
Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Rosalyn Smith
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Norma Terris
....
Kim (as a young woman)
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Kim (child)
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Magnolia
Blanche Thompson
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Jubilee Singer
Eleanor Tierney
....
Lady of the Ensemble
Peggy Udell
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Lady of the Ensemble
Una Val
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Lady of the Ensemble
Bertha Des Verney
....
Jubilee Singer
William Waithe
....
Jubilee Singer
John Warner
....
Jubilee Singer
Lolo Waters
....
Jubilee Singer
Elida Webb
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Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Sammy White
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Frank
Lulu Williams
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Dahomey Jubilee Dancer
Charles Winninger
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Cap'n Andy
Bertha Wright
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Jubilee Singer
Jack Wynn
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Gentleman of the Ensemble
....
Faro Dealer
....
Jeb
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