Westchester Broadway Theatre presents SHOW BOAT, with music by Jerome Kern and book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford, with musical direction by Ryan Wise, now through November 29, 2015 and December 30, 2015 - January 31, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a fresh look at the cast in action below!
SHOW BOAT, the first great serious Broadway musical, combined the talents of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. The story, which spans almost 50 years, follows the lives, loves, and losses of a troupe of riverboat performers aboard the Cotton Blossom floating theater on the mighty Mississippi. Its timeless score contains some of the most beautiful and emotionally charged songs ever written for a musical, including "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "Make Believe." "Ol' Man River", is the show's most memorable anthem about how the mighty Mississippi River, that unstoppable force of nature, is completely indifferent to human suffering.
WBT's production stars Sarah Hanlon as Julie Laverne, Bonnie Fraser as Magnolia Hawks, John Preator as Gaylord Ravenal, Jamie Ross as Cap'n Andy, Karen Murphy as Parthy Hawks, Amanda Pulcini as Ellie May Shipley, Michael James Leslie as Joe, Daniel Scott Walton as Frank Schultz, and Inga Ballard as Queenie.
Featuring the talents of: Malcom Armwood, Eric Briarley, Erin Chupinsky, Micharel Dauer, Jonathan Freeland, Alia Hodge, Justin R.G. Holcomb, Celeste Hudson, Paul-Jordan Jansen, Leisa Mather, Zoie Morris, Gabriella Perez, Kristyn Pope, Adam Richardson, Roger Preston Smith and Karen Webb.
Set and Costume Design is by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Lighting Design is by Andrew Gmoser, Sound Design is by Jonathan Hatton and Mark Zuckerman, Hair/wig design by Gerard Kelly. Steve Loftus is the Technical Director, The Production Stage Manager is Victor Lukas, Properties are by Grumpy Props. Lisa Tisois the Associate Producer.
For tickets and more information, call (914)-592-2222 or visit www.BroadwayTheatre.com.
Photo Credit: John Vecchiolla
Julie (Sarah Hanlon) center and Ensemble perform 'Can't Help Lovin’ That Man Of Mine'
The cast of SHOW BOAT
John Preator (as Gaylord Ravenal) and Bonnie Fraser (as Magnolia Hawks) perform 'It's Only Make Believe'
The ensemble performs The Charleston
Michael James Leslie (as Joe, center) and the ensemble perform 'Ol' Man River'
Amanda Pulcini (as Ellie May Chipley) and Daniel Scott Watson (as Frank Schultz) perform 'Goodbye My Lady Love'
Sarah Hanlon (as Julie Laverne) and Eric Briarley (as Steve Baker)
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