Show Boat Show Information
Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber.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.
| Opening: | August 15, 1960 |
| Production Type: | Revival |
| Run Type: | Limited Run |
| Market: | US Tour |
| Intermissions: | 1 |
| Show type | Musical |
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Other Productions of Show Boat
| 1927 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1928 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 1932 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1944 | Los Angeles |
LACLO Production Los Angeles |
| 1944 | Los Angeles |
LACLO Production Los Angeles |
| 1946 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1948 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
| 1954 | Broadway |
New York City Opera Production Broadway |
| 1954 | Off-Broadway |
Return Engagement [NYCO Revival] Off-Broadway |
| 1959 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 1960 | US Tour |
Touring Revival US Tour |
| 1961 | Off-Broadway |
City Center Revival Off-Broadway |
| 1966 | Broadway |
Lincoln Center Revival Broadway |
| 1971 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 1983 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1990 | West End |
Royal Shakespeare Company Revival West End |
| 1994 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1998 | Australia |
Australian Production Australia |
| 1998 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 2000 | US Tour |
NETWorks Productions US Tour US Tour |
| 2006 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 2016 | West End |
West End Revival Production West End |
| 2018 | Regional (US) |
World-premiere Concert Adaptation Regional (US) |
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