https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz Made with a wish on a star en-us 2017-05-17 09:26:40 UTC 2026-01-02 03:43:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 06karnephy https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172282727 Show Boat is a 1927 musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel of the same name, the musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years, from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. ]]> 2017-05-17 09:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172282727 06karnephy https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172287027 2017-05-17 09:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172287027 06karnephy https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172287348 The premiere of Show Boat on Broadway was a watershed moment in the history of American musical theatre. Compared to the trivial and unrealistic operettas, light musical comedies and "Follies"-type musical revues that defined Broadway in the 1890s and early 20th century, Show Boat "was a radical departure in musical storytelling, marrying spectacle with seriousness" According to The Complete Book of Light Opera:]]> 2017-05-17 09:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172287348 06karnephy https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172287636 2017-05-17 10:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172287636 06karnephy https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172288234 Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (/ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song.]]> 2017-05-17 10:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172288234 06karnephy https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172288456 2017-05-17 10:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/06karnephy/k7gntt4fkqmz/wish/172288456