Show Boat

1932 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Casino Theatre

Opening Night

May 19, 1932

Total Performances

180

Original Cast

A. Alan Campbell, Laura Clairon, Jack Daley, Dorothy Denese, Evelyn Eaton, Charles Ellis, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd, Tess Gardella, Thomas Gunn, Annie Hart, Mari Hellgren, Maurine Holmes, J. Louis Johnson, Tana Kamp, Dennis King, Francis X. Mahoney, Helen Morgan, Edna May Oliver, Eva Puck, Paul Robeson, James Swift, Norma Terris, Gladstone Waldrup, Gertrude Walker, Sammy White, Charles Winninger

Director

Oscar Hammerstein II

Choreographer

Sammy Lee

Producer

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

Musical Director

Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee

Scenic Design

Joseph Urban

Costume Design

John Harkrider

1946 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Ziegfeld Theatre

Opening Night

Jan 5, 1946

Total Performances

418

Original Cast

Robert Allen, Seldon Bennett, Carol Bruce, Ralph Chambers, Jan Clayton, Jack Daley, Helen Dowdy, Ralph Dumke, Buddy Ebsen, Sara Floyd, Howard Frank, Charles Fredericks, Lydia Fredericks, La Verne French, Nancy Kenyon, Colette Lyons, Alyce Mace, Francis X. Mahoney, Iris Manley, Claude Marchant, Assotta Marshall, Scott Moore, Ethel Owen, Pearl Primus, Jean Reeves, Duncan Scott, Max Showalter, Frederica Slemons, Kenneth Spencer, Alma Sutton, Charles Tate, Willie Torpey

Director

Hassard Short

Choreographer

Helen Tamiris

Producer

Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

Musical Director

Edwin McArthur

Orchestrations

Robert Russell Bennett

Scenic Design

Howard Bay

Costume Design

Lucinda Ballard

1948 Broadway Revival

Theatre

City Center

Opening Night

Sep 19, 1948

Total Performances

15

Original Cast

Clare Alden, Gordon Alexander, Fred Ardath, Seldon Bennett, King Brill, Fred Brookins, Carol Bruce, Pamela Caveness, Sara Dillon, Danice Dodson, Helen Dowdy, Robert Fleming, Sarah Floyd, Howard Frank, La Verne French, Ruth Gates, Billy House, Elaine Hume, Ann Lloyd, Assota Marshall, Sylvia Myers, Gerald Prosk, Walter Russell, Gloria Smith, Norwood Smith, William C. Smith, George Spellman, Janet Van Derveer, Lorraine Waldman, Sammy White

Producer

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

1954 Broadway Revival

Theatre

City Center

Opening Night

May 5, 1954

Total Performances

15

Original Cast

Boris Aplon, Ann Barry, Marilyn Bladd, Helena Bliss, Diana Drake, Donn Driver, Sarah Floyd, Robert Gallagher, Marjorie Gateson, Ellen Gleason, Lawrence Haynes, Laurel Hurley, Burl Ives, Milton Lyon, Roland Miles, Dorothy Mirr, Arthur Newman, Adele Newton, Helen Phillips, Thomas R. Powell, Robert Rounseville, Gloria Sacks, Bill Smith, Greta Thormsen, Lawrence Winters, Gloria Wynder

Director

William Hammerstein

Producer

New York City Center Light Opera Company

Musical Director

Julius Rudel

Scenic Design

Howard Bay

Costume Design

John Boyt

Lighting Design

Jean Rosenthal

1983 Broadway Revival

Theatre

Uris Theatre

Opening Night

Apr 24, 1983

Total Performances

73

Original Cast

Lonette McKee, Donald O'Connor, Ron Raines, Sheryl Woods, Karla Burns, Avril Gentles, Bruce Hubbard, Paul Keith, Paige O'Hara, P.L. Brown, Karen Culliver, Richard Dix, James Gedge, Larry Hansen, Randy Hansen, Jacob Mark Hopkin, Lynda Karen, Dale Kristien, Glenn Martin, Linda Milani, Gloria Parker, Tracy Paul, Mary Rocco, Wayne Turnage, Lewis White

Director

Michael Kahn

Choreographer

Dorothy Danner

Producer

James M. Nederlander, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Musical Director

John DeMain

Scenic Design

Herbert Senn and Helen Pond

Costume Design

Molly Maginnis

Lighting Design

Thomas Skelton

Sound Design

Richard Fitzgerald

1994 Broadway Revival

Theatre

George Gershwin Theatre

Opening Night

Oct 2, 1994

Total Performances

947

Original Cast

Mark Jacoby, Rebecca Luker, Lonette McKee, John McMartin, Elaine Stritch, Michel Bell, Joel Blum, Gretha Boston, Doug LaBrecque, Dorothy Stanley, Tammy Amerson, Larissa Auble, David Bryant, Karen Curlee, Lorraine Foreman, Danielle Greaves, Louise-Marie Mennier, Mike O'Carroll, Michael Scott, Sheila Smith, Bob Walton, Ralph Williams

Director

Harold Prince

Choreographer

Susan Stroman

Producer

Livent, Inc.

Orchestrations

Robert Russell Bennett and William David Brohn

Scenic Design

Eugene Lee

Costume Design

Florence Klotz

Lighting Design

Richard Pilbrow

1936 Film Version

Movie Name

Show Boat

Type

Hollywood Musical

Director

James Whale

Screenplay

Edna Ferber and Oscar Hammerstein II

Starring

Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger

1951 Film Version

Movie Name

Show Boat

Type

Hollywood Musical

Director

George Sidney

Screenplay

John Lee Mahin

Starring

Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel