Portland Opera’s Show Boat for iPad!
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Show Boat
May 1, 3m, 5, 7, 9, 2015
Keller Auditorium
Love, tragic and triumphant. The joys and challenges of marriage and parenthood. Struggles against prejudice, racism and economic injustice.
Show Boat revolutionized American musical theater, thanks to its epic story and musical sophistication. This saga of three romances that blossom aboard a Mississippi River show boat reflected the true face of America as it was…and still is today, more than 80 years later.
Show boat Captain Andy Hawks loses his leading lady with the revelation that she is of mixed-race parentage. Despite his wife’s objections, he turns their daughter Magnolia into their new star. The impressionable young woman soon meets Gaylord Ravenal, a riverboat rake who quickly progresses from her leading man to husband and father of their child. Snags soon scuttle their happiness, however, and it takes a two-decade journey to reunite the three generations on their beloved show boat. Jerome Kern’s score teems with powerful choruses, romantic duets and masterful songs, including “Bill,” “Make Believe,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man,” and above all, “Ol’ Man River.”
Sung in English with titles projected above the stage.
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(M–F, 9–5)