Show Boat (1993 Toronto Revival Cast)

Amazon.com When this Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and libretto, based on Edna Ferber's novel) show premiered in 1927 it powerfully changed the course of musicals by being about something: the sweep of 40 years of American history, racial tensions and relations (including miscegenation), even spousal and parental abandonment. It also featured some of the most splendid songs ever written for the legitimate stage, both building on the operetta and music-hall past, and presaging plot-advancement and character-development numbers (which took another quantum leap in Oklahoma). "Make Believe," "Why Do I Love You?" and "Ol' Man River" became standards almost at first hearing, and the production was a hit in spite of the controversy surrounding it. Show Boat suffered only from the lack of sophisticated recording techniques to preserve the original performances, although Helen Morgan (who played the mulatto Julie) later recorded her signature song "Bill." Three movie versions and countless stage revivals kept Show Boat alive and popular--although bowdlerized--for almost 50 years without a definitive recording. (The 1971 production, with Cleo Laine as Julie, came closest.) But it's all here, in the 1994 Toronto recording whose cast transferred almost intact to Broadway. It's a glorious rendering from start to finish, with Rebecca Luker and Mark Jacoby as good as any Magnolia and Gaylord Ravenal we're ever likely to hear. And, I'm sorry Helen and Cleo, but Lonette McKee's "Bill" (with lyrics by P G. Wodehouse) is the most wrenching rendition I've ever heard. --Robert Windeler Product description Show Boat / Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Edna Ferber, Susan Stroman, Harold Prince / Quality Music Audio CD 1994 / RSPD 257 UPC 063961025727 /// Label: Quality Music ‎– RSPD 257 Format: CD, Album Country: Canada Released: 1994 Genre: Stage & Screen Style: Musical /// Tracklist: 1 Overture 2:47 2 Cotton Blossom/Cap`n Andy`s Ballyhoo 3:19 3 Make Believe 4:21 4 Ol' Man River 5:47 5 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man 4:32 6 Till Good Luck Comes My Way 1:21 7 Mis`ry`s Comin` Aroun` 4:12 8 I Have The Room Above Her 3:58 9 Life Upon The Wicked Stage 2:55 10 Queenie`s Ballyhood 1:25 11 You Are Love 3:38 12 Act One Finale - The Wedding Celebration 1:50 13 Entr` Acte 1:44 14 Why Do I Love You?/Montage I: The Sports Of Gay Chicago 5:59 15 Alma Redemptoris Mater 2:31 16 Bill 4:05 17 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Reprise) 1:55 18 Goodbye, My Lady Love 2:18 19 After The Ball 2:37 20 Montage II: Ol` Man River 5:14 21 Kim`s Charleston 4:07 22 Act Two Finale 2:27 /// Arranged By [Dance Music] – David Krane Conductor – Franz Allers Copyist – Dennis Kucherawy Design – Scott Thornley Design Associates Engineer – Gary Gray, John Rodd Illustration [Cover] – Robert Steele (9) Lyrics By – Oscar Hammerstein II, P.G. Wodehouse Management – David Turner (21), Paul Shaw Music By – Jerome Kern Orchestrated By – Robert Russell Bennett, William David Brohn Photography By – Catherine Ashmore, Michael Cooper (8) Producer – Garth H. Drabinsky Producer [Assistant] – Jamie Crotin Producer, Mixed By – Martin Levan Supervised By – Norman Zagier Supervised By, Conductor – Jeffrey Huard
ASIN: B000001ZB9
VSKU: 5ALWH0000B8K_ns
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Jerome Kern|Oscar Hammerstein II
Binding: Audio cd
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Condition Notes: The case shows normal wear and is in good condition. The original artwork is included. The CD shows very minor wear if any at all.