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Show boat : journey of an epic musical

Title: Show boat : journey of an epic musical [videorecording] / Produced by Garth Drabinsky ; written and directed by Colin Smith ; produced for Live Entertainment of Canada, Inc.
Publication: Toronto, Ontario, c1993.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (47 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary on the 1993 Toronto revival of Show boat, the stage musical first produced on Broadway in 1927, featuring music by Jerome Kern, with lyrics & libretto by Oscar Hammerstein. Includes material on the historical background of the show, rehearsal and back stage footage, and excerpts from interviews with members of the show's creative team.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

Host: James Earl Jones.
Interviews: William Hammerstein, Harold Prince, Garth Drabinsky, Jeffrey Huard, Elaine Stritch, Robert Morse, Martin Gottfried, Oscar Peterson, Michel Bell, Lonette McKee, Susan Stroman, Gretha Boston, Eugene Lee, Tom and Joan Grandy, Mark Jacoby, Rebecca Luker, Richard Pilbrow, Peter Lamb, and Florence Klotz.
With Cynthia Dale, as Helen Morgan.

Event (note)

Videotaped in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1993.

Biography (note)

The 1993 Toronto revival of Show boat moved to Broadway the following year, with most of the same personnel in the cast and behind the scenes.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Call Number

NCOX 1015

OCLC

822029370

Title

Show boat : journey of an epic musical [videorecording] / Produced by Garth Drabinsky ; written and directed by Colin Smith ; produced for Live Entertainment of Canada, Inc.

Imprint

Toronto, Ontario, c1993.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Host: James Earl Jones.

Interviews: William Hammerstein, Harold Prince, Garth Drabinsky, Jeffrey Huard, Elaine Stritch, Robert Morse, Martin Gottfried, Oscar Peterson, Michel Bell, Lonette McKee, Susan Stroman, Gretha Boston, Eugene Lee, Tom and Joan Grandy, Mark Jacoby, Rebecca Luker, Richard Pilbrow, Peter Lamb, and Florence Klotz.

With Cynthia Dale, as Helen Morgan.

Event

Videotaped in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1993.

Biography

The 1993 Toronto revival of Show boat moved to Broadway the following year, with most of the same personnel in the cast and behind the scenes.

Local Note

Gift of Harold Prince.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Added Author

Drabinsky, Garth, 1949- producer.

Drabinsky, Garth, 1949- interviewee.

Smith, Colin, director.

Jones, James Earl, host.

Hammerstein, William, interviewee.

Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, interviewee.

Huard, Jeffrey, interviewee.

Stritch, Elaine, interviewee.

Morse, Robert, 1931-2022, interviewee.

Gottfried, Martin, interviewee.

Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007, interviewee.

Bell, Michel, interviewee.

McKee, Lonette, interviewee.

Stroman, Susan, interviewee.

Boston, Gretha, interviewee.

Lee, Eugene, 1939- interviewee.

Gandy, Thomas H, interviewee.

Gandy, Joan W, interviewee.

Jacoby, Mark, interviewee.

Luker, Rebecca, interviewee.

Pilbrow, Richard, interviewee.

Lamb, Peter W, interviewee.

Klotz, Florence, interviewee.

Dale, Cynthia, 1961- actor.

Live Entertainment of Canada Inc.

LIVENT (U.S.) Inc, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 1015

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