NewsPHOTO CALL: Norm Lewis, Julian Ovenden, Lauren Worsham, Fred Willard and Cast Offer Sneak Peek at the New York Philharmonic's Show BoatThe New York Philharmonic's semi-staged production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Tony Award-winning musical Show Boat will be presented Nov. 5–8.
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October 31, 2014
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Norm Lewis, Julian Ovenden, Lauren Worsham, Fred Willard and Cast Offer Sneak Peek at the New York Philharmonic's Show Boat
These artists will be joined by Tony-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Jane Alexander as Parthy and Erika Henningsen as Kim.
The performances will be conducted and directed by Tony winner Ted Sperling. Randy Skinner will choreograph.
The production will subsequently be broadcast on Live from Lincoln Center on a date to be announced.
Based on a best-selling novel by Edna Ferber, Show Boat, according to press notes, "tells the 40-year story of the lives of performers, stagehands, and dock workers who are the denizens of the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat." Highlights of the score include “Ol’ Man River,” “Make Believe” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man.”
Broadway’s most-revived and revised work, Show Boat was the first musical ever performed by an opera company — by New York City Opera in 1954. Recent productions have garnered the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (1995) and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival (1991).
Tickets for Show Boat start at $89 by visiting nyphil.org or by calling (212) 875-5656.
The Max Martin musical features a number of his most beloved songs, including “…Baby One More Time,” “Roar,” “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and more.