Show boat
Contributors: Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945; Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960; Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968; Carter Barron Amphitheatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1953
Language: eng
Description: Washington Festival, Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. "Show Boat," adapted from Edna Ferber's novel of the same name, music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, staged by Arthur Sircom, settings designed by Albert Johnson, music under direction of Jay Chernis, choral direction by Boris Kogan, choreography staged by Fred Kelly, costumes by Brooks Costume Compnay, under direction of Ernest Schrapps, entire production under the personal supervision of Constance Bennett.
Notes: Carter Barron Amphitheatre, one week beginning June 15, 1953.

Title devised by Library staff.

"Carter Barron Amphithteatre Playgoer"--Cover.

Cast: Jack Leon, Robert Watts, Ray Olmstead, Bertha Powell, Lulu Bates, Malcolm Beggs, Dorothea MacFarland, Bill Sully, Loney Lewis, Barbara Ashley, John Elliott, Ernest Sarracino, Dorothy MacNeil, William C. Smith, Harry MacNewman, Charles Nelson Reilly, Gloria Foster, Jeanne Bruce, Thomas Pence, Louise Butler, Arnette Carter, Corky Patchett, Virginia Emerson, Christine Copp, Bernice Newman.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).