{"product_id":"show-boat-performing-race-in-an-american-musical-paperback","title":"Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd Decker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShow Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical tells the full story of the making and remaking of the most important musical in Broadway history. Drawing on exhaustive archival research and including much new information from early draft scripts and scores, this book reveals how Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern created Show Boat in the crucible of the Jazz Age to fit the talents of the show's original 1927 cast. After showing how major figures such as Paul Robeson and Helen Morgan defined the content of the show, the book goes on to detail how Show Boat was altered by later directors, choreographers, and performers up to the end of the twentieth century. All the major New York productions are covered, as are five important London productions and four Hollywood versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Decker\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of \u003cem\u003eWho Should Sing 'Ol' Man River'?: The Lives of an American Song \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMusic Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100405915955,"sku":"9780190250539","price":85.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/fEpL7V6Da29780190250539.webp?v=1772486002","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/show-boat-performing-race-in-an-american-musical-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}