Kern and Hammerstein- Show Boat -Blu-ray-

Product Description A true classic of American musical theater, this tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. Director Francesca Zambello's grand-scale production is "a triumph-a stylish, fast-paced and colorful show that had the capacity audience on its feet, cheering loud and long" (Chicago Classical Review). The magnificent Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II score, which includes such classic songs as "Ol' Man River," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "Make Believe" and "You Are Love," will sound glorious "under the authoritative baton of music-theater maestro John DeMain" (Chicago Tribune). Review "The San Francisco production is so colourful, swift and musically assured that a viewer can bask in Kern's glorious music while suspending the requisite disbelief and enjoying the overall gorgeousness. The glory begins in the pit, where John DeMain conducts an urgent and flexible account of the score in Robert Russell Bennett's original orchestrations. " --Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone Sounds of America, September 2015