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Free
Forum on Show Boat on May 2, 2009
American Masterworks Series
May 15,
2009
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Michael Morgan, Conductor
7pm: Pre-concert speaker
John Kendall Bailey
Program
SONGS OF JEROME KERN
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Julie Adams, soprano
Pick Yourself Up - Robert Sims, lyric baritone
Yesterdays - Debbie De Coudreaux, mezzo-soprano
I
Won't Dance - Tami Dahbura, soprano
Why I Was Born - Tami
Dahbura
The Way You Look Tonight - Debbie de Coudreaux
Long
Ago and Far Away - Ben Jones, tenor
All the Things You
Are - Chorus
Look for the Silver Lining -
Chorus
I N C O N C E R T
(1 9 2 7)
Music by JEROME KERN
Book and Lyrics by
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Based on the novel SHOW BOAT by Edna
Ferber
Julie Adams (Magnolia)
(Sponsored by Drinker Biddle & Reath
LLP)
Debbie de Coudreaux, (Julie)
Ben Jones (Gaylord Ravenal)
Robert Sims (Joe)
(Sponsored by Del Monte Foods)
Tami Dahbura (Ellie May)
and
Oakland Symphony Chorus
Lynne Morrow, Music Director
For our season finale
and the third presentation in the American Masterworks Series, we'll present a
concert version of the groundbreaking musical, Show Boat. The first
major Broadway musical to deal with difficult social issues in a serious
manner, Show Boat introduced a new genre -- the musical play -- to the
American stage, demonstrating that musicals could be more than just
light-hearted comedies.
Considered progressive - even subversive - when
first presented in 1927, Show Boat was the first racially integrated
musical on Broadway, and the first to depict an interracial marriage. It opened
the door for public discourse in the arts about racism in America and brought
something unique to the musical stage of its day: an American musical with
serious themes, dramatic truth, a believable love story and three-dimensional
characters. Its score boasts some of the most imaginative lyrics and wonderful
melodies to grace the stage, including Ol' Man River and Can't Help
Lovin' Dat Man.
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Adams Jones
 
de
Coudreaux Sims
Dahbura
Oakland Symphony Chorus
Concert Sponsor
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