Show Boat (1989) (TV)

A stage production of the classic musical, videotaped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey.



 

This is part of the "Great Performances" anthology series; Season 18, Episode 4.

Original broadcast date 27 October 1989.

Show Boat (1989) (TV)

Cast: Eddie Bracken, Rebecca Baxter, Richard White, Shelly Burch, Marsha Bagwell, P.L. Brown, Ellia English, Lauren Gaffney, Larry Grey, Robert Jensen, Michael McCarty, Lenora Nemetz, Lee Roy Reams

In Performance at the White House: Chorus Lines (1988) (TV)

Presented on the South Lawn of the White House on the evening of August 6th, 1988 and hosted by President and Mrs. Reagan, this concert in the PBS series "In Performance at the White House" featured Broadway show tunes. Included are "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" from "Guys and Dolls", "If I Loved You" from "Carousel", "Till There Was You" from "The Music Man", "Nothing Like a Dame" from "South Pacific" and the title song from "Oklahoma!"

Marvin Hamlisch is the Master of Ceremonies. Also featured is the Broadway cast of "A Chorus Line", the Morgan State University Choir, and the combined orchestra of the United States Army Band and United States Marine Corps Band.

In Performance at the White House: Chorus Lines (1988) (TV)

Host: Marvin Hamlisch