Original Cast Recording: Showboat, 2CD

Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, this lyrical masterpiece concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway (and their life-long friends). The primary plot follows Magnolia, the naive daughter of the show boat captain, as she marries a gambler and moves with him to Chicago.

 

His gambling continues as his debts compound, and soon he deserts her and their young daughter. A subplot concerns the potential arrest of Magnolia's selfless best friend on charges of miscegenation when it's discovered that she is mulatto, and her subsequent downward spiral into despair.

 

The passing of time reunites Magnolia and her now-grown daughter with her family on the show boat as well as with her husband, who eventually returns offering a hopeful second chance at familial fulfillment.

 

TRACK LISTING

 

Overture - National Symphony Orchestra
Opening Act One / Cotton Blossom - Fran Landesman, Brian Greene, Company
Where's The Mate For Me? - Jason Howard
Make Believe - Janis Kelly, Jason Howard
Ol' Man River - Willard White, Chorus
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Sally Burgess, Janis Kelly, Shezwae Powell, Willard White, Company
Ol' Man River (Reprise) - Willard White
Life Upon The Wicked Stage - Caroline O'Connor, Girls
Queenie's Ballyhoo - Shezwae Powell
Villain's Dance - National Symphony Orchestra
You Are Love - Jason Howard, Janis Kelly, Chorus
Finale Act One - Brian Greene, Janis Kelly, Company

Entr'acte - National Symphony Orchestra
At The Chicago's World's Fair - Gareth Snook, James Buller, Company
Why Do I Love You? - Janis Kelly, Jason Howard, Chorus
Dahomey - Company
Letter Interlude - National Symphony Orchestra
Bill - Sally Burgess
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Reprise) - Janis Kelly, Simon Green, Gareth Snook, James Buller
St. Agatha's Convent - Jason Howard, Chorus
Washington Post March - National Symphony Orchestra, John Philip Sousa
Goodbye My Lady Love - Caroline O'Connor, Simon Green
After The Ball - Janis Kelly, Brian Greene, Company
You Are Love (Reprise) - Jason Howard
Finale Act Two - Willard White, Company
Nobody Else But Me - Lorna Dallas, Martin Yates