Uris Theatre, (4/24/1983 - 6/26/1983)

Category: Musical, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: 1887-1927. On the Mississippi River, Natchez, Chicago.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander and Gerald Oestreicher

Produced by James M. Nederlander, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Originally produced by The Houston Grand Opera

Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the novel "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber; Musical Director: John DeMain; Lyric for "Bill" by P. G. Wodehouse

Directed by Michael Kahn; Choreographed by Dorothy Danner

Scenic Design by Herbert Senn and Helen Pond; Costume Design by Molly Maginnis; Lighting Design by Thomas Skelton; Sound Design by Richard Fitzgerald

Executive Producer: Robert A. Buckley and Douglas Urbanski; General Manager: Buckley & Urbanski; Company Manager: Martin Cohen

Production Stage Manager: Warren Crane; Stage Manager: Amy Pell; Assistant Stage Mgr: Fred Tyson

Conducted by Jack Everly; Assistant Conductor: Michael Battistelli

Casting: Hughes / Moss Casting; General Press Representative: Marilynn LeVine Public Relations; Historical Advisor: Miles Kreuger; Dance Captain: Joanna Beck; Fight direction by Conal O'Brien; Dialogue Coach: Timothy Monich; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi

Lonette McKee	Julie
Donald O'Connor	Cap'n Andy
Ron Raines	Gaylord Ravenal
Sheryl Woods Broadway debut	Magnolia
Karla Burns Broadway debut	Queenie
Avril Gentles	Parthy Ann Hawks
Bruce Hubbard	Joe
Paul Keith Broadway debut	Frank
Paige O'Hara Broadway debut	Ellie
Vanessa Ayers	Ensemble
Joanna Beck	Ensemble
P.L. Brown	Charlie
	Ensemble
Karen Culliver	Kim
	Ensemble
Michael-Pierre Dean	Ensemble
Olivia Detante	Ensemble
Richard Dix	Windy
Hal Douglas	Radio Announcer
Kim Fairchild	Ensemble
Merwin Foard	Ensemble
Cheryl Freeman	Ensemble
Joe Garcia	Ensemble
James Gedge	Jeb
	Barker
	Ensemble
Michael Gray	Ensemble
Larry Hansen	Old Sport
	Young Man with Guitar
	Ensemble
Randy Hansen	Mahoney
	Barker
	Jake
	Ensemble
Jacob Mark Hopkin	Vallon
	Jim
	Ensemble
Lynda Karen	La Belle Fatima
	Ensemble
Dale Kristien	Dolly
	Ensemble
Glenn Martin	Pete
	Ensemble
Linda Milani	Mother Superior
	Ensemble
Randy Morgan	Ensemble
Gloria Parker	Lottie
	Ensemble
Tracy Paul	Young Kim
Dennis Perren	Ensemble
Leonard Piggee	Ensemble
Veronica Rhodes	Ensemble
Mary Rocco	Landlady
	Old Lady on the Levee
	Ensemble
Alton Spencer	Ensemble
Wayne Turnage	Steve
Robert Vincent	Ensemble
Molly Wassermann	Ensemble
Lewis White	Backwoodsman
	Barker
	Ensemble
Carrie Wilder	Ensemble
Wardell Woodard	Ensemble

Swings: Ed Battle, Tom Garrett, Suzanne Ishee, Jeane July.

Standby: Lizabeth Pritchett (Parthy Ann Hawks).

Understudies: Vanessa Ayers (Queenie), Joanna Beck (Dolly), P.L. Brown (Joe), Karen Culliver (Magnolia, Young Kim), Richard Dix (Cap'n Andy), Kim Fairchild (Mother Superior), Tom Garrett (Barker, Jeb, Old Sport, Young Man with Guitar), James Gedge (Backwoodsman, Jake), Larry Hansen (Frank, Mahoney), Suzanne Ishee (Lottie, Kim), Jeane July (La Belle Fatima), Dale Kristien (Magnolia), Linda Milani (Landlady, Old Lady on the Levee), Gloria Parker (Julie), Dennis Perren (Charlie), Wayne Turnage (Gaylord Ravenal), Robert Vincent (Pete, Steve), Lewis White (Jim, Vallon, Windy), Carrie Wilder (Ellie).