Showboat : two-track souvenir sampler

Object/Artifact

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.012.0005

Description

This compact disc has two selections from the 1995 revival of Show Boat: Overture and Ol' Man River, sung by Michel Bell and the Stevedores. The music was by Jerome Kern and the book by Oscar Hammerstein II based on the Edna Ferber novel "Show Boat." This CD was published by Livent Music and distributed by Quality Music and video. OSPD-765 The paper insert is bright royal blue with an oval of three people in fluffy costumes waving across the water to a distant show boat. The disc itself is silver with royal blue lettering. The disc was played during the Society's exhibit about floating theaters held in conjunction with the waterfront festival in Leonardtown.

Collection

James Adams Floating Theatre Exhibit

Made/Created

Date made

1994

Dimensions

Circumference

4-5/8 in

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ferber, Edna

Person or Organization

Hammerstein, Oscar

Person or Organization

Kern, Jerome