We watched the "Show Boat" last night. I was delighted to hear that it was originally a book by Edna Ferber published in 1926. The story is about a the showboats that ran up and down the Mississippi a long time ago.
Well, I need to read that book.
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What a great show: The Dallas Opera put on a great performance of "Show Boat". The story takes us back to the old South and the Mississippi River. The music is great and that song "Old man River" is superb.
We discussed the show with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda on Sunday. Bill has followed musicals over the years and saw the show in New York when he was a young man. Here is the conversation:
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