Show Boat

In the organizer's words:

Around 1900: The Show Boat travels the cities along the Mississippi with a colourful variety program. On board and in the audience, the roles and seats are clearly divided between whites and African-Americans. When the show star Julie is exposed as the daughter of a forbidden "mixed marriage", she leaves the ship - the first of three women from different generations who seek a middle-class life on the other side of the river. Magnolia, the captain's daughter, also sets off for Chicago full of hope alongside the gambler Gaylord Ravenal. Years later, now impoverished, she sings at the Trocadero nightclub, unaware that Julie - also marked by fate - is a singer there and recognizes the song of her former friend.

Can they reunite beyond social boundaries and will they meet again with the Show Boat? In 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein wrote Show Boat, the first musical ever to deal with socially critical issues. In their sensitive portrait of a society characterized by racism, they promoted cultural openness far beyond their time with legendary blues-inspired songs such as "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' dat Man".