Music by Jerome Kern | Book by Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on the novel "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber | German version by Roman Hinze

Around 1900: The Show Boat travels from city to city along the Mississippi with a colorful variety program. On board and in the audience, roles and seats are clearly separated between white and African American individuals. 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 bourgeois life beyond the river. Magnolia, the captain's daughter, also sets off for Chicago full of hopes 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 meet anew beyond social boundaries and is there a reunion with the Show Boat? In 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein wrote Show Boat, the first musical ever to address social issues. In their sensitive portrait of a society marked by racism, they advocated for cultural openness with legendary blues-inspired songs like "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," resonating far beyond their time.

Music by Jerome Kern | Book by Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on the novel "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber | German version by Roman Hinze

Around 1900: The Show Boat travels from city to city along the Mississippi with a colorful variety program. On board and in the audience, roles and seats are clearly separated between white and African American individuals. 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 bourgeois life beyond the river. Magnolia, the captain's daughter, also sets off for Chicago full of hopes 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 meet anew beyond social boundaries and is there a reunion with the Show Boat? In 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein wrote Show Boat, the first musical ever to address social issues. In their sensitive portrait of a society marked by racism, they advocated for cultural openness with legendary blues-inspired songs like "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," resonating far beyond their time.