NewsPHOTO CALL: Bill Irwin, Harriet Harris, John Bolton, Patricia Racette Board the Cotton Blossom in SF Opera's Large-Scale Show BoatBill Irwin, Harriet Harris, Kirsten Wyatt and John Bolton headline San Francisco Opera's large-scale summer production of Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's Show Boat, helmed by Francesca Zambello, starting June 1.
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Matthew Blank
June 18, 2014
Show Boat receives a San Francisco Opera company premiere under the guidance of director Zambello (The Little Mermaid, The Trip to Bountiful) in a sweeping production previously mounted at the Houston Grand and Washington National Operas. Show Boat runs in rep with Verdi's La Traviata and Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the War Memorial Opera House through July 2.
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Bill Irwin, Harriet Harris, John Bolton, Patricia Racette Board the Cotton Blossom in SF Opera's Large-Scale Show Boat
Bill Irwin, Harriet Harris, John Bolton, Patricia Racette Board the Cotton Blossom in SF Opera's Large-Scale Show Boat
Bill Irwin, Harriet Harris, Kirsten Wyatt and John Bolton headline San Francisco Opera's large-scale summer production of Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's Show Boat, helmed by Francesca Zambello, starting June 1. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Kirsten Wyatt, John Bolton, Bill Irwin, Patricia Racette and Patrick Cummings
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Heidi Stober and Michael Todd Simpson
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Morris Robinson
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Morris Robinson and cast
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Angela Renee Simpson and Morris Robinson
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The cast
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John Bolton, Michael Todd Simpson and cast
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Patricia Racette and Patrick Cummings
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Bill Irwin, Morris Robinson, Michael Todd Simpson and Heidi Stober
Tony winner Irwin (Waiting for Godot, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) leads the cast as owner Cap'n Andy Hawks, Tony winner Harris ("Frasier," Thoroughly Modern Millie) plays his wife Parthy Ann Hawks, Tony nominee Bolton plays Frank Schultz and Broadway veteran Kirsten Wyatt (Annie, Elf) is cast as Ellie Mae Chipley.
Supporting cast includes Sharon McNight as Mrs. O'Brien, Patricia Racette as Julie La Verne, Heidi Stober as Magnolia Hawks, Michael Todd Simpson as Gaylord Ravenal, Angela Renee Simpson as Queenie and Morris Robinson as Joe. John DeMain leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Show Boat features choreography by Michele Lynch, sets by Peter Davison, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Mark McCullough and sound design by Tod Nixon. This San Francisco Opera co-production premiered at Lyric Opera of Chicago in February 2012 and has subsequently been produced at Houston Grand Opera and Washington National Opera; these performances reunite the original creative team.
Tickets are available at sfopera.com or at (415) 864-3330.
