[Magdalen] Show Boat.

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 10/17/15 10:28 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> I caught a portion of the PBS presentation of the Kern/Hammerstein  musical
> play, "Show Boat" last night.  This was a concertized version, with
> orchestra
> and singers on stage together.  Norm Lewis sang the theme song of  the
> musical play, "Old Man River."  He was interviewed in a little  documentary
> at the conclusion, and allowed that he was tense but exhilarated to  sing
> this song "because everyone knows it."
>
> Is this so?  Is it likely that many under, say, 60, are familiar with  this
> song or the several other big numbers from the musical?

I couldn't say about _many_ under 60: I'm 71, and I still love it.  But 
I guarantee that my daughter, who is 40 now, has heard it many times 
(and the rest of the music from the show), and knows it, just from 20 
years of living in the same house with me.


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