There is something indescribably exciting about works of art created at crucial transitional moments in history " works that magically bridge the spirit of the traditional with the contemporary to form something bold and new. First produced on Broadway in 1927, with a book based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel and a groundbreaking Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II score, "Show Boat" stands as a prime example of such a wor…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:28AM on February 12, 2012