| Target Margin Theater & NYU Skirball to Present SHOW BOAT in Spring 2025 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:27 pm EDT 07/13/23 | |
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| ARGET MARGIN THEATER AND NYU SKIRBALL TO PRESENT NEW PRODUCTION OF SHOW BOAT IN SPRING 2025 The Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater and NYU Skirball will present a new production of the groundbreaking musical Show Boat in the Spring of 2025. Directed by Target Margin Theater's Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, the revival uses the original 1927 book and score by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Herskovits vision for this quintessential American masterpiece builds on Target Margin's critically acclaimed history of examining and re-inventing classical works such as Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, DuBose Heyward's Mamba's Daughters, Goethe's Faust, and Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, to name a few. On the cusp of Show Boat's centennial, this new staging showcases Target Margin's signature extravagant theatricality, dense layering of design elements, and detailed celebration of language, song, and spirit. David Herskovits said, "Show Boat is famously unresolved; it has been endlessly reworked, cut, emended, added to, and rearranged. Its gorgeous songs pulse through a chaotic story that is a back-stage romance, a fantasia of troubling racial tropes, and a history of the dawn of the American century. Above all, Show Boat is a call to all of us to reconsider who we are as a nation and as human beings." Jay Wegman, Executive Director of NYU Skirball, said, "I love musicals and Show Boat is definitely a cornerstone of the American Musical Theatre tradition. It's marvelous that Target Margin will revisit, revise, and reinvent this classic through the lens of the company's singular theatricality. NYU Skirball's audiences are in for a total thrill ride." Show Boat forever changed the face of American theater. The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot. Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the epic narrative concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk and their lifelong friends on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, Show Boat, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 27, 1927. The show was a great critical and popular success, running for a total of 572 performances. After its initial run, Show Boat returned to Broadway no less than six times: in 1932 and 1946 at the Ziegfeld Theatre; in 1948 and 1954 at New York City Center; in 1983 at the Uris (Gershwin) Theatre; and in 1994, again at the Gershwin, under the direction of Harold Prince. Prince's 1994 production earned Show Boat its longest Broadway run with 947 performances. Additional information including details on casting, creative team, and the performance schedule will be announced later. About NYU Skirball NYU Skirball is NYC's home for cutting-edge performance, artistic research, and discourse, holding close to James Baldwin's dictum that "artists are here to disturb the peace." NYU Skirball is located in the heart of Greenwich Village, historically a center of resistance, dissent, and free thinking. Its programming reflects this history and embraces today's renegade artists and companies, presenting works that aim to engage, provoke, and inspire audiences. The 800-seat theater, led by Director Jay Wegman, provides a home for internationally renowned artists, innovators, and thinkers, and presents ground-breaking events ranging from re-inventions of the classics to cutting-edge premieres, in genres ranging from dance, theater and performance arts to comedy, music and film. About Target Margin Theater Target Margin Theater is a multi-Obie Award-winning theater based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, founded on the principle that works of art return us to real truths most powerfully by their divergence from a strict illustration of reality. For over 30 years, Target Margin has been praised for their innovative, experimental interpretations of classic texts, opera, literature, and historical sources. They exist to change our shared culture, to remake the world as a more engaged, aware, and humane version of itself. Everything about their programs and activities flows from this. They energize audiences with plays that expand the possibilities of live performance and engage their community at all levels through partnerships and programs. The company has served over 1,000 artists (emerging and established) through its extensive programming and is committed to nurturing the creative aspirations of the next generation of theater makers. In 2019, Target Margin was recognized for their impact on the field with the Obie Award for Sustained Artistic Excellence. www.targetmargin.org |
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