‘Show Boat’ Delights Parisians With Lovers, Gamblers, Tunes

After more than 80 years, “Show Boat,” the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein masterpiece, has finally docked in Paris. It was worth the wait.

Actually, the musical was produced in 1929, two years after the Broadway premiere, at the very same Theatre du Chatelet in French under the title “Mississipi” -- with one P only. This is the first Paris production in English. That it comes from South Africa makes it doubly interesting.