Show Boat opens, the final Muny show of the season
Date: 8/10/2010 Album ID: 1055517
Photos by Sid Hastings for the Post-Dispatch
An enduring musical, with numbers like Ol' Man River, Show Boat closes the 2010 Muny season. Shows run August 9-15.
9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Actors fill the stage during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Showboat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Ellie (played by Beverly Ward) and other actors fill the stage during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Steve (played by James Anthony) struggles with Pete (Richard Pisarkiewicz) during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Pete (played by Richard Pisarkiewicz) threatens Julie (Terry Burwell) during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Magnolia (played by Leah Horowitz) sings a duet with Gaylord Ravenal (Danny Gurwin) during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.Photo by Sid Hastings ¥ For the Post-Dispatch
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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS --  Gaylord Ravenal (right, played by Danny Gurwin) sings a duet with Magnolia (Leah Horowitz) during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Magnolia (left, played by Leah Horowitz) sings a duet with Gaylord Ravenal (Danny Gurwin) during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Joe (played by Michel Bell) sings the signature song Ol' Man River during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Joe (played by Michel Bell) sings the signature song Ol' Man River during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Joe (played by Michel Bell) sings the signature song Ol' Man River during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Joe (left, played by Michel Bell) sings the signature song Ol' Man River during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Joe (played by Michel Bell) sings the signature song Ol' Man River during the opening scene of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 in St. Louis. The scene, set on a levee in Natchez, Miss., introduces many of the show's key characters. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the Muny summer theater festival.

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9 AUG. 2010 -- ST. LOUIS -- Paul Blake, Executive Producer of the Muny, addresses the opening-night audience before the start of Show Boat at the Muny in Forest Park in St. Louis Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Blake thanked the audience for its patronage, asked them to be sure to fill out the audience surveys distributed that evening and reminded them that next season will be his last with the organization. Show Boat, which runs through Aug. 15, will close the 92nd season of the summer theater festival.

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