Show Boat is a musical in two acts, which was adapted from a gritty, best-selling novel by Edna Ferber. This musical touches on the complex topic of race relations in America as it follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers in a Mississippi River show boat in the late 19th and early 20th century. The musical was particularly significant due to its uncommon pairing of music with serious discussions of social issues. It is also remembered due to songs such as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".
The story begins after the battle in which the two brothers of Antigone, ... the current king of Thebes, Creon , a relative of the deceased, perhaps takes a measure ... Antigone, logically, does not agree with this decision of the new king, ...
