Showboat (disambiguation)

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Showboat or show boat, is a boat which serves as a floating theater.

Showboat or Show Boat may refer to:

Literature

• Show Boat (novel), by Edna Ferber

Film and theater

• Show Boat, a 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II based on the Ferber novel
• Show Boat (1929 film), adapted by Charles Kenyon and directed by Harry A. Pollard, based on the Ferber novel
• Show Boat (1936 film), adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II and directed by James Whale, based on the stage musical
• Show Boat (1951 film), adapted by John Lee Mahin and directed by George Sidney, based on the stage musical

Music

• Show Boat (1959 cast album), a 1959 studio cast album featuring Shirley Bassey and Dora Bryan
• Showboat (Kenny Dorham album), 1960

Casinos

• Showboat Hotel & Casino, a Las Vegas casino later known as the Castaways Hotel and Casino
• Showboat Atlantic City, a casino located in Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Showboat East Chicago, an East Chicago casino currently known as the Ameristar Casino East Chicago

Other

• Nickname of American Battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55)
• Showboat Fisher (1899 – 1994), an American baseball player
• Showboating: a form of Verbal abuse