04/08/2013
Here is Al Clark's take on THE LAST SHOWBOAT in Sunday's Daily Reflector.
http://www.reflector.com/columns/clark/clark-showboat-surprise-1929671
Eastern North Carolina’s history, like its rivers, runs deep. I never realized until this week that when Joe first sings “Old Man River” in the musical “Showboat,” he really was singing about the Pamlico — not the Mississippi. Maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, but not really.