A showboat or show boat, is a boat which serves as a floating theater.
Showboat, Show Boat or Showboats may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music Show Boat (1959 cast album), featuring Shirley Bassey and Dora Bryan Show Boat (1988 cast album), featuring Karla Burns and Jerry Hadley Showboat (Kenny Dorham album), 1960
Novel and adaptations Show Boat (novel), by Edna Ferber Show Boat, a 1927 stage musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II 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 Show Boat (1929 film), adapted by Charles Kenyon and directed by Harry A. Pollard, based on the Ferber novel
Radio
Maxwell House Show Boat, a program broadcast on NBC radio (1933-1935)
Hotels and casinos Showboat Atlantic City, a hotel and former casino located in Atlantic City, New Jersey Showboat East Chicago, an East Chicago casino currently known as the Ameristar Casino East Chicago Showboat Hotel & Casino, a Las Vegas casino later known as the Castaways Hotel and Casino Showboat, Inc., a United States-based organization in the casino and entertainment industry
Sports Memphis Showboats, a former United States Football League team Memphis Showboats (2022), a United States Football League team South Texas Showboats, a former basketball team in the American Basketball Association
People Showboat Fisher (1899–1994), American baseball player Robert Hall (basketball) (1927–2014), American basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters nicknamed "Showboat" LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson (born 1961), American basketball player, businessman and founder and owner/player of the Harlem Clowns
Other uses Showboat (dragster), an exhibition dragster built in the 1960s Showboat, the nickname of American Battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55) Showboat, a person who is showing off, particularly in sports
See also Showboaters, a 2011 British reality show