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Playing "Cap'n Andy" in Kern & Hammerstein's Show Boat

Clip: Season 40 Episode 5 | 1m 18s

Actor Fred Willard keeps the laughs "rollin' along" in a classic musical comedy role.

Beloved for his sly characterizations in countless films and television shows, Fred Willard takes to the Lincoln Center stage as Show Boat commander Cap'n Andy.

10/16/2015 | Rating NR

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Live From Lincoln Center is made possible with support from the Family of Robert Wood Johnson III, the Audrey and Martin Gruss Foundation, The Robert and Renée Belfer Family Foundation, Mercedes T. Bass, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Kern & Hammerstein's "Show Boat" - Preview

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