Oh yes, I neglected to mention that The Stephen Foster Story was rewritten several years ago. They took out the minstrel show which was an integral part of the long drama. I personally thought it made the entire play too long, but there are people these days in the interest of being PC that sanitize everything in sight. I'm also firmly on the fence here, one friend refused to see the show because it "glorified" plantation life, etc. dunno.....The music sure is pretty though, even if the story is a bit manipulated.