sentences:  She was the first actress to play the role of Julie in a Broadway production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" since the 1932 Broadway revival.Bruce played the role onstage in 1946 and garnered favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan, who had originated the role onstage in 1927 and repeated it in both the 1932 revival and the 1936 film.Her other Broadway credits include "New Priorities of 1943", "Along Fifth Avenue", "Do I Hear a Waltz?