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Rodgers’ 1938 show The Boys from Syracuse, written with lyricist Lorenz Hart, was the first Broadway musical based on a Shakespeare play. 6. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 1943 musical Oklahoma!, widely regarded as the first integrated “book musical,” set a new standard for Broadway. For the first time, music and dance were inextricably linked ...
The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as ...
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein.The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs.Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry.
Pipe Dream is the seventh musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; it premiered on Broadway on November 30, 1955. The work is based on John Steinbeck 's novel Sweet Thursday —Steinbeck wrote the novel, a sequel to Cannery Row, in the hope of having it adapted into a musical. Set in Monterey, California, the musical ...
Dec 15, 2023 · The storytelling aspect added a beautifully personal touch and was every bit as riveting as the musical performances. If ‘Old Friends’ was the concert event of 2022, ‘My Favorite Things’ is the concert event of 2023. Truly stunning and a perfect reminder of everything I love about musical theatre. Oh what a wonderful concert – it ...
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s innovative experiment Allegro chronicles nearly four decades in the life of a man, Joseph Taylor, Jr., from cradle through a midlife, personal revelation. The first Broadway musical to be staged by a director who was also its choreographer (the legendary Agnes de Mille), Allegro opened on Broadway on October 10, 1947 at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 315 ...
The Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers | Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, Suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp. The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the ...
