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5 days ago · South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances.
Jun 24, 2024 · In 1942 Rodgers began working with Hammerstein on an adaptation of Lynn Riggs’s play Green Grow the Lilacs. The result, the 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning Oklahoma! (1943; film , 1955), enjoyed a then-unprecedented Broadway run of 2,248 performances.
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Jun 12, 2024 · Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, musical comedy author, and theatrical producer influential in the development of musical comedy and known especially for his immensely successful collaboration with the composer Richard Rodgers, which yielded such shows as Oklahoma!, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.
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Jun 26, 2024 · Sondheim met Hal Prince, who later directed many of his shows, at the opening of South Pacific, Hammerstein's musical with Richard Rodgers. The comic musical Sondheim wrote at George School, By George , was a success among his peers and buoyed his self-esteem.
Jun 24, 2024 · After Hart’s death in 1943, Rodgers partnered with Oscar Hammerstein II. Together, Rodgers and Hammerstein produced classics like The Sound of Music , The King and I , and Cinderella , which were adapted into films and TV shows.
4 days ago · Both composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein has previous successful partnerships (especially Rodgers and Hart, Kern and Hammerstein), but their first collaboration, the 1943 musical 'Oklahoma!' is generally seen as a pivot point in the stage musical.
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Jun 30, 2024 · Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration was "Oklahoma!". Name the person (in the original stage version, not the film version) who sings the following line in the title song: "Gonna give you barley carrots and pertaters".
