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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.
5 days ago · The production's national tour was launched on July 1, 1959, in Denver and then played in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston. It returned to the Winter Garden Theater in New York in April 1960 for another 249 performance engagement, closing in December. UK productions
Jun 24, 2024 · Richard Rodgers was one of the dominant composers of American musical comedy, known especially for his works in collaboration with the librettists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. As a youth Rodgers composed songs for amateur boys’ club shows. In 1918 he entered Columbia University.
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Jul 8, 2024 · Among Hammerstein’s best known early works are Rose Marie (1924; music by Friml); The Desert Song (1925; music by Romberg); and the Jerome Kern musicals Sunny (1925) and Show Boat (1927), which includes the perennial favourites, “Ol’ Man River” and “Only Make Believe.”
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Jun 25, 2024 · Directed and choreographed to perfection by Amber Mak with musical direction by Carolyn Brady, this is true “family theater”. It was nice to see many little girls dressed in their “Cinderella” ball gowns, with tiaras.
1 day ago · Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella was the first of the three versions of the musical to be shot on film. Principal photography began on June 23, 1997, and was completed over a 28-day period, [13] [17] [60] [61] primarily on stages 22 and 26 at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, California, [35] which had been the location of MGM Studios during what is now revered as "the golden age of the ...
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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.
