Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers

Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration remains in many ways their most innovative setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly a charming cowboy and Laurey a feisty farm girl to play out their love story. Their romantic journey as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope determination and the promise of a new land.

ÿþOklahoma! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway on March 31 1943. At that time the longest-running show in Broadway history had run for three years. Oklahoma! surpassed that record by two more years running for a marathon 2 212 performances. The US national tour played for an unprecedented ten and a half years visiting every single state and playing before a combined audience of more than 10 million people. In 1947 Oklahoma! opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane London where it ran for 1 548 performances the longest run of any show up to that time in the 267-year history of the theatre. In 1953 the Oklahoma State Legislature named "Oklahoma" the official state song. In 1955 the motion picture version of Oklahoma! starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein was released to great success.

Bert Fink is a Senior Vice President a The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in New York City. He adapted the story of The Sound of Music from the Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse. For the past decade Fink has worked closely with the city and state governments of Salzburg, Austria, to nurture that region's historical connections to the true story of behind The Sound of Music. In 2005 Fink received the State of Salzburg's Gold Medal of Distinction for his contributions to the documentary features on the 40th Anniversary Edition DVD of The Sound of Music. A frequest lecturer on the American musical, Fink is currently an adjunct faculty professor at New York University.

Dan Andreasen is the illustrator of numerous picture books, including By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Steven Kroll, which was named an ABA Kids' Pick of the Lists and a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood; and Sailor Boy Jig by Margaret Wise Brown. He has also authored several picture books, including With a Little Help from Daddy and A Special Day for Mommy. Dan lives with his family in Medina, Ohio.

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ISBN 13	9780573708909
ISBN 10	0573708908
Title	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Author	Richard Rodgers
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	2021-01-19
Number of pages	114
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