Rodgers and Hammerstein Flashcards
Which school did they both attend?
Columbia University
Who was Rodger’s first collaborator?
Lorenz Hart
Oscar Hammerstein is Hammerstein II’s…
grandfather. He was a producer
Oklahoma! opened in?
1943
Who produced Oklahoma?
The Theatre Guild
What was the source of Oklahoma?
Green Grows the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs
Who directed Oklahoma?
Rouben Mamoulian
Who choreographed Oklahoma?
Agnes de Mille
Who starred in Oklahoma?
Alfred Drake and Celeste Holm
What was risky about Oklahoma?
The Theatre Guild had low funds. Rodger without Hart was a weird concept. Hammerstein considered as old-school. Opening without flashy show girls. Set in the middle of nowhere.
Despite everything, Oklahoma! won?
Pulitzer Prize Special Award in 1944 to Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma! was a turning point in Rodger’s career how?
His composing style completely changes
Hammerstein worked on this project without Rodgers
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones’s source is…
Carmen, that one opera
Oklahoma! revival directors include
1979: William Hammerstein
2002: Trevor Nunn
Carousel producer
The Theatre Guild
Carousel director
Rouben Mamoulian
Carousel choreographer
Agnes de Mille
Carousel songs
“If I Loved You” “Soliloquy” “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
Carousel star?
John Raitt and in 1994, Audra McDonald
Allegro director/choreographer?
Agnes de Mille
Allegro director of revival
John Doyle
South Pacific source?
Tales of the Sound Pacific by James Michener
Book of South Pacific?
Oscar and Joshua Logan (director)
