Tim Carter
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300106190
- eISBN:
- 9780300134872
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300106190.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
Oklahoma! premiered on Broadway in 1943 under the auspices of the Theatre Guild, and is today performed more frequently than any other Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This book offers a fully ...
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Oklahoma! premiered on Broadway in 1943 under the auspices of the Theatre Guild, and is today performed more frequently than any other Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This book offers a fully documented history of the making of this celebrated American musical, drawing on research from rare theater archives, manuscripts, journalism, and other sources to record every step in its development. It is filled with details about how Rodgers and Hammerstein first came together, the casting process, how Agnes de Mille became the show's choreographer, and the drafts and revisions that ultimately gave the musical its final shape. The author shows the lofty aspirations of both the creators and producers, and the mythmaking that surrounded Oklahoma! from its very inception, demonstrating just what made it part of its times.Less
Oklahoma! premiered on Broadway in 1943 under the auspices of the Theatre Guild, and is today performed more frequently than any other Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This book offers a fully documented history of the making of this celebrated American musical, drawing on research from rare theater archives, manuscripts, journalism, and other sources to record every step in its development. It is filled with details about how Rodgers and Hammerstein first came together, the casting process, how Agnes de Mille became the show's choreographer, and the drafts and revisions that ultimately gave the musical its final shape. The author shows the lofty aspirations of both the creators and producers, and the mythmaking that surrounded Oklahoma! from its very inception, demonstrating just what made it part of its times.
