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Leslie Uggams Joins the cast of PIPE DREAM at Encores!

Tony Award–winner Leslie Uggams has joined the cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream, to be presented by New York City Center Encores! series, March 28 – April 1. Ms. Uggams will play Fauna, the proprietress of the Bear Flag Café, the local brothel.

R&H Songwriter Dory Previn Shannon Dies

We mourn the passing of Williamson Music writer Dory Previn Shannon, who died this morning. Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner, this lyricist/composer/novelist/author/playwright and recording artist died on Tuesday morning, February 14, at her home in Massachusetts, according to her husband, artist Joby Baker. She was 86 years old.

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Tom Wopat and Will Chase Join Laura Osnes in Rodgers and Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM

Tom Wopat and Will Chase have joined the previously announced Laura Osnes in the New York City Center Encores! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream, running March 28 - April 1. Pipe Dream will be directed by Marc Bruni with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Kelli Barclay, and will play for seven performances at New York City Center, West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

Irving Berlin Music Company Re-Signs with Imagem Music Group, Rodgers & Hammerstein

Relationship Dating From 1990 Continues With Global Representation of Irving Berlin Brand and Grand Rights, and On-Going Music Publishing Representation in North America

Matthew Morrison Hosts New PBS Special, "Oscar Hammerstein II: OUT OF MY DREAMS."

Matthew Morrison will host a brand-new PBS special celebrating one of America's greatest theatrical geniuses. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II: OUT OF MY DREAMS is a celebration of the most acclaimed lyricist and librettist of the 20th century. Brimming over with movie clips from his greatest musicals, this new PBS special features interviews with Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Shirley Jones, Mitzi Gaynor, Hammerstein family members and others.

Laura Osnes to Star in Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM

Laura Osnes has been cast as Suzy in the New York City Center Encores! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream running March 28 - April 1. Pipe Dream will be directed by Marc Bruni with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Kelli Barclay, and will play for seven performances at New York City Center, West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The Encores! presentation marks the first time the musical will be seen on the New York stage since the original production closed in June 1956.

Mark Brokaw to direct the first Broadway-Bound production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA

Mark Brokaw will direct the new, first-ever Broadway-bound production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, it has been announced by Robyn Goodman, who will produce the musical along with Aged in Wood Productions.

Exclusive Sound of Music Discount

Like THE SOUND OF MUSIC on Facebook and get $3.00 off the Blu-ray.

New Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA Aims For 2012-13 Season on Broadway

A new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA -- with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, a new book by Douglas Carter Beane and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II -- is aiming for an opening next season on Broadway following a workshop production in April 2012, it was announced on December 8 by producer Robyn Goodman, who will produce the musical along with Aged in Wood Productions.

New Recordings of Your Favorite Songs

Looking for the perfect gift for the music lover in your life? Here are some new albums that feature some of your favorite songs...

Tom Chambers and Summer Strallen Lead Cast in West End Transfer of Irving Berlin's TOP HAT

Following a 17 week UK tour and seventy seven years after its movie release, TOP HAT will receive its West End stage premiere at the Aldwych Theatre previewing from 19 April, with press night on 9 May 2012. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, November 12, 2011.

Russia Welcomes "ZWUKY MUSICKY"

Russia’s first official production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC opened in early October at the cavernous MDM Theatre in central Moscow.

IN THE HEIGHTS Now Available for Professional Licensing

‘Paciencia y Fe’ Non Más... IN THE HEIGHTS is now available for Professional Licensing!

The Sound of Music opens in Salzburg - Video

THE SOUND OF MUSIC opened on Sunday October 23rd in Salzburg Austria -- the first time the stage musical has ever been seen in the city where the story began. Watch the video

A Rodgers, Hammerstein and Berlin Trifecta!

On any given weekend you can find in your area a show or concert featuring the music and lyrics of the incomparable Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II or Irving Berlin.

Footloose Original Broadway Cast Recording available again!

Ghostlight Records releases a revised and re-mastered version of FOOTLOOSE The Musical's Original Broadway Cast Recording.

Historian Jean Baker discusses ASYLUM

“Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln” is an outstanding musical drama based on Mary Lincoln’s tragic, but ultimately ennobling life. As theater the drama combines historical accuracy with a successful script and some captivating music and lyrics. Indeed presented in New York a few years ago, the play received excellent reviews along with a full-house for its performances off Broadway.

Carnegie Hall Is Alive With The Sound of Music

On April 24, 2012 Carnegie Hall will present THE SOUND OF MUSIC in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, as a gala benefit for Carnegie Hall, this one-night-only concert performance of the beloved musical will provide support for music education programs of the Weill Music Institute.

To Whom It May Concern

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein's FLOWER DRUM SONGNancy Kwan who is best known for her portrayal of Linda Low is hosting a double feature and talk back at the Egyptian Theatre in LA.

An Irving Berlin Celebration at Hofstra

Come join us for An Irving Berlin Celebration! Join The Gray Wig Alumni Theatre Company and Hofstra Entertainment (at Hofstra University) as they celebrate the music of Irving Berlin in An Irving Berlin Celebration.

The Hills Are Alive

As Summer 2011 arrives, THE SOUND OF MUSIC continues to flourish on stages the world over.�

Never-Before-Seen SOUND OF MUSIC Home Movie Footage

Never-before-seen clips from personal home movie footage of the making of "The Sound Of Music" You can find more home movie footage in THE SOUND OF MUSIC FAMILY SCRAPBOOK by Fred Bronson available through Amazon.com starting April, 2012

Andrew Lloyd Webber on Piers Morgan

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber joined Piers Morgan on CNN. Check out these great videos on�THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA�and�JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.

Spotlight on 'Allegro

Bill Rudman hosts an hour's visit with Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, focusing on Chapin's first complete recording of ALLEGRO.

SOPHISTICATED LADIES on So You Think You Can Dance...

Did you catch So You Think You Can Dance this week? Check out this great performance to "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" from Duke Ellington's SOPHISTICATED LADIES.

London Welcomes SOUTH PACIFIC

Lincoln Center Theater�s acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC comes to Britain this summer.�

A Pipe Dream No Longer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM Is Back!

Unavailable for performance in the USA since 1990,�Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical rarity PIPE DREAM can once again be licensed�and will be presented as part of New York City Center�s Encores! series in 2012.

Audra McDonald to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at the AIDS WALK

Audra McDonald � who won the first of her (so far) four Tony Awards for her role in the �94 Broadway revival of CAROUSEL � will be singing that score�s timeless anthem, �You�ll Never Walk Alone,� at AIDS Walk New York this Sunday morning, May 15.

Adam Gwon wins the Kleban Prize

Adam Gwon�composer of�ORDINARY DAYS�has won the Kleban Prize for Excellence� in Musical Theatre Writing for his work as a lyricist.�

SUNSET BOULEVARD on Glee

Did you catch�SUNSET BOULEVARD�on�Glee Tuesday night? Watch it here!

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YEOW! OKLAHOMA! Wins Top Prize at DC's Helen Hayes Awards

Arena Stage's acclaimed and record-breaking production of�OKLAHOMA!took home top prizes at the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington DC on Monday night.

London Welcomes Bloody Mary

Announced in London this morning was the exciting news that Hawaii's own Loretta Ables Sayre will re-create her Tony nominated performance as Bloody Mary when the 7-time Tony Award winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC comes to Britain this summer.�

Our New Restored Editions

If you have recently received performance materials for SOUTH PACIFIC or THE KING AND I, you may have noticed that we are now offering our newly restored editions of these musical classics. �Along with CAROUSEL and THE SOUND OF MUSIC, SOUTH PACIFIC and THE KING AND I (and next year�s OKLAHOMA!) join our list of �bright, new, computer generated and user-friendly performance editions.�

SpotlightPromotion: CATS

This offer has expired. We have a deal thats the Cats Meow! Book CATS between December 1, 2010 and June 1, 2011 and your opening night royalty will be on us!

Irving Berlin and Pepsi Max

Check out this great Pepsi-Max commercial using Irving Berlin�s iconic �Anything You Can Do�

Phantom of the Opera Merchandise

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Looking for a fundraiser or a great gift for your cast?�

We now have T-shirts, �Water bottles, notebooks and more that you can customize for your production of PHANTOM!

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New Shows Available for ALL Customers!

THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG and DOUBLE TROUBLE are now available for performances by ALL customers.

ORDINARY DAYS Available for Professional Licensing

R&H Theatricals will begin accepting applications for professional productions; CD release will coincide.

Ahrens & Flaherty on Adam Gwon

Tony Award-winning team Ahrens and Flaherty discuss up-and-coming composer/lyricist Adam Gwon and his new musical ORDINARY DAYS.

Something New For Everyone

R&H highlights 5 shows recently made available to customers: A CATERED AFFAIR, IT'S ONLY LIFE, PAL JOEY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG, and [title of show].

Jellicles Can And Jellicles Do!

One of the longest running musicals in theatre history, CATS is easier (and more affordable) than ever.

In the Spotlight with Mark Saltzman, writer of The Tin Pan Alley Rag

R&H chats with Mark Saltzman whose musical play, THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG, recently made its New York debut.

Find R&H On Facebook and Twitter

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization is proud to announce that we are now on Facebook and Twitter!

Commemorative Edition Librettos

If you want to curl up in your easy chair and revisit the lyrics and dialogue to a classic musical like OKLAHOMA or THE SOUND OF MUSIC...

R&H "Serving Up Musical Comfort Food"

"MADISON AVENUE is alive with the sound of �The Sound of Music�... as more than a dozen marketers use songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in commercials" says The New York Times

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Now Available to High Schools and Colleges

The Phantom of the Opera will soon be haunting high schools and colleges nationwide.

Two By Two Q&A with Jason Alexander

A re-telling of the story of Noah and the ark, TWO BY TWO has seen numerous revivals over the years, with the most recent high-profile staging presented by Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles last November, starring Jason Alexander and Faith Prince. Jason Alexander is one very busy guy, but we were grateful he took some time to speak with us.

Get to Know the R&H Staff

Show Business introduces you to members of our R&H Theatricals Staff with a Q&A. Get to know Materials and Foreign Licensing Manager Rob Shapiro...

Get to Know the R&H Staff: Dana Saltzman

We're here to help. Learn about the employees of R&H Theatricals. Get to know Director of Marketing and Digitial Media, Dana Saltzman.

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of THE SOUND OF MUSIC!

Monday, November 16, marks the 50th Anniversary of the Broadway premiere for the most beloved musical of all time, THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

WHITE CHRISTMAS on DVD

The timeless holiday favorite debuts in a new Anniversary Edition DVD November 3, 2009. Get your copy now!

SOUTH PACIFIC Launches US National Tour

The seven-time 2008 Tony Award winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein�s SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher, launches its National Tour in September.

The LIGHT in Lincolnshire

R&H Theatricals' Charlie Scatamacchia recently attended the first professional U.S. production of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA in-the-round at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, and spoke with the creatives and cast about their experience the show.

ENCHANTED EVENING: Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN AT THE MOVIES is a new concert event in which iconic moments from the great Rodgers & Hammerstein movie musicals are screened in front of world class symphonies providing live orchestral accompaniment.

Where the Sun Never Sets

RHO President Ted Chapin talks about his job and the presence of Rodgers, Hammerstein and Berlin around the world.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Across The Globe

The hills are alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC�--�all over the world, it seems.

SMOKEY JOE'S on the Seven Seas

Mike Stoller (half of the world famous song writing team of Leiber and Stoller) took a cruise of the Mediterranean where he was a special guest on Norwegian Cruise Lines Norwegian Jade. He and his wife saw the shipboard performance of SMOKEY JOE'S CAF� and reported back...

Williamson Music's New Songbooks

�Omigod You Guys!� Williamson Music announces the release of two new songbooks: LEGALLY BLONDE � THE MUSICAL and The Sheldon Harnick Songbook...

FOOTLOOSE from Minnesota to Istanbul

The University of Minnesota Duluth has begun performances of FOOTLOOSE in a co-production with Istanbul University State Conservatory in Turkey...

The Tin Pan Alley Rag at the Roundabout Theatre Company

Watch scenes from THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG at the Roundabout Theatre

JOSEPH All the Time!

R&H will now be able to license both the original and U.K. versions of JOSEPH with an absolute minimum of restrictions...

Dreaming of a WHITE CHRISTMAS?

Dream no longer!� R&H Theatricals is thrilled to announce that beginning immediately�amateur performance rights are available to Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS...

Josephs & Cinderellas

Did you notice that we have two versions of both JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and CINDERELLA?

New Logos & Stage Promotions

As you know, R&H now provides new show artwork on a user-friendly CD that is shipped to you with your script and musical materials.You can now order this new artwork on custom tee shirts, posters and program covers from Stage Promotions...

Bill Millerd/Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia

R&H licenses many large- and medium-scale tours all across the globe, but was interested to learn about the Arts Club Theatre's small-scale tours of Vancouver.We asked Artistic Managing Director Bill Millerd to talk to us about this area of his business...

An Interview with Liz Callaway, Cris Groenendaal and Family

R&H Theatricals Charlie Scatamacchia speaks with two generations of artists about Broadway, community theatre, SOUTH PACIFIC, Rodgers and Hammerstein and the power of musicals.Read the full interview with Liz Callaway, Dan Foster, Nicholas Foster, Cris Groenendaal, Susan Anderson, and Emily Groenendaal...

Spotlight Promotion: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

Present ONCE UPON A MATTRESS from Oct. 1, 2009 Oct. 1, 2010 and your opening night royalty is on us!

Did You See It? R&H Shows on National Tour

What do I LOVE A PIANO, FOOTLOOSE and ALTAR BOYZ have in common?All three shows have just wound up the latest legs of national tours that have left thousand of happy audience in their wakes...

R&H Tips for Materials Returns

Have you had trouble gathering all the materials after your show?Have you been charged for damages materials because of markings in the scripts and scores? Well, we have three tips to save you a post-production headache...

Get to Know the R&H Theatricals Staff: Christina Haritopoulos

Show Business introduces you to the members of our R&H Theatricals Staff with a Q&A. In this issue, get to know Amateur Licensing Representative Christina Haritopolous...

Imagem Music Group Buys R&H

Imagem Music has acquired the rights to the songs and musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, as well as this organization...

Want to be Part Of It All?

Now you can!� R&H Theatricals is thrilled to announce that amateur and professional performance rights are available for Hunter Bell�s and Jeff Bowen�s original Broadway musical [title of show]...

The Dances of R&H

License CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA! and youll receive a choreography DVD with your materials featuring the legendary Agnes de Mille...

Eric Schaeffer Helms SHOW BOAT

Signature Theatre is a Tony Award�-winning, non-profit professional theater company with a mission to produce contemporary musicals and plays, reinvent classic musicals, develop new work, and reach its community through engaging educational and outreach opportunities...

An Interview with John Bucchino

We wanted to get to know a bit more about the composer and lyricist behind ITS ONLY LIFE and A CATERED AFFAIR...

Get to Know the R&H Theatricals Staff: Michelle Yaroshko

Show Business introduces you to the members of our R&H Theatricals Staff with a Q&A. In this issue, get to know Professional Licensing Manager, Michelle Yaroshko...

Some Enchanted SOUTH PACIFIC

In early spring there were several enchanted afternoons for SOUTH PACIFIC devotees. This year marks a half century since the film version of SOUTH PACIFIC burst onto the screen...

Rodgers & Hammerstein in the UK

When President Obama visited Buckingham Palace earlier this spring, and presented Queen Elizabeth II with a copy of the 1951 RODGERS & HART SONGBOOK signed by the composer, the gift was perfectly in sync with Britain's on-going love affair with all things Rodgers...

Songwriters Hall of Fame Honors Stephen Schwartz & Maxyne Lang

Williamson Music President Maxyne Lang and Williamson Music composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be recipients of awards from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame this year...

R&H: Recognition & Honors

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization has recently won two prestigious industry awards in Internet marketing and for our partnership with Microsoft...

R&H Reaches New "Heights"!

R&H Theatricals announces its representation of the stock & amateur rights to IN THE HEIGHTS...

Get Ready For Your Close Up!

SUNSET BOULEVARD is now available to Professional Customers...

R&H Launches a New Podcast Series, The Sweetest Sounds

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is now home to a newly launched podcast series on iTunes.The Sweetest Sounds is an ongoing series of audio podcasts highlighting the musicals and authors we proudly represent...

ALLEGRO--First Complete Recording!

This new recording is now available...

Show Logos Now Available from R&H Theatricals

Beginning February 17, 2009, we will include with every shipment of rehearsal materials, at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, a logo for the show you have licensed. The logo artwork will be provided on a CD and will arrive in plenty of time for use in promoting your production...

JOSEPH (UK93), Megamix and Merchandise

R&H is proud to announce a new edition of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR� DREAMCOAT and the availability of JOSEPH Merchandise...

ASYLUM and Lincoln's Bicentennial

2009 marks a very special historical milestonethe bicentennial of Abraham Lincolns birthand R&H Theatricals has acquired a fascinating musical to commemorate this event...

ALTAR BOYZ: Raise the Praise

ALTAR BOYZ is definitely one of our favorite things, and theatres around the world agree. We spoke to a few customers who had great success with this show, so you can see why it's the perfect show for you...

GREAT Things Come in SMALL Packages

If your production budget is currently straining under the weight of large scale shows, you can still present the high quality entertainmentfull of the first rate words and music, humor and pathos that your audiences expect...

Get to Know the R&H Theatricals Staff: Larisa "Lissi" Borshman

Show Business introduces you to the members of our R&H Theatricals Staff with a Q&A. This issue, we get to know Amateur Licensing Representative Larisa "Lissi" Borshman...

WHITE CHRISTMAS Songbook

Get your copy of the new WHITE CHRISTMAS Songbook from Hal Leonard today...

Cabrillo Music Theatre Continues to Thrive

Though many theatres today are facing dire financial challenges, many more continue to meet their challenges and "whistle a happy tune." We are pleased to share with you an interview with Carole Nussbaum of Cabrillo Music Theatre in Thousand Oaks, California�a theatre she has brought back from the brink...

State Farm Insurance Features "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"

To promote their new teen driving website, State Farm Insurance uses "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" in their television ads and also offers a free download of the new recording on their website. Check out www.statefarm.com/teendriving to get your copy...

ALLEGRO: A Complete Recording At Last

The complete recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1947 Broadway musical Allegro will be released Feb. 3, 2009, by SONY Masterworks Broadway. Ted Chapin shares his thoughts on the development of this amazing project...

The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II

This new book features more than 850 lyrics, from "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" to "Some Enchanted Evening." Edited by Amy Asch, with an Introduction by Ted Chapin, and an essay, "Random Reflections," by Alice Hammerstein Mathias...

This Winter, Broadway Was Dreaming of a "WHITE CHRISTMAS"

Global warming may have brought mild temperatures and rain to New York City on Christmas Day, but for nearly seven glorious weeks, the forecast was for snow every night (and twice on matinee days) inside the Marquis Theater...

CAROUSEL Takes an "Enchanting" Turn in London

Rodgers and Hammersteins CAROUSEL opened in London on December 2nd, 2008, to rave reviews. Starring Lesley Garrett as Nettie Fowler, directed by Lindsay Posner and choreographed by Adam Cooper, CAROUSEL returned to the West End after a UK tour for the first time since the Royal National Theatre production in 1992...

Newly-engraved Bennett Symphonic Arrangement of Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Newly-engraved full score and orchestral parts for Robert Russell Bennett's symphonic arrangement of Richard Rodgers' Slaughter on Tenth Avenue..

R&H Office Virtual Tour

The team from our West 40th Street office joined forces with our colleagues based on West 28th Street, only steps away from legendary Tin Pan Alley. We want to share a few views of our newly-renovated new space with you...

Pre-Production Packs

R&H Theatricals will now make available to you a script and a score for your pre-production needs.

Spotlight Promotion: BIG RIVER

A Classic Deal for an American Classic: present BIG RIVER anytime from October 1, 2008 to October 1, 2009, and opening night royalties are on us...

WHITE CHRISTMAS on Broadway!

Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS, a new stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, is now playing at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway this holiday season...

Returning Your Materials Is as Easy as A-B-C!

Learn the three easy steps to returning your materials to us, and you'll be singing "Do-Re-Mi" in no time...

Annie Get Your Gun(s)

Did you know we have two excellent versions of Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN? Our "Classic Version"stems from the 1966 New York production revised by the authors themselves, our "Peter Stone Version" comes from the 1999 Tony Award winning Broadway revival...

A Grand Night For Singing

Conceived by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, this revue takes us on a flirtatious flight through popular and lesser-known gems of the Rodgers and Hammerstein canon...

Almost Paradise

On a recent chaperoned trip to New York City these lucky thespians found themselves recreating the opening number from their high school production of FOOTLOOSE on the Great White Way...

The Girl Gets Around

FOOTLOOSE will be covering a lot of ground when it begins the 10th Anniversary National Tour at New Havens Shubert Theatre on December 26, 2008...

What's the Buzz?

Tell me what's happening! New developments for JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR...

Everybody's Doin' It

Conceived by Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley, this evening of songs by Irving Berlin, Americas pre-eminent tunesmith, is a toe tapping, heart warming, and uplifting evening of the kind you just dont see anymore...

Get to Know the R&H Theatricals Staff

Get to know the members of the R&H Theatricals Staff in each issue of our email newsletter, Show Business...

The Getting to Know (G2K) Collection

The Getting To Know (G2K) Collection offers a pioneering approach to producing and performing classic, beloved musicals with elementary, middle and junior high school students and youth theatre performers...

WHITE CHRISTMAS on Broadway Announces Leading Cast Members

The upcoming Broadway production of IRVING BERLINS WHITE CHRISTMAS is pleased to announce that Stephen Bogardus, Kerry OMalley, Jeffry Denman, Meredith Patterson, Charles Dean and Susan Mansur will lead a cast of 33 in the highly anticipated holiday engagement...

Richard Rodgers Bandshell Reborn in His Childhood Park

On Aug. 21, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the city's renovation plans for The Richard Rodgers Bandshell, which are funded by $4 million from the city and a generous $1 million contribution from The Rodgers Family Foundation...

On the Record: John Bucchino

Get to know Williamson Music's John Bucchino on two fantastic recordings: A CATERED AFFAIR and IT'S ONLY LIFE...

On the Jukebox: John Pizzarelli and the Richard Rodgers Piano Rolls

Twenty-nine years after his death, Richard Rodgers continues to delight music lovers everywhere as his work is revitalized. This summer two distinct albums of Richard Rodgers music have been released, one gives his timeless music a modern twist and the other unveils Rodgers playing, conducting and singing his works...

Salzburg Marionettes

With beautifully hand-carved Austrian puppets performing to a specially-created soundtrack, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is currently playing in Salzburg until late September...

CINDERELLA on Tour in Asia, Starring Lea Salonga

This summer, Broadway Asia Entertainment presents Rodgers & Hammersteins CINDERELLA starring Tony Award winning actress Lea Salonga...

Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS Arrives on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre

Following acclaimed engagements from San Francisco to Boston, Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS, a new stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, will arrive at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway this holiday season�guaranteeing that New York will have a white Christmas!

Around the World

R&H's own Ted Chapin, Bert Fink and Victoria Traube recently traveled to Los Angeles, Salzburg, and Rio De Janeiro, respectively, and gave us their first-hand accounts of R&H's presence around the world...

LEGALLY BLONDE Songwriters Sign with Williamson Music

As LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL welcomes its newest star to Broadway, Williamson Music is proud to announce its music publishing representation of the musical's score, written by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

CBC TV Audience Chooses Their Maria to Star in THE SOUND OF MUSIC in Toronto

CBC reality TV winner Elicia MacKenzie, selected by the Canadian public to star as Maria in Torontos new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Minutes after she learned the happy news, Elicia posed with R&H President Ted Chapin, and SOUND OF MUSIC producer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber...

A 12-Year Run

I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE composer, Jimmy Roberts, gave a moving speech on the closing night of the long-running and record-breaking Off-Broadway production of his show. After 5,001 performances over 12 years in New York City, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE will continue its success in theatres around the world...

[title of show] at R&H!

[title of show] opens on Broadway in July at the Lyceum Theater...

R&H welcomes [title of show] to R&H Theatricals and Williamson Music

R&H is proud to announce that it has acquired the stock and amateur rights and music publishing rights to [title of show], written by Jeff Bowen (music and lyrics), and Hunter Bell (book)...

Attention Theatricals Customers: Shipment Schedule Change

Due to the relocation of our Shipping & Receiving Departments NO SHIPMENTS WILL BE MADE DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 7TH, 2008 AND POSSIBLY THE WEEK OF JULY 14TH...

Attention Concert Customers: Shipment Schedule Change

Due to the relocation of our Shipping & Receiving Departments NO SHIPMENTS WILL BE MADE DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 7TH, 2008 AND POSSIBLY THE WEEK OF JULY 14TH...

PAL JOEY on Broadway This Fall! Christian Hoff Stars in Title Role

Rodgers & Hart's PAL JOEY, starring Stockard Channing, Christian Hoff and Martha Plimpton, begins performances on Nov. 14, 2008 on Broadway...

SOUTH PACIFIC Tony Winners Video on MyBroadway.com

Visit MyBroadway.com to see the reactions of the SOUTH PACIFIC Tony Winners directly following the Tony Awards ceremony on June 15, 2008...

Some Enchanted Evening

SOUTH PACIFIC wins Best Revival of a Musical and a total of seven 2008 Tony Awards...

Miranda Reaches New Heights

Williamson Music�s Lin-Manuel Miranda wins a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album!

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Has Its Final Off-Broadway Bow

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Has Its Final Off-Broadway Bow...

A Catered Affair on Television!

Be sure to tune into The View on Thursday and the Tony Awards on Sunday for cast performances from A Catered Affair on TV...

South Pacific at Barnes & Noble

The cast of South Pacific and the author of The South Pacific Companion Book took the stage at Barnes & Noble in Lincoln Square to delight the audience with songs and tales from South Pacific...

Robert Russell Bennett: The Man Who Gave Broadway Its Sound

To celebrate Robert Russell Bennett's Honorary Tony Award this year, R&H's own Director of Music, Bruce Pomahac, wrote an article about Bennett for Backstage...

SOUTH PACIFIC Cast Recording Now Available; Album and Book Signing Event in NYC June 5!

Order your copy of the Lincoln Center Theater Broadway Revival Cast Recording of SOUTH PACIFIC from amazon.com today...

The R&H Concert Library Wants to Work for You!

We're very interested in hearing from you, and have created a custom questionnaire to address your comments and concerns. Please email us at concert@rnh.com and we'll send you the form today...

Show Boat in Concert at Carnegie Hall: One Night Only!

On June 10th, 2008, Show Boat in Concert comes to Carnegie Hall in New York City for a one night performance. This sweeping epic musical from Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern stars Carolee Carmello, Gregg Edelman, Nathan Gunn and Gavin Lee...

SOUTH PACIFIC Garners 11 Tony Award Nominations!

Broadways first revival of SOUTH PACIFIC received 11 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical Revival, it was announced in Manhattan this morning...

Keep Talking Happy Talk

Happy Talk is now available in your inbox! With the launch of our new website comes the launch of a new Happy Talk that you only receive by email...

SOUTH PACIFIC Opening Night Video on MyBroadway.com

Visit MyBroadway.comto see footage from SOUTH PACIFIC's opening night on Broadway, April 3, 2008.

Signs of the Times

On April 21, Lincoln Center Theater raised a banner heralding their hit production of SOUTH PACIFIC. And on April 18, Bloomingdale's unveiled a SOUTH PACIFIC window display at their flagship store...

American Idol's Blake Lewis Inspired by Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On The Ritz"

On his 2007 debut album, American Idol Season 6 runner-up, Blake Lewis, used Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On The Ritz"to inspire his song "Gots To Get Her." His album of hip-hop infused R&B creates a brand new sound for "Puttin On The Ritz," which originally debuted in the 1920s.

Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical Cast Album Now Available

Proving to be a huge hit in professional theatres across the country, Mid-Life! is now a brand-new studio cast recording.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Save!

Spotlight Promotion: Present I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change anytime from now until October 1, 2008, and opening night royalties are on us!

Altar Boyz Is Now Available for Amateur Performance Rights!

We are now accepting amateur theatre applications for Altar Boyz productions beginning January 1, 2009. Bring the Altar Boyz to your community or school today, and you'll see why audiences can't resist the story of Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham. Apply online now!

Reefer Madness Wins Helen Hayes Awards in D.C.!

Studio Theatre 2ndStage's production of Reefer Madness in Washington, D.C., won two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical and Outstanding Director on April 28, 2008.

Lin-Manuel Miranda on Broadway!

Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical, IN THE HEIGHTS, is now playing on Broadway. Williamson Music's Miranda wrote both the lyrics and music to the show, creating a fresh new sound on The Great White Way.

A CATERED AFFAIR on Broadway!

A CATERED AFFAIR, the new musical with a score by Williamson Music's John Bucchino is now playing on Broadway!

Bob and Jim Walton's Mid-Life! Now Available on CD

Williamson Music's Bob and Jim Walton have just recorded the cast album for their musical, Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical.

Take Your Audience to the SOUTH PACIFIC

Join us in celebrating the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC!

SOUTH PACIFIC Cast Recording

The Lincoln Center Theater cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC is now available from Sony BMG Masterworks on Amazon.com.

The SOUTH PACIFIC Companion Book

A must-have for any fan of SOUTH PACIFIC, this is the first authorized companion to the many memorable productions of the show that span over 70 years. Order your copy on Amazon today.

SOUTH PACIFIC Gets Open Run

Only one day after SOUTH PACIFIC opened to fantastic reviews, Lincoln Center Theater announced the first Broadway revival of the show will now play an open-ended run.

Summer Strallen Now Starring in The Sound of Music

Star of the British TV hit show, Hollyoaks, Summer Strallen has taken over the role of Maria in the production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, now playing at the London Palladium in the West End.

Lin-Manuel Miranda on Broadway!

Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical, IN THE HEIGHTS, is now playing on Broadway. Williamson Music's Miranda wrote both the lyrics and music to the show.

A CATERED AFFAIR on Broadway!

A CATERED AFFAIR, the new musical with a score by Williamson Music's John Bucchino is now playing on Broadway!

Spotlight Promotion: A Deal Fit for a King!

Something wonderful is coming your way from R&H Theatricals: Present THE KING AND I anytime between now and October 1, 2008, and opening night royalties are on us!

Spotlight Promotion: A Deal Fit for a King!

Something wonderful is coming your way from R&H Theatricals: Present THE KING AND I anytime between now and October 1, 2008, and opening night royalties are on us!

Grand Time in a Grand Duchy

R&H's own Bert Fink recalls the first performances of Irving Berlin's CALL ME MADAM in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in November, 2007.

Bringing Oklahoma! Into Oklahoma Classrooms

As part of its State's 2007 Centennial Celebrations, the Lyric Theater of Oklahoma has developed a dynamic and entertaining school program called Oklahoma! Interactive.

Footloose At St. Francis

Dean Pitchford, author and lyricist of Footloose, saw his work performed at St. Francis High School in La Ca-ada, California.

HOMECOMING QUEEN: Kelli O'Hara Returns Home to Oklahoma to Star in Summer 2007 Centennial Production

Two time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara (The Light In The Piazza, THE PAJAMA GAME) will return to her home state of Oklahoma this summer to star as Laurey in the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's production of the classic R&H musical.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now China

Hot off a four-week run late last year in Shanghai, the producers of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE have taken their popular production on the road.

Legendary Composer Charles Strouse Signs With Williamson Music

Charles Strouse, the Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer has brought his vast music publishing portfolio to Williamson Music.

NEW SHOW IN DEVELOPMENT: Bright Lights, Big City

The story of a disillusioned young writer living in New York City, who turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

R&H Theatricals World Premiere Weekend Easter Parade & Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical

Warm spring weather in Minnesota provided an appropriate setting for a World Premiere Weekend

Smokey Joe's Is Smokin'

Connecticut audiences experienced the thrill of SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE at the SMOKEY JOE'S IS SMOKIN' Thomaston Opera House in March

Some Enchanted Evening

Country music superstar Reba McEntire and Broadway's Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will reunite for three concert performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific

Something Wonderful: The King And I At Drury Lane

Hailed by The Chicago Tribune as ""an honest, likeable, appealing show that's pleasing to both eye and ear""

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical Scene Study Guide

An exciting new tool for everyone involved in musical theatre. THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL SCENE STUDY GUIDE is the first book of its kind.

THEY SAY THAT FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL- Charlie Scatamacchia, V.P. of R&H Theatricals

We all have stories about the first time we fell in love...with musical theatre

Trace The Music

TRACE THE MUSIC In late March, New York City Center's Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert presented the first full-scale restoration of the sharply satirical 1932 Broadway revue.

Walk On, Walk On, With Hope In Your Heart

May, 1991. The devastating AIDS epidemic was just beginning to enter its second heartbreaking decade.

Williamson Music Signs Publishing Deal For Grey Gardens

"Williamson Music has taken on music publishing representation of the score for the critically-acclaimed Broadway musical GREY GARDENS, featuring music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie.

With All The Frills Upon It

In February, the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres just outside Minneapolis presented the world premiere of a new stage musical, Irving Berlin's EASTER PARADE.

You're Doin' Fine Oklahoma!

In a poll taken by Zogby International in February, Americans con-firmed that when they think of the State of Oklahoma, they first recall the classic R&H musical that shares the state's name and spirit.

2007: A YEAR of ANNIVERSARIESOne hundred years ago

The state of Oklahoma celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, having joined the Union as the 46th state on November 16th, 1907.

Acoustics And Electronics

In doing some research recently into the original Broadway production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, I came across an interview with Richard Rodgers where he was explaining that they were installing 18 reverberator speakers around the theater to give the audience a sense of being surrounded by the nuns' choral singing.

Craig Miller

Craig Miller, Director of the R&H Concert Library, a division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, died on Monday, November 27, 2006

Dreamgirls Composer Henry Krieger Signs With Williamson Music

Henry Krieger, the Grammy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated composer of the musical DREAMGIRLS, has brought a large share of his portfolio to Williamson Music for representation, effective immediately.

Happy Anniversary, Cinderella.. Times Two!

The year 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the television broadcast of Rodgers & Hammersteins CINDERELLA, starring Julie Andrews.

It's A Wonderful Mid-life!

In February of 2006, R&H heard from our friends in Minnesota at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre that they had recently opened a new musical revue, entitled MID-LIFE.

Musical Notes

While THE SOUND OF MUSIC continues a history-making tour across Asia that began in Shanghai in May of 2004, another Rodgers & Hammerstein classic is soon to make news in that part of the world as well...

New Theatrical Resources For Rehearsal And Performance

"R&H Theatricals and Realtime Music Solutions are launching two new products to enhance and support live performances of classic musicals

O-de layee odl lee-ee odl lay!

Pop star sensation Gwen Stefani's newest album, THE SWEET ESCAPE, features a single that began burning up the charts in late 2006.

PUSHING THE ENVELOPE: BBC RADIO CHATS WITH MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA

We here at R&H are big admirers of classical music journalist and radio correspondent Edward Seckerson

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Movie Ladies Meet The Jersey Boys

In November, four legendary stars came to New York to promote the newest DVD reissues of 20th Century Fox's classic Rodgers & Hammerstein movie musicals.

Calling All Altarholics!

Check out the #1 ALTAR BOYZ fan site: www.altarholics.com. Learn more about the show, bond with fellow ALTAR BOYZ fanatics and earn points for ALTAR BOYZ prizes.

Christmas In Any Season

WHITE CHRISTMAS ""makes for great family fun, even when Christmas is half a year away,"" reported the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in July.

Dynamic Duo

Brothers Bob and Jim Walton have tap danced and crooned countless times on the Broadway stage and have written together since 1991.

Favorite Things

The new DVD from Rhino of SOUTH PACIFIC IN CONCERT FROM CARNEGIE HALL starring Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alec Baldwin...

G2k Introducing Musical Theatre To Children

The Getting to Know... Collection is a pioneering approach to producing and performing beloved musicals with elementary, middle and junior high school students and youth theatre performers.

International Productions

The Broadway musical has always been the quintessential American art form.

Jellicles Can And Jellicles Do!

Open up a box of CATS materials from R&H and youll see 20 vocal books, four piano vocal scores, 18 orchestral books, a full score, programming disks and a pair of yellow cat eyes staring back at you.

King Of Diamonds

In June, audiences in Fort Worth, Texas, witnessed the return of Lou Diamond Phillips to THE KING AND I.

Make Mine Rare...but Well Done!

Of all the many challenges you face in running a theatre, one of the most daunting has to be deciding what to produce.

Musical Notes

It has only been a few years, but stage productions of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS, based on the classic Paramount Pictures film, are already becoming as traditional to the holiday season as candy canes, egg nog and Christmas cheer...

My Life With Albertine Is Now Online!

R&H Theatricals is proud to announce MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE is now online.

News from the R&H Concert Library: ANNIVERSARY MELODIES

Celebrate the State of Oklahoma centennial in 2007 with an instrumental arrangement of your favorite OKLAHOMA! melodies by Richard Rodgers.

SAY IT WITH MUSIC: New on CD

In October, Ghostlight Records will release a cast album of the stage adaptation of Irving Berlins WHITE CHRISTMAS...

Some Enchanted Evening, Guaranteed.

Weve heard it said that todays audiences are over-stimulated and have short attention spans.

What's Going On At R&h? We'll Tell You!

There is so much going on at The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. We want you to know about it!

Adler & Walker: I Believe

When AVENUE Q opened, its music director was a dynamic guy named Gary Adler.

After Twenty-five Years, It's Nice To Know

Less than two years after Richard Rodgers' death, a young man named Ted Chapin was coming aboard to see if he could help steer R&H along for a little while.

Author! Author!

Late last year, Williamson Music's John Bucchino received the first Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters.

For John Bucchino, Life Is Pretty Good Right Now

At the first annual Fred Ebb Awards in November, publisher Maxyne Berman Lang greets the first recipient, Williamson Music's John Bucchino, flanked by R&H Music's Sheldon Harnick

It's An Art

Williamson Music has signed an array of extraordinarily talented writers recently, and this article is a chance to celebrate them all.

Lopez & Marx: There's A Fine, Fine Line

Williamson Music represents over 3000 songs, and when compiled in one long list, the roster is quite impressive.

Musical Notes

In 1961, when he was 13, he saw the original London production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Palace Theatre...Today, he owns that theatre

Say It With Music

New, or never before released on CD! SOUTH PACIFIC, the one-night-only concert of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Sea classic; performed at Carnegie Hall on June 9, 2005

A Guide To The Dvd Special Anniversary Edition - Oklahoma!

The first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical was also their first stage vehicle transferred to the big screen.

A Guide To The Dvd Special Anniversary Edition - State Fair

Rodgers & Hammersteins only musical written expressly for the big screen, STATE FAIR holds a special place in the hearts of R&H fans.

A Guide To The Dvd Special Anniversary Edition- The Sound Of Music

More than a year ago, R&H and Fox met to discuss the best way to celebrate THE SOUND OF MUSIC and to come up with a must have DVD edition.

Basking In The Light

"Truth in advertising: by early summer, the posters for THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA were proclaiming it the most winning musical on Broadway, and with good reason.

For The Record

The fastest-selling cast album in the history of Nonesuch Records, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: 20th CENTURY FOX RELEASES MILESTONE DVD EDITIONS OF R&H CLASSICS

Three classic Rodgers & Hammerstein movie musicals celebrate milestone anniversaries this year.

Musical Notes

When the world premiere of Irving Berlins WHITE CHRISTMAS brought snow to San Francisco last year, locals were jubilant and critics were giddy with Christmas cheer

RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN ROYALTY by Ted Chapin

Julie Andrews and Shirley Jones. Both are supremely talented artists, both are Oscar winners, both have had flourishing careers on stage, on screen and on television.

All The Sounds Of The Earth: A Visit To The R&h Archives Of Recorded Sound

Think about what sounds are worth capturing: music, lyrics, the spoken word, live performances, broadcast performances, oral histories, etc. Now youll start to get a sense of the breadth of the collection at The Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center.

Musical Notes

To mark the 40th Anniversary of the most popular movie musical of all time THE SOUND OF MUSIC Fox Home Entertainment is creating a special 2-disc DVD edition

Symphonic Piazza

The R&H Concert Library is proud to announce that a symphonic suite from THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is now available.

The Light In The Piazza Shines On Broadway

Composer/lyricist Adam Guettel and librettist Craig Lucas have been developing their musical, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, for several years.

The Sound Of Music Comes Home

It is late in the second act of a performance of THE SOUND OF MUSIC the climactic Salzburg Festival sequence.

Theres No People Like Show People: An Appreciation

Since the last issue of Happy Talk we have lost a rather large group of friends and colleagues.

An Appreciation Of Norman Newell

Normal Newell was a gent. Known for a time as the British Goddard Lieberson, he produced many a cast album of American musicals in their West End incarnations.

Cinderella Dances Again To An All Rodgers Score

Pirouetting past Prokofiev, a new full-length ballet of the Cinderella tale was given its world premiere by Canada s Royal Winnipeg Ballet last October.

For The Record

THE WOMAN IN WHITE (EMI/Angel), with its score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel, looks to be haunting London's Palace Theatre for years to come

Musical Notes

When Mary Rodgers saw Reba McEntire star on Broadway in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN a few years ago, she said, That woman should play Nellie Forbush some day!...

News from R&H Theatricals: Remembering Anne Frank

Had she lived, Anne Frank would have turned 75 this year. Instead, she lives on, in memory and honor

"scoring Irving Berlins ""newest"" Musical"

In his day job, Bruce Pomahac is the resolute and cheerful Director of Music for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

"weather Report: White Christmas As ""enchanting As A First Snow"""

It snowed on Christmas in San Francisco this year.

A Long Long Way To Run

In May 2004, an American production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, billed as the most extensive tour ever of a Western musical in China, began performances at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.

Filling Out Cinderella's Dance Card

This fall, as the original CINDERELLA waltzes yet again, three other CINDERELLA-related events join her here at The R&H Organization

It's Possible! Original Version Of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Returns To The Home Screen

As proof that impossible things are happening every day,"" we are pleased to announce that original 1957 tv production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA starring Julie Andrews air on PBSS GREAT PERFORMANCES in December coinciding with a DVD release from Image Entertainment.

News from the Irving Berlin Music Company SALUTING THIS IS THE ARMY - BY ONE WHO WAS THERE

THIS IS THE ARMY was a seminal work in the life of Irving Berlin and a milestone in American cultural and military history as well

R&h Theatricals

In the past two issues of Happy Talk we took our readers through a leisurely tour of the history of this unique organization.

An Intriguing Second Life For Allegro

Rodgers and Hammersteins 1947 concept musical ALLEGRO was the one that got away.

Call Me Madam Comes To Dvd

Citizens of Lichtenburg, rejoice! In April, Fox Home Entertainment released the long-awaited DVD edition of the 1953 movie version of CALL ME MADAM.

Musical Notes

Irving Berlins holiday classic, the 1954 movie musical WHITE CHRISTMAS, is coming down off the screen and onto the stage of the Curran Theater in San Francisco starting later this fall...

News from the Irving Berlin Music Company BERLIN BALLET

The Great American Songbook has never been off limits to the artistic visionaries of the New York City Ballet, and that tradition continued this spring

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING by Ted Chapin

When an evenings concert is bookended with performances by Jon Bon Jovi and Beyonc Knowles, you know something special is happening.

The Business Of R&h, Part Ii

We were pleased to receive extraordinary feedback from readers of this newsletter who enjoyed our Winter 2004 story article on the founding and growth of Rodgers and Hammerstein's business enterprise

The Light Shines In Chicago

ollowing its well-received world premiere at Seattles Intiman Theatre in June 2003, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA alighted next in Chicago in early 2004 for another equally well-received engagement.

Musical Notes

China will welcome its first professional, English-language staging of THE SOUND OF MUSIC this spring, when a U. S.-based company brings the Alpine classic to the Peoples Republic

News from The R&H Theatre Library LET'S START AT THE VERY BEGINNING

Throughout last summer and fall, Broadway stars Maria Schaffel and Burke Moses lead a U.S. National Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC

News from Williamson Music: WELCOMING ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY, RENAISSANCE WOMAN

When it comes to her music, Ann Hampton Callaway doesnt mind that she defies categorization and shes got the role model to prove it

Rodgers & Hammerstein Present: How Two Writers Changed The Business Of Broadway

This office has been around for a long time 60 years this winter, to be precise.

Spellbinding Oklahoma! Comes To The Home Screen

Five years after it took London by storm, Trevor Nunns original award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammersteins OKLAHOMA! made its American small screen debut in November

For The Record

The explosion of Rodgers in dance is carried to the big screen this winter in THE COMPANY, Robert Altman's new film

"guettel And Lucas Step Into --the Light, With Rapturous"" Results"

Adam Guettel was looking for a love story. It was late 1998, and the acclaimed composer- lyricist of such haunting and startling music theater pieces as FLOYD COLLINS and MYTHS AND HYMNS was looking to challenge himself in a new way.

I Could Write A Book

Geoffrey Block, editor of the fascinating RICHARD RODGERS READER (Oxford) is author of RICHARD RODGERS (Yale University Press), a new biography of the composer

Musical Notes

Five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman is developing a new ballet set to the songs of Irving Berlin...

"News from The R&H Theatre Library ROGER MILLER, ""THE JEROME CORN OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL"""

This summer, a unique version of BIG RIVER rolled on to Broadway captivating critics and audiences alike.

"saying ""yes"" To No Strings"

In May, New York City Center concluded its 10th season of Encores! with NO STRINGS, the 1962 musical featu ring both music and lyics by a post Hammerstein Richard Rodgers...

BY YOUR PUPILS YOU'LL BE TAUGHT: INTRODUCING THE GETTING TO KNOW... COLLECTION by Tom Briggs

Why should kids have to wait until high school to discover the magic of musical theater?

CHRISTINE JOHNSON RECALLS HER RIDE ON CAROUSEL by Ted Chapin

Christine Johnson originated the role of Nettie Fowler in the original production of CAROUSEL in 1945.

For The Record

""If I Loved You"" is the song of choice for this summers round of crossover albums from operatic talents:

Musical Notes

ALLEGRO is that rare case -- a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that failed to find its original audience -- and its demise perplexed them both

News from Williamson Music DAVID ZIPPEL: STARTING WITH A DREAM

Lyricist David Zippel gives new meaning to the term ""multi-task.""

Shall We Dance? Rodgers Takes His Place In Contemporary Ballet

For decades, Richard Rodgers was represented in the dance world by one ballet his sexy and sly SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE from ON YOUR TOES.

Flower Drum Song Comes Back To Broadway

""FLOWER DRUM SONG comes roaring back as if it were brand new,"" cheered Richard Zoglin in Time Magazine.

For The Record

Glancing at the FLOWER DRUM SONG bin in your local mega-music store reveals a triple convergence

Musical Notes

In its first year on Broadway, the production of OKLAHOMA! made showstopping appearances on the TODAY SHOW, 20/20, DAVID LETTERMAN, ROSIE 0'DONNELL, and the Tony Awards...

Soldier, Patriot; Entertainer: America Salutes Irving Berlin

For Your Country and My Country""...""This is A Great Country""...""God Bless America.""

Triple Play

Charlie Scatamacchia, director of professional licensing for The R&H Theatre Library, has a problem with our reputation.

Concert Halls Resound With The Sound Of Rodgers

In the summer of Richard Rodgers Centennial, his music was celebrated in grand style from music sheds to bandshells, from the Hollywood Bowl to Royal Albert Hall.

For The Record

Record labels continue to celebrate Richard Rodgers well into the Centennial year.

Musical Notes

Flower Drum Song returns to Broadway this fall for the first time since its 1958 premiere...

News from the R&H Theatre Library: WELCOMING TWO SPECIAL MUSICALS

John Latouche was a rising star in the world of 1950s Broadway, whose career was cut short by his premature death.

On June 28, All The Sounds Of The Earth Were Like Music

One name links the 100th birthday concert for Oscar Hammerstein II on Broadway in 1995, and the corresponding tribute for Richard Rodgers on his 100th birthday this past June 28.

Buried Treasure

One Monday night in April, as I gave a talk at th New-York Historical Society about lesser-known Rodgers musicals, a talented trio of performers ended the lecture with a lively rendition of Intermission Talk from ME AND JULIET.

Enchanted Evening

In his lifetime, Richard Rodgers was frequently feted with star-studded tributes at Carnegie Hall, on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW and at Tony Award ceremonies.

Musical Notes

Long renowned as the composers personal favorite, CAROUSEL is playing a major role in the Rodgers Centennial with special concert presentations...

NEW YORK SYMPHONY SPACE PRESENTS 12-HOUR RODGERS MARATHON by Ted Chapin

Theres something unique about the Upper West Side of Manhattan Island in New York City

"our Greatest Musical"" Returns To Broadway"

Eight times a week, thousands of theatergoers stream out of the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, having just spent a couple of hours amidst the cornfields and blue skies of turn-of-the-century Oklahoma.

Double Trouble' At Mary Jane Teall Theater

Anyone old enough to recall the era of Donald O'Connor dancing up walls, Bob Hope cracking wise and Jimmy Durante singing something with a "hot-cha -cha" has no doubt lamented that they just don't make such energetic, innocent and unabashedly corny entertainment anymore.

Berlin's Gift To America's Youth

Almost as soon as his song ""God Bless America"" began generating revenue, Irving Berlin established The God Bless America Fund, to benefit America youth.

Flower Drum Song Blooms Again

Playwright, librettist, screenwriter David Henry Hwang on Flower Drum Song: ""It's really part of the fabric of having grown up as an Asian American baby boomer,"" he told the Los Angeles Times.

For The Record

Irving Berlin had a #1 hit last October when the new album GOD BLESS AMERICA (Sony) debuted at the top of the Billboard charts

"from The Mountains To The Prairies America Rediscovers Its ""#1 Anthem"""

September 11 2001. On the afternoon of the day America was attacked, every member of the U. S. Congress gathered on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C. to express solidarity with each other and with the American people.

Musical Notes

Separated by the north Atlantic, two major productions of South Pacific are drawing rave reviews and nightly ovations this season...

"the Complete Lyrics Of Irving Berlin: ""mapping The Contours Of The American Century"

In late October, with ""God Bless America"" filling the airwaves and ""White Christmas"" about to make its annual return, Knopf published THE COMPLETE LYRICS OF Irving Berlin

Abc Scores Some Enchanted Evening With --south Pacific

An all-new, television production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific premiered on ABC-TV on March 26.

Announcing The 2002 Richard Rodgers Centennial

On June 28, 2001, at the Broadway theatre named in his honor, and exactly one year before the 100th anniversary of his birth, composer Richard Rodgers' Centennial was launched.

Grooming Grizabella

The news first appeared in USA Today, with a headline in the Life section that read, ""Cats May Pounce on a Stage Near You.""

Liesl Goes To The Movies

The phenomenon of SING-A-LONG SOUND OF MUSIC has been reported in these pages before; one of its most ardent cheerleaders is Charmian Carr, the film's ""Liesl.""

Musical Notes

Julie Andrews was the original, and Brandy the latest, but for several generations, dewey-eyed Lesley Ann Warren will always be their Cinderella, thanks to the CBS re-make of the R&H TV musical that aired annually from 1965 to 1974 and later on cable...

Reba McEntire Makes a Spectacular Broadway Debut in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

An all-new, television production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific premiered on ABC-TV on March 26, giving the network an enchanted evening as 16,000,000 viewers tuned in, and made it the most-watched event of the night

Remembering William Hammerstein

William Hammerstein died in his home in Washington, CT., on March 9 of this year.

Say It With Words: The Complete Lyrics Of Irving Berlin Is Published This Fall

Nearly a decade in the making, THE COMPLETE LYRICS OF Irving Berlin is a remarkable tome, comprised of more than 1200 lyrics by the most prolific songwriter of the 20th century.

Art Imitates Life When Palm Beach Meets Berlin

By day they were ordinary citizens, joining in protests, carrying picket signs, demanding a right to revote, denouncing the so-called ""butterfly ballots."" By night they were actors, appearing in a timely revue that tweaked political fat-cats in its comedy sketches, and addressed social concerns in its musical numbers.

For The Record

We're going Hollywood this spring with newly remastered motion picture soundtrack reissues...

Musical Notes

Country music superstar Reba McEntire made her Broadway debut in late January as Annie Oakley, leading the Tony-winning revival of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun into its third year on Broadway...

Proudly Announcing The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection

Following an agreement signed today with The Really Useful Group, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is proud to announce that its Theatre Library division will be the exclusive U.S. and Canadian stock & amateur theatrical representative for six musicals composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Something Wonderful: Celebrating 50 Years Of The King And I

On March 29, 1951, Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway.

We've Got Mail!

In our last issue, R&H President Ted Chapin wrote an article examining a litany of discrepancies found in the songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rodgers & Hart and Irving Berlin.

...is A Puzzlement

One of the ongoing projects at The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is the preparation of corrected libretti and scores (including full orchestral scores), authenticated by as much original material as we can find.

Bull's Eye! M-g-m '50 Movie Of Annie Get Your Gun Finally Hits The Home Screen

Fifty years ago, the M-G-M movie version of Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN opened to rave reviews and boffo business, and soon became one of the studio's highest-grossing musicals. In the decades that followed, however, this Hollywood epic took on the aura of a myth.

For The Record

THE KING AND I score by Rodgers and Hammerstein, including the first full-length, cast album recording of ""The Small House of Uncle Thomas"" ballet, can be heard in the '00 London cast recording

From Screen To Stage: A Cinderella Journey

The key to any successful adaptation can probably be summed up in three words: good source material.

Musical Media

Fate is a powerful force in the plot of Michael John LaChiusa's haunting new musical MARIE CHRISTINE.

Musical Notes

Starring (and co-produced by) Glenn Close as that cockeyed optimist Nellie Forbush, an all-new adaptation of SOUTH PACIFIC will be seen on ABC-TV next year...

Berlin Biography

It was Jerome Kern who coined the famous maxism, ""Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music.""

BY YOUR PUPILS YOU'LL BE TAUGHT: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN IN THE CLASSROOM By Ted Chapin

The musical is becoming an accepted part of academic curricula.

For The Record

BULLS EYE! ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Angel) wins the 2000 Grammy Award for ""Best Musical Show Album""

London Hails A New King

Heralded by an advance ticket sale of 7 million pounds (the largest reported in London history), the acclaimed Australian-New York production of THE KING AND I opened on May 3.

Musical Notes

Michael John LaChiusa's haunting musical MARIE CHRISTINE made history as the final Broadway musical of the 20th Century, and then his second work for the same season, THE WILD PARTY, was hailed as ""the first musical triumph of the new century""

The Sweetest Sounds

Bruce Pomahac bears the title ""Director of Music"" for the Organization.

Voila! Enter The Guardsman

In the now-vanished world of fin de siecle Middle Europe, in a place of romance and roses, Viennese waltzes and French champagne, Ferenc Molnar first spun his enchanting boulevard comedy THE GUARDSMAN.

Welcoming John Bucchino

""When I was a little kid I used to do magic tricks for people,"" says singer /songwriter John Bucchino

For The Record

The newest recording of Rodgers & Hart's musical comedy classic BABES IN ARMS (see p. 1) features the '99 New York City Center Encores! cast headed by David Campbell, Erin Dilly and Melissa Rain Anderson

Musical Notes

he Queen of the British musical and the King of American action films will be working together this spring when Elaine Paige and Jason Scott Lee take on the starring roles in a London revival of THE KING AND I

Professional Theatres can now declare, "I Love You, You're Perfect!"

The R&H Theatre Library is proud to announce the release of professional performance rights to the smash off-Broadway musical I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE

The City of Music Discovers THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Bert Fink, editor of this newsletter, visited Salzburg, Austria last fall. Once there, he couldn't get THE SOUND OF MUSIC out of his head.

The Sound Of Movies

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were Broadway folk who didn't particularly like Hollywood, but Hollywood loved R&H.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC gets the ROCKY HORROR Treatment

An edition of the midnight camp classic ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has been playing Friday nights in a little cinema off Leicester Square in London for years.

They Call Us Babes In Arms

When New York City Center's acclaimed Encores! Series presented Rodgers & Hart's BABES IN ARMS in February of 1999, New York Times critic Ben Brantley summarized the prevailing, giddy reaction when he deemed it ""almost too enjoyable for a theatregoer's good""...

For The Record

Wild, wild west: Sharpshooter Annie Oakley and cowboy Curly McClain lead the charge of our latest cast album issues and reissues...

From Page To Stage

Bringing the Written Word to Life

Musical Notes

Broadway's latest revival of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN is officially a rip-roarin' success...

Opening Night

Eyewitnesses Recall Five of this Century's Most Memorable Premiere - I wasn't any more scared this time than before.

Out-of-town

MARY RODGERS: Theatre, and theatre only, turned [my father] on and cheered him up --

Take The Moment

Well, we can't avoid it. As the clocks click, pulse, or sweep past midnight at the end of December 31st this year, the calendar will change to 2000

THE ART OF COLLABORATION Rodgers & Hammerstein Reflect

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: What sets the great Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals apart for me is their directness and their awareness of construction..

Bulls Eye! Annie Get Your Gun Hits Broadway

She blasted her way onto the Great White Way in 1946, and came back again twenty years later. Now, for the first time since, Irving Berlin and Herbert & Dorothy Fields' classic ANNIE GET YOUR GUN has returned to Broadway.

For The Record

Sharpshooter Annie Oakley hits her targets in the new 1999 Broadway cast recording of Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Angel), starring Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat, produced for records by John McDaniel and Stephen Ferrera...

Musical Notes

Williamson songwriter Adam Guettel is flying high this spring...

Something Good: A New Von Trapp Leads The Sound Of Music

The Broadway revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC marked its first anniversary in March, with changes afoot in the von Trapp household

"still ""younger Than Springtime,"" Original Cast Marks 50th Anniversary Of South Pacific"

They came from as far away as Australia and London, and from all over the United States, drawn to New York to mark an extraordinary milestone...

WE LOVE THEM, THEY'RE PERFECT: A Talk with Songwriters DiPietro & Roberts

Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts were signed by Williamson Music in 1997. Their first venture, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, opened Off-Broadway three years ago and is still going strong.

YESTERDAY HAS GONE, TOMORROW IS A GUESS by Ted Chapin

"We're halfway through the last year of the century.

AUDRA McDONALD CELEBRATES THE LONG AWAITED FUTURE OF BROADWAY

For her debut solo album, WAY BACK TO PARADISE, on the remarkable Nonesuch label, Audra McDonald eschews Broadway and pop standards in favor of new music that shimmers at the close of this century.

For The Record

The hit Royal National Theatre production of OKLAHOMA! leads our charge of new recordings... Produced by Grammy Award winner David Caddick, and released in mid-January, this recording from First Night Records features the original '98 London cast

Let's Go On With The Show!

NNIE GETS YOUR GUN returns to Broadway in February, starring Bernadette Peters as sharpshooter Annie Oakley and Tom Wopat as Frank Butler.

Musical Notes

Last summer's production of OKLAHOMA! at Britain's Royal National Theatre broke house records and made RNT history during its sold-out, three-month engagement there...

South Pacific: A Topical Musical Marks Half A Century

It won the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and nine Tony Awards.

Whistle A Happy 'toon: The King And I Becomes An Animated Feature Film

The roster of cartoons turned into Broadway musicals is a long and successful one. But what about the transformation of a Broadway musical into a cartoon?

Extra! Extra! Thousands Cheer For As Thousands Cheer

It was the Depression's version of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and POLITICALLY INCORRECT.

For The Record

Among the newest cast albums on the market this Fall are two cherished classics: the 1949 original Broadway cast recording of SOUTH PACIFIC, and the 1959 original Broadway cast recording of THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Hey, Kids, Let's Put On A Show!

Rodgers and Hart's BABES IN ARMS has never been quite what everyone thinks it is.

London Welcomes A Perfect Oklahoma!

napshots of London, Summer 1998: Tourists flock to Buckingham Palace and Harrod's, the Millennial Dome begins to rise in nearby Greenwich, and at the austere Royal National Theatre on the South Bank, the corn is as high as a elephant's eye.

Musical Notes

After more than 30 years, Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN is returning to Broadway and for the first time without The Merm...

"r&h On Time's Short List Of Artists Of The Century"""

In June, as part of its ongoing series on the 100 most influential people of the 20th Century, Time Magazine devoted a special issue to 20 ""Artists & Entertainers.""

REMEMBERING THE BRILLIANCE OF JEROME ROBBINS by Ted Chapin

The musical theater lost one of its few choreographic geniuses this summer when Jerome Robbins died.

3PENNY AT 70 by Tom Briggs

On August 31, 1928, DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER opened at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin. On September 1, there were riots in the streets.

For The Record

Broadway's first revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC (see see related article) also brings Broadway's first recording of the score in 38 years

Guettel Saturn Returns

For his New York premiere two years ago, composer-lyricist Adam Guettel gave us FLOYD COLLINS, the harrowing story of a man trapped underground.

He Liked Ike

The letter was addressed to Irving Berlin. The date was March 24, 1969. The signatory was Dwight D. Eisenhower and four days after he wrote it, the former President was dead.

Let's Go On With The Show!

Though he was born in Russia, though some of his greatest hits were written for the silver screens of Hollywood, though his songs are known the world over, Irving Berlin was a quintessential New Yorker.

Musical Notes

OU'RE DOIN' FINE, OKLAHOMA!: As the first musical to be staged under the tenure of new Artistic Director Trevor Nunn, Britain's Royal National Theatre will present OKLAHOMA!

The Sound Of Music Returns To Broadway

Broadway became alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC - again - when its first revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein/Lindsay & Crouse classic opened at the Martin Beck Theatre earlier this spring.

Director Susan H. Shulman Guides The Sound Of Music Back To Broadway

In February, THE SOUND OF MUSIC will return in its first-ever Broadway revival, directed by Susan H. Schulman, whose roster includes THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE at Encores! as well as such notable pro-ductions as THE SECRET GARDEN on Broadway, VIOLET Off-Broadway, SWEENEY TODD at the York Theatre and Broadway, and MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at the York.

For The Record

Perhaps the classiest offering among the newest albums of our work is KIRI SINGS BERLIN (EMI Classics; January), which has opera superstar Kiri Te Kanawa giving her own to Berlin standards

It's Possible: 60 Million Viewers Go To The Ball With Cinterella

The Prince had found his Cinderella, the Step-mother fainted in her daughters' arms, the Fairy Godmother belted out a benediction, and everyone in the land rejoiced. 60,000,000 of them!

Musical Notes

THE SOUND OF MUSIC returns to Broadway for the first time in 34 years with an all-new production beginning performances at the Martin Beck Theatre in February

Now Playing At A Computer Near You:

On October 27 a new entry in cyberspace, www.rnh.com, brought the writers, songs, musicals and concert works of The R&H Organization onto the World Wide Web.

To Start At The Very Beginning

R&H President Ted Chapin muses on THE SOUND OF MUSIC and the beginning at the end of the Rodgers & Hammerstein partnership

Adding More To Cinderella's Score? It's Possible!

The Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals are among the most well-constructed works of their kind. This makes them especially resistant to ""interpolation"".

Bright And Breezy: Haley Mills Takes The King And I Across America

""Ravishing, dazzling, sumptuous. Such terms are not excessive when applied to the touring production of THE KING AND I.""

For The Record

A brilliant new recording of a dazzling Rodgers & Hart score heads the list of Fall releases with the mid-September issue of THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE

Musical Notes

It may be the most popular movie musical ever, and it may generate hundreds of stage productions around the world every year, but THE SOUND OF MUSIC has not been seen on Broadway since the original closed at the Mark Hellinger Theater 34 years ago

News from the R&H Theatre Library: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND SOARS WITH HUMAN SPIRIT--by Tom Briggs

WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND is a story that has touched hearts and minds the world over during the four decades since Mary Hayley Bell's novel first appeared.

News from Williamson Music: WELCOMING ADAM GUETTEL, A TRUE ORIGINAL

I never thought I'd end up doing this, but I've always been inclined toward music,"" said Adam Guettel in an interview last year

Oh, Dromio! Dromio! The Boys Are Back

In early May, Rodgers & Hart's madcap musical comedy THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE was given five riotous performances as the fourth season finale to the already legendary Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert series

R&h On-line

Now under construction is a new website devoted to the writers, musicals and compositions represented by The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Williamson Music and The Irving Berlin Music Company

Ring Out The Bells, Sing Out The News: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Returns To Television

March 31, 1957, 107 million people tuned in when CBS-TV presented a new Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written especially for television, starring a young Broadway sensation named Julie Andrews.

Two On The Isle

he legendary Shubert Theatre, New Haven, hosted the world premieres of nearly every Rodgers & Hammerstein musical from AWAY WE GO! (a.k.a. OKLAHOMA!) in 1943 to THE SOUND OF MUSIC in 1959...

An Opening For A Princess: Once Upon A Mattress Returns To Broadway

Finally this season, for the first time, Once Upon a Mattress returned to Broadway starring Sarah Jessica Parker and presented by Dodger Endemol Productions.

IMPOSSIBLE (THINGS ARE HAPPENING EVERY DAY): And Other Musings from Theodore S. Chapin

When I began working here at R&H, my first assignment was to oversee the re-working of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

MANY MOONS AGO: The Writers Discuss the Origins of Mattress

Last winter, as Once Upon a Mattress was readied for a Broadway revival, journalist Kathy Henderson sat down with the musical's authors to discuss the musical's origins.

Maybe It's More Than The Moon: State Fair Dazzles In America's Heartland

Though its Broadway run last season was overshadowed by Tony Award controversies and the cutting-edge sensibilities of Rent and Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, the past year has indisputably proven that, for State Fair, there is life after Broadway.

Musical Notes

IT'S POSSIBLE: Finally going before the cameras this summer for broadcast on ABC-TV later this year is the long-awaited remake of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella...

Singing The Story Of Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins was a real-life farmer in the Kentucky hills and an avid cave explorer who, in the winter of 1925, entered a cave that he hoped to turn into a tourist-driven goldmine, and instead became trapped.

The King Welcomes A Prince To Broadway

From now on, I think it only fair to regard Faith Prince as a queen - certainly a queen of Broadway,""

A Night At The Opera

In 1949, basso profundo Ezio Pinza shifted his working address from the old Metropolitan Opera House on 39th Street to the Majestic Theatre on 44th Street.

And Ill Sing Once More:

Rodgers & Hammerstein Flourish in the Pop Singer's World.

For The Record

Topping the UK charts for much of the winter was Robson & Jerome's techno-retro take on ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" . . .

Musical Notes

fter 36 years - and many sleepless nights - Princess Winnifred has returned to Broadway in her musical tale ONCE UPON A MATTRESS . . .

News from The Irving Berlin Music Company: PLAY A SIMPLE MELODY

When ""Alexander's Ragtime Band,"" Irving Berlin's first hit song, swept the nation in 1911, Victrolas were new-fangled contraptions.

News from The R&H Concert Library: FOLLOWING THE SCORE

It can be a dilemma when the staff at The R&H Concert Library is asked to recommend a recording of an orchestral work they represent.

News from The R&H Theatre Library: STAGE TO ALBUM AND BACK AGAIN

For anyone interested in producing a musical, a recording can be an invaluable tool.

News from Williamson Music/R&H Music: JAZZ ARTISTS SETTING THE STANDARDS

In 1979, while taping a concert for a PBS special, jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan panicked.

The Art Of The Cast Album

Since the songs from OKLAHOMA! provided more hits than any previous musical, the capturing of so many three minute gems in one set of four discs was exciting indeed...

For Your Next Show...vote Berlin

Even though Irving Berlin's century - plus life's work included the scores to 17 Broadway shows, only five of his musicals have been available for production - until now...

FROM BERLIN TO THE BAHYOU: NEW YORK MAKES A LOUISIANA PURCHASE

The original production of LOUISIANA PURCHASE opened on Broadway 56 years ago...

Louisiana Purchase-- A Lost Show From A Lost Era

Less than a month after the concert performances at Weill Recital Hall, LOUISIANA PURCHASE musical director Rob Fisher and his talented cast regrouped in a Manhattan recording studio to make the first album of the show's complete score...

Musical Notes

Fans of the most popular movie musical ever made, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, have only until the end of this year to buy it on home video before it is taken off sale...

Portrait Of The American Musical

Life upon the wicked stage, as captured in hundreds of show posters, photographs, design sketches, caricatures, set models and costumes, will be the subject of RED, HOT & BLUE! A SALUTE TO THE AMERICAN MUSICAL...

Songbooks That "Say It With Music"

"It's wonderful," declared Williamson Music President Maxyne Berman Lang recently. "Our songwriters are prolific, and our output of songbooks is commensurate with that..."

The Big Apple Goes Bananas For Cocoanuts

Irving Berlin had two musicals playing in New York at the same time this spring when a revival of THE COCOANUTS at American Jewish Theatre extended its run...

An Audience With The King

In early spring, more than 250 key players in the music publishing and licensing industries worldwide gathered in Memphis, home of Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), for a three-day summit...

From Down Under To The Great White Way

Broadway's newest production of THE KING AND I began in Australia more than five years ago..

Happy Holidays!

With fewer than 200 shopping days until Christmas, producers and teachers, churches, community centers and dinner theatres are planning their holiday productions...

King And I For The 21st Century

Since its premiere 45 years ago, a decade has not gone by without a royal visit to New York by THE KING AND I...

Musical Notes

In reviewing the season just past, Variety reported: "The comeback of the year award- both on Broadway and the road- has to go to Oscar Hammerstein II who, like Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, currently has three shows on Broadway..."

State Fair Comes To Times Square

It took fifty years, an eight-month, 22-city tour, and last-minute heroics by the theatre's most legendary producer, but Rodgers & Hammerstein's newest musical finally made it to Broadway this spring...

Doin' What Comes Natur'lly

Fifty years ago this winter, a show business "dream team" was hard at work on what was to become one of the greatest musicals in Broadway's post-World War II golden era. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, marking its 50th Anniversary in 1996, will be celebrated by both The R&H Theatre Library and the Irving Berlin Music Company throughout the year...

DON'T MISS IT, DON'T EVEN BE LATE: (part II)

Fifty years after it was introduced, STATE FAIR, Rodgers & Hammerstein's only musical written for the screen, has finally made it to the stage...

Hart & Hammerstein: On To The Next 100 Years

For Richard Rodgers' two most famous partners, Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1995 was a banner year marking the 100th birthdays of both men...

Musical Notes

This spring THE KING AND I will return to Broadway, beginning performances at the Neil Simon Theatre on March 20...

State Fair Travels From Screen To Stage

The book for the stage version of STATE FAIR was written by Louis Mattioli and our own Tom Briggs, Director of the R&H Theatre Library, who also had the idea to adapt STATE FAIR to the stage in the first place.

A Song Is No Song Till You Sing It

Oscar Hammerstein II was the consummate theatre man: a playwright, a librettist, a lyricist, a producer...

Celebrating 100 Years Of Oscar Hammerstein II

On July 12, 1895, Oscar Greely Clendenning Hammerstein was born in New York City. On July 12, 1995, his centennial was celebrated on the stage of the highest grossing show on Broadway - his own SHOW BOAT.

High As The Flag On The Fourth Of July

In the summer, pops orchestras flourish with the sound of our music...

I'm In Love With A Wonderful Theatre

The R&H Theatre Library is home to the major works of co-founder Oscar Hammerstein II, and his musicals continue to thrive with a record number of productions scheduled throughout the centennial year...

Musical Notes

Tony winner Donna Murphy will be Anna Leonowens in the new Broadway production of THE KING AND I...

On His 100th Birthday, A Hammerstein Premiere

During SOMETHING WONDERFUL, host Ted Chapin informed the audience that on Hammerstein's 100th birthday, a Hammerstein song would receive its premiere.

Opening The Trunk

His many "standards" confirm Irving Berlin's status as this century's premiere American songwriter.

100 Years Of Lorenz Hart

Tuesday May 2 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lorenz Hart, one of this country's greatest and most cherished lyricists...

Bravo! Bravo! Encores!

"After only two seasons," cheered Clive Barnes in the New York Post, "[New York] City Center's series Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert has become a Broadway fixture, both loved and indispensable."

Centennial Summer

Though the Oscar Hammerstein II centennial culminates on his birthday, July 12, commemorations began earlier this year, with a PBS concert special in March and a tribute at the Players Club in New York in May, and are scheduled to continue into the fall with several more concert events, book and album reissues, and broadcast tributes...

Musical Notes

Casting is complete for The Theatre Guild's new stage production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's only musical written originally for the big screen: STATE FAIR...

Soulful...smart...rodgers...hart

Irving Berlin said it best: "Tuneful, tasteful/Soulful, smart/Music - Rodgers/Lyrics - Hart."

More Kudos For Kern & Hammerstein

In October, as SHOW BOAT sailed majestically onto Broadway, New York played host to concert versions of two other Kern & Hammerstein musicals...

Musical Notes

Back on Broadway for the third time since its 1927 premiere, SHOW BOAT (see cover story) began making history all over again as soon as good word on its return built long lines at the box office...

New Shows From A New Catalogue

By now most of our R&H Theatre Library customers will have received our new catalogue of musicals available for production.

"say It With Music"": Irving Berlin Is Honored At The Music Box Theatre"

More than 73 years after he built the Music Box Theater with producer Sam H. Harris, Irving Berlin's role in theatre's history has been commemorated there with the installation of a plaque and permanent exhibit.

Show Boat

You've seen [Harold] Prince's KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, the revivals of CAROUSEL and GUYS AND DOLLS, TOMMY, LES MISRABLES and at least one show by Andrew Lloyd Webber," intoned Vincent Canby to his New York Times readership on October 9. "Now make room for the daddy of them all."

The Sound Of Movies

1994 - The year in film, as recalled by the staff at Williamson Music:

Where Music Is The Star

Proud to represent its founders, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Library is also home to orchestral works of Berlin, Kern, Weill, Porter, Lloyd Webber and others.

As Show Boat Returns To Broadway, William Hammerstein Recalls Her Many Voyages

SHOW BOAT was back on Broadway in 1946, and Bill Hammerstein was there too, fresh from four years' active service in the U.S. Navy (doing research, he later quipped, for SOUTH PACIFIC).

Hearing Is Believing: The Mystique Of The Original Cast Album

While CD remasters of great Broadway albums continue to be released in record numbers, the great art of making new cast recordings still flourishes.

Mary Ellin Barrett's Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir To Be Published This Fall

From the opening paragraph of Mary Ellin Barrett's memoir, as she describes her father's long - abandoned bachelor apartment shortly after his death, the reader realizes this is an adventure story.

Musical Notes

The new Broadway production of CAROUSEL triumphed at the 1994 Tony Awards in June, winning every award it was nominated for.

New Works From Old Favorites

This summer the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, under the baton of maestro John Mauceri, featured the world premiere of Irving Berlin's "Patriotic Overture,"

New Writers Take Flight With Wings

The R&H Theatre Library was built by musical theatre giants

The King & Us

n 1992, Williamson Music (the publishing arm of The R&H Organization) began serving as the exclusive U.S. and Canadian administrator for Elvis Presley's music catalogues.

AN ENCORE FOR ALLEGRO: Could Rodgers & Hammerstein's ALLEGRO finally be coming into its own?

Its challenging, innovative form has made ALLEGRO controversial ever since it opened on Broadway in 1947.

Berlin Wall

On Saturday March 19 on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Symphony Space presented its 24th annual day-long "Wall to Wall" concert symposium event, this year devoted to the words and music of Irving Berlin.

Carousel Returns To Broadway In Acclaimed New Production

"CAROUSEL will be 50 next year, but as of this morning it is the freshest, most innovative musical on Broadway."

This Summer, The Hills Are Alive

Summer is a banner season for The R&H Concert Library, as hundreds of orchestras across the country take their music outdoors and perform in parks, bandshells and amphitheatres.

Judging A Book By Its Cover

From Laurey and Curly in the surrey with the fringe on top, to Maria atop her mountain, classic images in brand new formats grace the covers of a dozen Rodgers & Hammerstein songbooks published by Williamson Music.

Musical Notes

Broadway Angel, a division of Angel Records, will release the 1994 Broadway cast album of CAROUSEL in June.

Orchestrations: Settling The Score

As anyone who has ever worked in the musical theatre can attest, there are few moments in the production process as exhilarating as hearing the orchestra for the first time.

Political Song & Dance:

Vaunting twelve years of Republican rule, a new Democrat sweeps into Washington

David Fanshawe's African Sanctus

David Fanshawe's AFRICAN SANCTUS is a unique composition in the choral repertoire, a crossover work that mixes media - voice, instrument, and audio tape - as it mixes styles, cultures and traditions.

Harold Prince Takes Show Boat On A New Journey

Since its premiere in 1927, Kern and Hammerstein's SHOW BOAT has never stopped moving.

In London And New York, A Carousel Comes To Town

Both sides of the Atlantic will play host to CAROUSEL this season as the Royal National Theatre production continues in the West End, and comes to Broadway.

Marie As Maria

Grammy Award winning recording artist and television star Marie Osmond makes her stage debut as Maria von Trapp in a new national tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

New Voices Among Classic Catalogues

While most well known for its representation of classic and standard catalogues, Williamson Music is also committed to supporting outstanding new songwriters.

Rave Revues!

Although it has been nearly 35 years since Rodgers & Hammerstein's final collaboration, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, took the Great White Way by storm, it was in fact a new Rodgers & Hammerstein musical that ushered in the fall season on Broadway

Remembering Agnes de Mille

In October, Agnes de Mille died in her home in New York City at the age of 88.

Rodgers & Hammerstein & Berlin

For fifty years the name on the front door has read ""Rodgers & Hammerstein.""

A Storybook Surrey

A charming new storybook out this fall depicts a father and his children on a drive through the countryside in their horse-drawn surrey with the fringe on top.

Bringing Irving Berlin To The Cabaret World

For anyone interested in producing a musical, a recording can be an invaluable tool.

Elvis Presley Music Scores #1 Worldwide With Ub40 Single

The classic songs of Elvis Presley continue to enjoy mass appeal

From Gotham City To Sunset Boulevard

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Library is preparing for the upcoming winter season by making available a new series of concert packages inspired in part by our representation of the Warner/Chappell Concert Library in the United States and Canada.

From Rags To Riches

The premature closing of the musical RAGS in 1986 proved to be less an ending than the beginning of this show's fascinating journey.

Happy Holidays!

With fewer than 100 shopping days until Christmas, producers are selecting seasonal gifts for their audiences.

Now Playing At A Theatre Near You

Rodgers & Hammerstein's 50th anniversary season is being celebrated the best way possible: with a record number of productions of musicals they wrote together

Rodgers & Hammerstein On Record

Musical theatre fans have five new compact discs to add to their Rodgers & Hammerstein collections this fall.

Sheldon Harnick: It's A Wonderful Life

In April, 1993, R&H Music, the BMI publishing division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, signed an agreement with Pulitzer and Tony Award winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick to be the exclusive representative for his entire catalogue through Mayerling Productions, Ltd..

Stamp Of Approval

Last March, the United States Postal Service made history when it issued the first U.S. postage stamp commemorating a Broadway musical. The honoree was OKLAHOMA!, and the stamp was released in special ceremonies in New York and Oklahoma to coincide with the musical's 50th Anniversary.

Stephen Sondheim Received Richard Rodgers Award

In Pittsburgh on September 18, Stephen Sondheim received the fifth annual Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre...