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After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist) joined forces to create the most consistently fruitful and successful partnership in the American musical theatre.

Prior to his work with Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on a series of musical comedies that epitomized the wit and sophistication of Broadway in its heyday. Prolific on Broadway, in London and in Hollywood from the '20s into the early '40s, Rodgers & Hart wrote more than 40 shows and film scores. Among their greatest were ON YOUR TOES, BABES IN ARMS, THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, I ...

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All Kinds of People

Throughout a career that spanned four decades, Oscar Hammerstein II used the ...

Allegro

This ensemble musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an ...

Carousel

In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, ...

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

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Mark Brokaw to direct the first Broadway-Bound production of Rodgers & ...

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. Read More