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Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
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Show History
ALLEGRO History
By Bert Fink
They had triumphed their first time out, with OKLAHOMA! in 1943. Two years later they exceeded expectations with CAROUSEL,
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Awards
1900 Donaldson Awards- 3 Awards including Best Book, Lyrics and Score
2005 Helen Hayes Awards- The 2005 revival of ALLEGRO at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C. was nominated for 7 Helen Hayes Awards and won 2 for Outstanding Resident Musical, and Outstanding Director (Eric Schaeffer).
Articles & Interviews
5/1/1994 Volume 1, Issue 3, Summer 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.
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7/1/2004 Volume 11, Issue 3, Summer AN INTRIGUING SECOND LIFE FOR ALLEGRORodgers and Hammerstein’s 1947 concept musical ALLEGRO was the one that got away.
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1/12/2009 ALLEGRO: A Complete Recording At LastThe 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.
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2/3/2009 ALLEGRO--First Complete Recording!This new recording is now available! Click here for audio preview, photo gallery, to buy and more!
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Critic Quotes
"ALLEGRO is a 'modular' musical, built from deceptively simple little blocks of thematic material that gain in power as they are repeated ...the words are important. But it is the emotional strength of the music that gives these building blocks their greatest impact."
New York Daily News, 1994
"A musical play of rare distinction...to be remembered with SHOW BOAT and OKLAHOMA!...a consummate theatrical achievement and an electrifying entertainment..."
New York Herald Tribune, 1947
"Deserves an ambitious resurrection... ALLEGRO was an aggressively innovative show."
Stephen Holden, The New York Times, 1994
Facts & Figures
- September 3, 1947 The world premiere of ALLEGRO is presented at the Shubert theatre in New Haven.
- October 10, 1947 ALLEGRO opens at the Majestic Theatre, New York, where it runs for 315 performances.
- November 5, 1948 The national tour of ALLEGRO opens at the Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, at the start of a 31-week, 16-city tour.
Videos & Photos
"An Epic-Story Musical: Stephen Sondheim talks abo...more
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"An Epic-Story Musical: Stephen Sondheim talks abo...more
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Back of a flyer for ALLEGRO at City Center Encores...more
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Flyer for ALLEGRO at City Center Encores!, March 2...more
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Allegro - The Roots of the Modern Musical from the...more
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Patrick Wilson and Norbert Leo Butz at the recordi...more
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Nathan Gunn and Audra McDonald at the recording se...more
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Liz Callaway sings "The Gentleman Is A Dope" at th...more
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Laura Benanti at the recording session for ALLEGRO...more
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Judy Kuhn at the recording session for ALLEGRO- Fi...more
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From left: Maureen Brennan, Laura Benanti, Kathy M...more
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Cover artwork for the CD of ALLEGRO- First Complet...more
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Logo for ALLEGRO....more
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Cast list from the playbill for ALLEGRO at City Ce...more
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"Allegro-Striking a Chord," by Dena Hammerstein fr...more
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A dance scene from ALLEGRO, 1947....more
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Entire cast in the last scene from ALLEGRO, 1947....more
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A dance from ALLEGRO, 1947....more
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The Cast for ALLEGRO, featuring John Carte, Muriel...more
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Musical Numbers
A Fellow Needs A Girl (Dr. Taylor and Marjorie)
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A Fellow Needs A Girl (Dr. Taylor and Marjorie)
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 1. Overture (Dr. Taylor and Marjorie)
2. Opening (Joseph Taylor, Jr.) (The Ensemble)
3. I Know It Can Happen Again (Grandma)
4. Pudgy Legs (The Ensemble)
5. Dialogue- One Foot, Other Foot (The Ensemble)
6. One Foot, Other Foot (The Ensemble)
7. Children's Dance (The Ensemble)
8. Grandmother's Death (The Ensemble)
9. Winters Go By (Grandma Taylor and the Ensemble)
10. Dialogue- Poor Joe (The Ensemble)
11. Poor Joe (The Ensemble)
12. Diploma (The Ensemble)
13. A Fellow Needs A Girl (Dr. Taylor and Marjorie)
14. Freshman Get Together (The Ensemble)
15. Dream Sequence (The Ensemble)
16. Pas De Deux (The Ensemble)
17. End Of College Dance (Joe and the Ensemble)
18. Wildcats (Joe and the Ensemble)
19. Jennie Reads Letter (Jennie)
20. Scene of Professors (The Ensemble)
21. So Far (Beulah)
22. You Are Never Away (Joe)
23. You Are Never Away (Encore) (Joe and the Ensemble)
24. Dialogue- Poor Joe (Reprise) (Joe and Jennie)
25. Poor Joe (Reprise) (The Ensemble)
26. Marjorie's Death (The Ensemble)
27. What A Lovely Day For A Wedding (Ned and the Ensemble)
28. It May Be A Good Idea (Charlie)
29. Finale Act I (Charlie)
30. Entr'acte (Charlie)
31. Opening Act II (Charlie)
32. Money Isn't Everything (Millie, Dot, Addie, Hazel and Jennie)
33. Dance (Money Isn't Everything) (Millie, Dot, Addie, Hazel and Jennie)
34. Dialogue- Poor Joe (Reprise) (Joe, Jennie, Female Ensemble)
35. Poor Joe (Reprise) (Male Ensemble)
36. Dialogue- You Are Never Away (Reprise) (Joe, Jennie, the Ensemble)
37. A Fellow Needs A Girl (Reprise) (Joe, Dr. Taylor, Marjorie)
38. Yatata (Charlie and the Company)
39. The Gentleman Is A Dope (Emily)
40. Dialogue- Allegro (Charlie, Joe)
41. Allegro (Charlie, Emily, Joe and the Ensemble)
42. Allegro Ballet (Charlie, Emily, Joe and the Ensemble)
43. Come Home (Marjorie and the Ensemble)
44. Finale Ultimo (The Company)
Discography
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Allegro- First Complete Recording
Label: Masterworks Broadway
Release date: January 1, 2009
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Rental Materials
| Rehearsal Set (22 Books, 1 Logo CD) |
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20 Libretto/Vocal Books
| 1 Logo CD
| 2 PIANO VOCAL SCORE
| | | | Orchestration Package (26 Books) |
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1 FULL SCORE - Act I
| 1 FULL SCORE - Act II
| 1 FLUTE (Doubling Piccolo)
| 1 OBOE (English Horn)
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 HORN I
| 1 HORN II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 TRUMPET I
| 1 TRUMPET II
| 1 TRUMPET III
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 1 TUBA
| 1 PERCUSSION (see list below)
| 1 PIANO
| 2 VIOLIN I (Divisi)
| 2 VIOLIN II (Divisi)
| 2 VIOLA
| 1 CELLO
| 1 BASS
| | | | Libretto/Vocal Books 10 pack |
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10 Libretto/Vocal Books
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Writer's Notes
Oscar Hammerstein II, If you are a young physician building up a fashionable practice, is it not important to go to parties given by wealthy patients and to share their social life? When, because of your growing prominence, you are asked to serve on committees for charity drives and to sit on hospital boards, is it not your duty to lend your time and good judgment to these worthy enterprises? Our doctor is not a Faustian figure beset with the lust for power or pleasure. But he is given no warning, no time to think or choose. The assault on his integrity is so subtly veiled that a good chunk of it is nibbled away before he knows what is happening to him. It is a law of our civilization that as soon as a man proves he can contribute to the well-being of the world, there be created an immediate conspiracy to destroy his usefulness, a conspiracy in which he is usually a willing collaborator. Sometimes he awakens to his danger and does something about it. That is the story of ALLEGRO.
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