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Tag Archives: Oklahoma!
The Saturday List: All the Things Oscar Hammerstein II’s Lyrics Are
Today, we celebrate the birthday of musical theatre legend Oscar Hammerstein II. Born into a family who were already notable in theatre history, he would become the most renowned of the Hammerstein clan, not only because of his contributions to musical theatre as a lyricist and librettist but also as a practitioner who pushed the boundaries of what musical theatre could accomplish as an art form. Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Drake, Allegro, Aretha Franklin, Audra McDonald, Brittany Smith, Brooklyn Bridge, Carousel, Carrie Underwood, Cinderella, Craig Urbani, Dorothy Hammerstein, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Presley, Ferenc Molnár, Flower Drum Song, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Green Grow the Lilacs, Gretha Boston, James Michener, Jerome Kern, Jessie Mueller, John Kerr, Josh Groban, Joshua Henry, Liliom, Lonette Mckee, Lynn Riggs, Marcus Mumford, Mary Martin, Michel Bell, Nina Simone, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Patti LaBelle, Paul Robeson, Paulo Szot, Pipe Dream, Rebecca Luker, Renee Fleming, Richard Rodgers, Rose-Marie, Rudolf Friml, Show Boat, SIgmund Romberg, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Desert Song, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Very Warm for May
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The Saturday List: Five Fascinating Facts from the First Tony Awards
Today, 6 April, is the anniversary of the very first Tony Awards ceremony – a mindboggling 77 years ago! Let’s celebrate that event in today’s Saturday List! Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Agnes de Mille, American Theatre Wing, Another Part of the Forest, Antoinette Perry, Ariana DeBose, Arthur Miller, Billy Gilbert, Bloomer Girl, Brian Sullivan, Brigadoon, Broadway, Brock Pemberton, Burns Mantle, Call Me Mister, Carousel, Cyrano de Bergerac, Danny Daniels, David Brooks, David Wayne, Dora Chamberlain, Elia Kazan, Ethel Waters, Finian's Rainbow, Frances McCann, Fredric March, Happy Birthday, Helen Hayes, Howard Keel, If the Shoe Fits, Ingrid Bergman, Ivy Withers, Joan of Lorraine, John Loves Mary, José Ferrer, Jules Leventhal, June Knight, Keith Andes, Kurt Weill, Lee Sullivan, Lucinda Ballard, Mary Hatcher, Meyer Davis, Michael Kidd, Mickey Rooney, Mr and Mrs Ira Katzenberg, Norman Cordon, Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, P. A. MacDonald, Patricia Neal, Robert Shackleton, Street Scene, Sweethearts, Swingin' the Dream, The Chocolate Solider, Tony Awards, Vera Allen, Vincent Sardi Sr, Years Ago
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The Saturday List: Which OG OKLAHOMA! Recordings are More Than Just OK?
To celebrate the anniversary of this Broadway classic’s opening, we are counting down the early cast recordings of the show, from the original Broadway cast album through the film’s soundtrack – just a handful among a myriad of recordings from different productions and studios around the world. Which is your favourite? Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Jay Lerner, Alfred Drake, Betty Jane Watson, Broadway, Celeste Holm, David Morris, Dorothea MacFarland, Eleanor Steber, Frank Sinatra, Frederick Loewe, Gordon MacRae, Green Grow the Lilacs, Howard Da Silva, Howard Keel, James Melton, John Charles Thomas, Kaye Ballard, Lee Cass, Lee Dixon, Lynn Riggs, My Fair Lady, Nelson Eddy, Nelson Riddle, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, Richard Rodgers, Royal National Theatre, Shirley Jones, Theatre Guild, Virginia Haskins, Wilton Clary
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: ACE OF CLUBS – Royal Flush or a Bottom End?
This Friday’s Forgotten Musical takes us back to 1950’s ACE OF CLUBS. Continue reading
The Saturday List: 1946 in Musical Theatre
Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1958 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading
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Tagged 1946, Al Jolson, Annie Get Your Gun, Beggar's Holiday, Bible, Blue Skies, Call Me Mister, Carousel, Cole Porter, Dale Wasserman, Dorothy Fields, Duke Ellington, Eddy Howard and His Orchestra, Ethel Merman, Eva Perón, Evita, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Josh Stenberg, LGBTQIA+, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, Lute Song, Mary Martin, MENSA, Night and Day, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Peter Stone, Pipa ji, Porgy and Bess, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, St Louis Woman, Studies in Musical Theatre, The Jolson Story, To Each His Own, Yeichi Nimura, Yul Brynner
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The Saturday List: Five Bees-Knees Musicals of the 1920s
How’s tricks, everyone? Today’s “Saturday List” takes a look at my top five musicals from the 1920s. Continue reading
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Tagged Bea Arthur, Bertolt Brecht, Bitter Sweet, Clifford Grey, Dearest Enemy, Dorothy Donnelly, Edmund Purdom, Edna Ferber, Fifty Million Frenchmen, Funny Face, George Gershwin, Gertrude Lawrence, Greatrex Newman, Guy Bolton, Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Jo Sullivan, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Mario Lanza, Miles Kreuger, Mr Cinders, National Theatre, Nicholas Brodzsky, No No Nanette, NT Live, Oh Kay!, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Francis Webster, Richard Myers, Rufus Norris, Show Boat, SIgmund Romberg, Simon Stephens, Strike Up the Band, The Desert Song, The Girl Friend, The Musicals Collection, The New Moon, The Student Prince, The Threepenny Opera, Vivian Ellis
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’!
I could show you my favourite obsession…. Well, it isn’t THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. That’s not a forgotten musical. On the other hand, LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’! is, one that is so charming that it would be churlish not to shine the spotlight on it here. Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Laurents, Fiddler on the Roof, George Abbott, Good News, Gypsy, Hugh Martin, Jerome Lawrence, Jerome Robbins, Look Ma I'm Dancin'!, Mame, Meet Me in St Louis, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Robert Edwin Lee, THe Rocky Horror Show, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: 10 Times the Musical Challenged Its Dismissal as a Relevant Art Form
Although many people dismiss the musical as a relevant form of artistic expression, the musical can easily hold its own alongside any form of theatre you might care to mention. So I thought that today, I might put together a Saturday list of just ten times musicals have been completely in step with the world around them. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Andrew Lippa, Betty Comden, Blood Brothers, Camp David, David Kramer, District Six, Dreamgirls, Edward Said, Elliot Norton, Follies, Fun Home, George C. Wolfe, Gone With the Wind, Harvey Milk, Henry Krieger, Idi Amin, James Goldman, James Michener, Jeanine Tesori, Jerome Kern, John Weidman, Kat and the Kings, Leonard Bernstein, Lisa Kron, Michael John LaChiusa, Musical Theatre, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific Overtures, Richard Rodgers, Show Boat, Sono Osato, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, Taliep Petersen, The Wild Party, Tom Eyen, Trevor Nunn, Watergate, Willy Russell
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