| 单词 | Hammerstein |
| 例句 | Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Showboat of 1927 was a turning point in this respect, demonstrating what a well-written, clearly structured musical with a thought-provoking plot could be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Many elements in the 5th Avenue's ambitious, vivacious mounting of "Oklahoma!," the first musical in the timeless canon of Rodgers and lyricist-author Oscar Hammerstein, fit together like a horse and buggy. Provocative 'Oklahoma!' hits 5th Avenue stage 2012-02-11T00:06:04Z It purports to be a paean to the great librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, whose work with the composers Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers revolutionized musical theater. Review: ‘Sincerely, Oscar’ Is Some Embarrassing Evening 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Ballerini’s voice, sweet, strong and clear, is a natural fit for this Rodgers and Hammerstein holiday staple, which provided the title of Mr. Alexander’s debut album last year. The Playlist: 18 Holiday Songs, 1 Surprise Mixtape and a Dark New Nine Inch Nails EP 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z On their second album, “Boom,” the garage-punk band the Sonics led their own “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” with a quote from the Rodgers and Hammerstein tune. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Forget about Rodgers and Hammerstein’s waltz; those magic slippers move to a Latin beat in this Spanish-flavored version of the fairy tale. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Across the country, other productions too are stretching Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s groundbreaking musical in unaccustomed directions. In This ‘Oklahoma!,’ She Loves Her and He Loves Him 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Their imbalance turned an ambitious television rendering of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical into a Noël Coward triangle in which audiences root for the witty, wicked older woman: “The Sound of Money.” Television Review: Carrie Underwood Stars in NBC’s Live ‘Sound of Music’ 2013-12-06T17:45:01Z Apparently you didn’t need to tell a 1950s TV audience that she meant Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers. Arts & Leisure: Touches of Broadway in ?Glee? and ?South Park? 2012-01-22T02:15:42Z Also, Rodgers and Hammerstein were extremely generous and kind and wrote the televised "Cinderella" musical for me. Julie Andrews to be honored in L.A. 2011-05-02T06:06:56Z A film of the 2015 Lincoln Center Theater revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I” is the latest entry in PBS’s “Great Performances” series. What’s on TV Friday: ‘One Child Nation’ and ‘Great Performances’ 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “The King and I,” which won an Oscar for the Rodgers and Hammerstein score with numbers such as “Getting to Know You” and “Shall We Dance,” was Ms. Nixon’s first major Hollywood assignment. Marni Nixon, uncredited star of Hollywood musicals, dies at 86 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z And he concludes the first-act with a beguilingly sincere version of Billy Bigelow’s “Soliloquy,” from another Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, “Carousel.” | 'Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway': ?Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway? at Broadhurst - Review 2011-11-11T03:01:10Z Such a metamorphosis has been realized with scarcely a changed word of Oscar Hammerstein II’s original book and lyrics. Review: A Smashing ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reborn in the Land of Id 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Hammerstein was struggling with these exact issues as he worked on the show. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In the opera house, Washington National Opera will stage new productions of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" in May 2013 and Bellini's "Norma" in March 2013. Kennedy Center plans Nordic arts festival in 2013 2012-03-06T16:52:10Z We all have our essential reference points — and fortunately one of mine, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” is next up at Washington’s Arena Stage. Nostalgia? Yestalgia! Why reviving old shows is exactly what we need right now 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Ted Chapin, the genial president of the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization for three decades, hosted the show. Review: A Side of Richard Rodgers Not Often Seen 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “You were responding to styles,” responded Sondheim, 83, and heir to Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other composers for the stage and screen. Simon and Sondheim Talk Shop at Joint Appearance 2013-12-04T16:57:23Z Nonetheless, the song that accompanies the frenzied audition, “I Hope I Get It,” maps the show’s emotional territory as surely as Rodgers and Hammerstein did three decades earlier with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.” ‘The Secret Life of the American Musical’ — from ‘Gypsy’ to ‘Hamilton’ 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The “Porgy” project was initiated by the Gershwin estate, and “Flower Drum Song” was reworked in coordination with the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z This will be Ms. Mazzie’s first time on Broadway since “Bullets Over Broadway” ended its run in August 2014, and her first time performing a Rodgers and Hammerstein show in New York. Marin Mazzie to Return to Broadway in ‘The King and I’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z It was a group whose youthful energy brought to mind Ms. Graham’s encore the night before: a graceful rendition of “Hello, Young Lovers” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I.” Review: From a Veteran Singer to a Newcomer, a Note of Welcome 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z But trust me when I tell you that its heart is as pure as that of a Rodgers and Hammerstein show. | 'The Book of Mormon' : Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine 2011-03-25T02:30:32Z In those seven decades, “Carmen Jones” went into a sort of obscurity, marked by the very oddity of its essence: it’s Hammerstein without Rodgers, and an opera meant for Broadway. Anika Noni Rose Was Waiting for This Moment 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The Hammersteins, friends of his parents, had more or less adopted him, and that night at the theatre he was utterly transported. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z This just may be, in fact, the finest staging of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in my experience, even taking into account Sher’s own masterly treatment for Lincoln Center Theater of “South Pacific.” For the Tonys, which of the two Broadways will prevail? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Ms. King’s debt to Rodgers and Hammerstein goes unacknowledged. | 'Troubadours': Recalling the Reign of Taylor and King 2011-02-01T23:08:01Z Top musical revivals include an updated “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and a cracking revival of “Pippin” with a circus feel. ‘Kinky Boots’ wins most Tony Awards 2013-06-10T04:09:41Z Mendelssohn's Bach and our Rodgers and Hammerstein reconstructions share a common point: people need time before they are ready to listen with open ears to works that have become "unfashionable". Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z She told the Associated Press in 1988 that she went to Porter’s home to audition for him but picked a Rodgers and Hammerstein song to sing. Patricia Morison, star of Broadway and Hollywood, dies aged 103 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Of the four shows in the category, Posner had been nominated for three — “Kinky Boots, “Pippin” and “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” ‘Kinky Boots’ wins most Tony Awards 2013-06-10T04:09:41Z He composed both music and lyrics: It was his first show after the death in 1960 of Hammerstein. Diahann Carroll, Actress Who Broke Barriers With ‘Julia,’ Dies at 84 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z "Everyone in the business thought we were crazy," says Goodman, who would go on to produce hits like and "In the Heights" and "Rogers + Hammerstein's Cinderella." Pioneering 'Avenue Q' celebrates 10th anniversary 2013-07-29T12:50:32Z De Lappe, who was awarded the Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre in 2007, knew Rodgers and Hammerstein well, she said, even sitting in on musical sessions with Rodgers in London. Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 2013-05-02T15:19:10Z Sting freely admitted to emulating Rodgers and Hammerstein — particularly Rodgers’s yearning, augmented chords — in “The Last Ship.” Sting Frees Himself With the Writing of ‘The Last Ship’ 2013-09-12T12:00:01Z Her icy rendition of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” was a painful reminder that racial prejudice, once thought to be receding, remains a seemingly intractable problem. Review: Betty Buckley Digs Deep for the Autumn in Her Soul 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Bono, too, said he felt humbled following in the footsteps of such iconic songwriters as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin. Kisses, hugs for Taymor as 'Spider-Man' opens 2011-06-15T10:31:12Z Some foreigners think "Edelweiss" - composed for the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein - is Austria's national anthem. Sound of Music comes to Salzburg 2011-11-22T12:01:05Z Mr. Meyers was not starting his late-night monologue, but introducing the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, and that comment pretty much framed the evening. Immigrants Triumph at the Oscars of American Fashion 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z That adaptation set the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic in a kind of community party room, with streamers and banjos and chili at intermission. Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ Sliced, Diced and None Too Pleased 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Hammerstein was also quite familiar with a nonfictional family of physicians: that of Richard Rodgers. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Photograph: Warner Bros His first epiphany came during a high school version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel in the high school auditorium before 1,500 people. Ron Perlman on Pacific Rim: 'It's not like Hellboy' 2013-07-11T15:21:58Z The Historic Everett Theatre will present two special screenings this weekend of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic "The King and I," Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. At A Theater Near You: SIFF, Found Footage Festival, 'Worst in Show' 2011-05-19T19:59:04Z Save the Children celebrated its 100th year with an event at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Sept. 12. Save the Children Turns 100 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “If Oscar Hammerstein had died at age 41, we wouldn’t have had any of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals,” he pointed out. Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Swanky, star-studded galas like Saturday's 26th Carousel of Hope in Beverly Hills and Alicia Keys' annual Black Ball next month at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom are stalwarts in the world of nonprofits. Benefits can flow both ways at celeb charity galas 2012-10-18T14:20:17Z The first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, "Oklahoma!," which debuted in 1943, is often credited with reinventing musical theater — although "Showboat," from 1927, is invariably mentioned in the same sentence. 'Oklahoma!' sweeps audience back to prairie in lush show 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z His opening number, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” is from “Oklahoma!,” the most classic of classic musicals, in which Mr. Jackman starred for the National Theater in London in 1998. Arts & Leisure: How Hugh Jackman?s Two Sides Make Women Swoon 2011-12-08T16:00:00Z Beck ended the main portion of his show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday with the evening’s only true bit of shtick, unspooling a roll of yellow police tape across the length of the stage. Beck Promotes ‘Morning Phase’ at the Hammerstein Ballroom 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The bearded hipster and another blond guy were conscripted for a segment that transplanted Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top" to the German countryside. Taylor Mac offers a glorious sneak peek of his '24-Decade History of Popular Music' at Royce Hall 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z At one point during the show, Sondheim refers with evident emotion to Hammerstein, the lyricist for such classics as "Carousel," "Oklahoma!" and "South Pacific," as "a remarkable fellow." A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z But with a background score of beautiful Rodgers and Hammerstein music, they surely are enjoyable to ponder. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It was, and the crowd at the Hammerstein Ballroom roared as Lee Ving of Fear, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine and others took the stage. Nicks, Fogerty, more perform with Grohl in NYC 2013-02-14T17:16:09Z My two favorite nights were a Rodgers and Hammerstein night and a Lerner and Loewe night. Sharon Gless Admires Eddie Redmayne and L.A.’s Union Station 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Rodgers and Hammerstein injected social consciousness into their musicals in the 1940s, as in the racism theme that pervades “South Pacific.” Ripping tragedies from headlines and making them sing 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z And whatever you do, make sure the bridal couple’s first song is not Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “June is Bustin’ Out All Over.” Social Q?s: Host Without the Most 2012-01-12T21:21:53Z Mr. Sondheim was 11 when he met Hammerstein and his family. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z She also played Lady Thiang in several different City Center productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “The King and I.” Anita Darian, a Singer With an Eclectic Range, Dies at 87 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z I was weaned on the work of, above all, Rodgers and Hammerstein. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Your honey lamb and you have only a few more chances to see Daniel Fish’s radical and immersive reimagining of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. 14 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Other top-nominated shows included the first Broadway revival of the 1970s hit "Pippin," which took 10 nominations, and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella," which received nine nods. Musical 'Kinky Boots' leads Tony nominations with 13 2013-04-30T15:18:54Z Here they play the sole survivors of a devastating flood, who discover a common language in song and dance, prompting routines performed to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim, R.E.M. and Queen. Theater Listings for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-13T18:23:32Z Morison, who never married, lived in a Los Angeles apartment with a piano upon which there were signed photographs of Porter and Oscar Hammerstein II. Patricia Morison, star of Broadway and Hollywood, dies aged 103 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z It was a different time, in 1927, but Hammerstein still meant to shock. 'Show Boat' keeps rollin' along fine style in San Francisco 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “The music came through,” Hammerstein recalled in a souvenir program for “Carmen Jones” on Broadway. ‘Carmen Jones’ Is Back, and Its Director Knows What You’re Thinking 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But there's a lot more going on in the Sooner State than Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals would lead you to believe. America's Most Affordable Cities 2010-10-28T20:55:00Z I know we both attended the same performance of Daniel Fish’s exciting interpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!,” which opened on Sunday night at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. Review: There’s a Dark, Golden Haze in This Reclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “Allegro” was in part a cri de coeur from Hammerstein, who was starting to find his vast success a cramping burden. ‘Allegro,’ a Rarely Staged Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Were you left feeling chafed by those harsh, hot winds sweeping through this season’s revisionist, Tony-nominated production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” Review: A Con Man Without a Sting in ‘High Button Shoes’ 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Jud is the bad guy in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” — the farmhand who makes Laurey, the heroine, feel threatened in her own home. Toxic Men Get All the Attention. But Not in These Plays. 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z He performs two acoustic sets at Carnegie Hall, and will return on Nov. 22 and 23 for two shows at Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Nov. 14-20 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Don’t expect a reverent production of a musty classic when this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical hits the stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse 75 years after it opened on Broadway. 72 Plays and Musicals to See This Fall and Beyond 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z In 2007 she played Carmen Jones, the Oscar Hammerstein musical based on Bizet's opera, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. From Soweto song to Porgy and Bess 2012-07-16T10:23:45Z Big musicals have been rolling in on Washington’s large stages all month — “Oliver!” at Arena Stage; “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” at the National Theatre; “Guys and Dolls” at the Olney Theatre Center — and wait! Shakespeare Theatre throws a musical punch with ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The 1965 film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical was the first film to bump Gone With the Wind from the enviable top-grossing-film-of-all-time spot. Which is the Better Best Picture, Gone With the Wind or Sound of Music? 2012-02-08T13:59:50Z A powerful rethink of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that starts in sunshine and ends in blood. 30 Minutes Before Curtain: Hugs, Prayers, Laughter and Noise 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Plots about kids, teenagers and adult children are center stage in the four best musical nominees, as well as in three of the picks for best musical revival: “Annie,” “Pippin” and “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations 2013-04-30T22:20:57Z One of the most moving sections of the show is Sondheim's salute to Oscar Hammerstein II. A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z And so here they are in 1942, Hammerstein weighed down by a string of failures, and Rodgers at the end of his collaboration with the brilliant but dangerously unreliable Lorenz Hart. How Rodgers and Hammerstein Created Modern Musical Theater 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z “Rodgers and Hammerstein were incredibly progressive and were being brave and innovative for their time,” he said. 2 Tony Winners Try to Upend Rodgers and Hammerstein 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The events, in such diverse venues as Barcade, the 92nd Street Y and the Hammerstein Ballroom, will lead up to and coincide with New York Comic Con, which this year runs Oct. 9-12. New York Comic Con Branching Out From Javits Center 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The Rodgers and Hammerstein version of the drudge-to-princess tale, with songs such as "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" and "Impossible." 17 top Seattle entertainment picks for Dec. 4-10 2011-12-01T00:44:04Z Rodgers and Hammerstein transcended that template but only so far. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The roundelay of Broadway revivals comes around again to this Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical, directed by Jack O’Brien and choreographed by Justin Peck. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Something Wonderful,” by Todd S. Purdum — the story of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s working relationship. Sophie Hannah: By the Book 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The set list seems to stay on fairly familiar terrain — Rodgers and Hammerstein, some “Bridges of Madison County,” some “Evening Primrose” — but frankly, this sounds just about right. Theater to Stream: Cabaret Lives Online and Zombies Walk the Stage 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z He grew up loving the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein and knowing “South Pacific” practically by heart. Andrew Lloyd Webber: Lord, Baron, Rocker 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z In Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1965 blockbuster movie musical, Parker is the one of the few performers who doesn’t get to sing — though she had a firm soprano with perfect pitch. Eleanor Parker: More Than Just the Sound of Music Baroness 2013-12-11T03:11:54Z His contribution to the effort is offering a bit of Bach, Handel and even a little Rodgers & Hammerstein to the public as they shuffle through the nave to get their shots. Organists offer soundtrack to jabs at medieval UK cathedral 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Fish’s production arrives at a moment when the Rodgers and Hammerstein canon seems to be sailing into the future with fresh wind at its back. ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reimagined at Bard College’s SummerScape Festival 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Then again, maybe he is: Post-Rodgers and Hammerstein, no one else’s catalogue is quite as ingenious, or is generating the same kind of sustained scrutiny and attention. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Mr. Quinton was especially adept at playing women, including the nasty stepmother in “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” which toured the country early in this century. Everett Quinton, a Force in Downtown Theater, Dies at 71 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Would you be interested in slipping one on and joining Mr. Mac for a romp through the bucolic German countryside to the jaunty tune of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “The Surrey With the Fringe on Top”? Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It has been continuously in print longer than any U.S. album except for the original-cast recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 Broadway musical Oklahoma! Bing Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Crosby 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The waltz from “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’ ” now has the lyric, “Five decades ago I saw you, as a special on network TV.” Theater Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!,’ a Satiric Revue 2014-05-06T20:42:24Z Ms. Salonga is the vocal personification of what might be called the Broadway and Hollywood international style, which embraces Disney songs, Rodgers and Hammerstein ballads and the anthems of Schönberg and Boublil. Music Review | Lea Salonga: Disney and ?Miss Saigon? at Caf? Carlyle 2010-03-15T06:09:00Z There is always a Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook on the coffee table and impromptu games of musical theater “Jeopardy.” Review | Actress Alexandra Silber reflects on loss and solace in ‘White Hot Grief Parade’ 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Whereas for me, few of those Rodgers and Hammerstein films, apart from “Sound of Music,” actually work. Into the woods of musicals’ sounds: Two critics on what sings on stage and screen 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z More than any of the great golden-age musicals, for which Rodgers and Hammerstein forged the template with “Oklahoma!,” Review: ‘The King and I,’ Back on Broadway 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Sondheim rode to Broadway on the coattails of Bernstein and Styne with tutelage from Hammerstein. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z One musical number stood out: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1945 showstopper “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” which got a loud response from the live audience even though Ms. Yearwood’s voice wasn’t nearly big enough for it. ‘The Passion’: Jesus’ Final Hours as Halftime Show 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z An inert production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” on Saturday afternoon was followed by a lithe performance of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” that evening, and Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos” was cozy and charming on Monday. ‘An American Tragedy’ and More at Glimmerglass 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z After the final bow, guests repaired to the Hammerstein Ballroom for a vaguely Frenchified après-fête with charcuterie, chocolate éclairs and beignets served hanging from a parasol. Anna Wintour Removed Her Sunglasses for This 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Oscar Hammerstein’s adaptation of Bizet’s opera may be set in a parachute factory, but don’t expect too many happy landings. 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z In a less successful moment, she gave an improvisatory monologue about Rodgers and Hammerstein, prompted by a performance of “This Can’t Be Love.” Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z However, as Alice Hammerstein Mathias, Hammerstein’s daughter, recently told me, neither the character of Joseph Taylor Jr. nor that of his father was based on anyone specific. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The score boasts a diverse palette, incorporating gramophone music from the '20s, Scottish folk and island sounds invoking both Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" and Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Michael John LaChiusa's musical 'Rain' is just too outdated to remain relevant 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The affinities in the lyrics include the songs of Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, and the musical styles of the period get a dutiful workout. A London Musical With Energy to Burn, and Two Without It 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z That directly inspired the 1959 Broadway show, which replaced the Austrian folk songs of the film with Rodgers and Hammerstein numbers. The best English-language remakes – ranked! 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z However, Berlin's sentiments, his view of the world, I find banal; I don't love his songs the way I do some of Hammerstein's and a lot of Porter's. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z In the Broadway “Cinderella” project the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization hopes for a new, revenue-generating hit to add to the songwriters’ catalog decades after their deaths. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z Other festival highlights this year include an evening devoted to the music of Stephen Sondheim, which the composer will attend; and a concert of the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein with excerpts from Carousel, Oklahoma!, Proms to hold two Last Nights 2010-04-22T12:42:00Z The organization that represents the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II recently authorized a stage version of the duo’s TV musical “Cinderella,” which is aiming for Broadway next season. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z Tuesday night, Odd Future celebrated that album’s release with a show at the Hammerstein Ballroom, and piecing together that something was afoot wasn’t hard. ArtsBeat: Earl Sweatshirt Returns With Odd Future at the Hammerstein Ballroom 2012-03-21T09:30:35Z Jack O’Brien’s conspicuously traditional staging is deeply respectful of what is probably the most beloved of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. Review | Touring ‘Sound of Music’ is as fundamental as do-re-mi 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein had nuns in “The Sound of Music” sing of Martin’s character as “a moonbeam,” “a wave upon the sand.” Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Many Americans know “You’ll Never Walk Alone” as the emotional peak of Act II in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel.” ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z In the 48 years since the Rodgers and Hammerstein smash, no woman has had her name at the top of the year’s most popular movie. 2013 Wrapup: Jennifer Lawrence’s Silver Linings Yearbook 2014-01-17T23:08:03Z It’s widely acknowledged to be the most operatic of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s works: richly scored and vocally demanding. Opinion | Opera and Broadway have a fruitful relationship. If only opera fans understood it. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Hundreds of light bulbs suspended from the ceiling like so many falling stars dangled over the stage of the Hammerstein Ballroom as the Marc Jacobs show brought the New York fashion season to an end. Marc Jacobs’s Glitterati 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years ago, ABC aired a remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” — and this week ABC is hosting a reunion. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Katrina Babies’ and the MTV Video Music Awards 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The Italian artist Paolo Ventura was so unfamiliar with Rodgers and Hammerstein before he was asked to design a set for “Carousel” that he sometimes referred to them as Hammerstein and Rodgers. Paolo Ventura Designs a ‘Carousel’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Durant, of Lowell, Mass., spent three months tethered to her couch, knitting 13 of the 47 sweaters featured in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, now at the Imperial Theater on Broadway. A Good Yarn About Those ‘Carousel’ Costumes 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z "In the 1940s and '50s, songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein were rooted in European operetta," says Reineke by phone from Detroit. 'Broadway Rocks' pairs Seattle Symphony with hits from the New York stage 2010-07-08T20:42:00Z It was like a gift to have their friends around: Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rogers and Max Eastman. Carly and Lucy Simon on Music, Fame, Sibling Rivalry and, Yes, James Taylor 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z It may not be the mainstream force it was when Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Rodgers & Hammerstein were household names. Tonys Wrap: 'Hamilton' Falls Short of Equalling Record 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z No one was humming Rodgers and Hammerstein in the school hallways or quoting lines from Stephen Sondheim at each other or saving yellow-framed playbills, at least that they admitted to. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The wind will whistle down Broadway for just a few more performances as Daniel Fish’s audacious version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic comes to a close. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Aug. 23 marked the 50th anniversary of Hammerstein’s death. Review: Playing Sondheim in the Woods 2010-08-24T16:00:00Z On Sunday, more than 2,300 of them packed the 2,200-seat Hammerstein Ballroom for the first of two evening services, after which was to come a musical production. Hillsong Unites Believers and Those Old Agnostics John, Paul, George and Ringo 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Musically, this imperial style reached its apogee in the songs of Lerner and Loewe and Rodgers and Hammerstein, who half a century ago defined a muscular, Americanized offshoot of operetta. Music Review: ?Best of Lerner and Loewe,? at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-20T22:14:00Z He points to Hammerstein's lyrics, which at their best illustrate how something ordinary on the page can be transformed in performance. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z Oscar Hammerstein always wore a baseball cap during winter storms, as he hated when snowflakes stayed on his nose and eyelashes. Style Invitational Week 1364: Clue us in — a reverse crossword 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The birth-control pill, which helped propel the second wave of feminism, and rock ’n’ roll’s hedonistic ethic and amplification both undermined Hammerstein’s patriarchal sentimentality and toughened the sound of pop. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z The Rodgers and Hammerstein show, directed by Gene Kelly, ran on Broadway from 1958-60. ‘Flower Drum Song’ author C.Y. Lee dead at 102 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Her death was announced by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. Joan Roberts, Heroine of Original ‘Oklahoma!,’ Dies at 95 2012-08-16T03:15:26Z Commissioned by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the League of Composers, the opera was intended for television. Copeland’s ‘The Tender Land’ Is Revived by Chelsea Opera 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z “It has one of the great scores of all time,” said Theodore S. Chapin, the former president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, “but the plot starts to go haywire.” ‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The production is the first of five classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals that the Lyric is staging as part of its American Musical Theater Initiative. Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 2013-05-02T15:19:10Z In earlier Rodgers and Hammerstein titles, the conflict of “Oklahoma!” was a range war of farmers and cowmen, “Carousel” was about class, and “South Pacific” was about race. Is 'Hamilton' the top Broadway musical of all time? Not necessarily, this expert says 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z An 18th century British woman takes a job as governess for the children of the king of Siam in this Rodgers & Hammerstein favorite. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In Bartlett Sher’s rejuvenating revival of a Rodgers and Hammerstein war horse, Ms. O’Hara endowed her part with an exquisite emotional delicacy and fluency. How to Keep a Musical Great: Call Heather Headley and Marin Mazzie 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Writing about a 1954 revival, the New York Times critic Brooks Atkinson called it “the most glorious of the Rodgers and Hammerstein works.” A ‘Carousel’ Revival Promises Stars, Onstage and Off 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z So O'Brien and the Rodgers & Hammerstein executor RNH are looking to pull off a tricky feat: preserve what people already like while challenging them to think of the show anew. How do you solve a problem like updating 'Sound of Music'? Director is on the case 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Another lesson I learned from Oscar Hammerstein is, if it holds up the story, out. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The first of act of “Back on Broadway” ends with Mr. Jackman embodying another, similar Rodgers and Hammerstein figure, singing the “Soliloquy” of Billy Bigelow, the burly carnival barker from “Carousel.” Arts & Leisure: How Hugh Jackman?s Two Sides Make Women Swoon 2011-12-08T16:00:00Z The whole thing is more Roger Waters than Rodgers and Hammerstein. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Top musical revivals include an updated "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" and a cracking revival of "Pippin" with a circus feel. Tony Awards will star cross dressing and Tom Hanks 2013-06-09T13:40:15Z He juggles three bands: Tool, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, the one he brought to Hammerstein Ballroom on Wednesday night. Music Review: A Desolate Croon That Seethes and Hints at a Band?s Next Phase 2011-07-15T22:44:06Z The ninth annual event takes place at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. Alicia Keys' nonprofit to honor Oprah Winfrey 2012-07-10T17:11:09Z We wanted to read through it -- because Rodgers & Hammerstein can be involving. Kelli O'Hara talks 'Merry Widow,' 'Peter Pan Live' and 'King and I' 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II composed a stunning up-tempo duet for Anna and the King of Siam that distilled the musical’s romance down to a dizzying ballroom polka. Perspective | Play It Again | These songs from musicals changed my life. Now they can sustain me. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z But tensions arose and the writing team hailed as the new Rodgers and Hammerstein split up. Fiddler's 50-year stage appeal 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The tour will be led by the lyricist’s grandson, Will Hammerstein. Hammerstein Festival Seeks to Inspire Great Lyrics 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Hammerstein, whose later Broadway collaboration with Richard Rodgers would produce America’s midcentury secular liturgy in hymns like “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” often said, “I can’t write a song without hope in it.” The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z "My short answer to the question as to why work with other people is Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Woodward and Bernstein, Lennon and McCartney and it goes on," he says. James Patterson: a life in writing 2013-05-11T08:02:02Z But think of the Rodgers and Hammerstein canon: “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel” are adapted from plays, and “South Pacific” from a novel. ArtsBeat: Brantley, Isherwood Answer Readers’ Questions About the Theater Season 2013-05-02T17:29:09Z One of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s biggest innovations in “Oklahoma!,” their first collaboration, was the seamless weaving of words, action, music and dance. ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reimagined at Bard College’s SummerScape Festival 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Andrews, 81, was a child actor, starting on the West End stage, and already a Broadway star by the time she appeared as the singing governess in the Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical. Why I love… Julie Andrews 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Featuring songs like “Do-Re-Mi,” ”My Favorite Things” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” the musical would be the last collaboration for renowned writing team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Former Indiana move theater remodeled for stage 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z The show came to Sondheim at 25 after meeting Laurents at the theatre, and he was convinced by his great mentor and friend Oscar Hammerstein II to take on the task. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z But what puts “The Most Happy Fella” in the pantheon of great midcentury American musicals — right up there with the best of Rodgers and Hammerstein — is its sweeping, seamless and intricately layered score. Theater Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella’ Is Revived at City Center 2014-04-03T23:17:30Z I don't really like Rodgers and Hammerstein, but 's a great musical and the MC is such an amazing character: he's strong, he's dirty, he's vulnerable, he's persecuted. 'Where I'm where I've always wanted to be' 2012-06-16T23:05:17Z The poignant Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Carousel” will be seen in a fresh mounting by 5th Avenue associate artistic director Bill Berry, with dances by Donald Byrd, the controversial head of Seattle’s Spectrum Dance Theatre. ‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Carousel’ in 5th Ave’s 2014-15 lineup 2014-02-21T20:45:26Z Rodgers and Hammerstein are as embedded in the show’s DNA as Grandmaster Flash. 'Hamilton' brings its tale of American idealism to L.A. at a moment when it's needed 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical version of the classic fairy tale was made for television, reportedly hauling in an audience of more than 100 million when it was done in 1957 with Julie Andrews. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z With Rodgers providing a restrained but insistently beautiful melody, and Hammerstein supplying lyrics of a matching heartfelt simplicity, the song doesn’t just tug at the old heartstrings but also ties them in knots. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z In discussions Fish had with the Rodgers & Hammerstein foundation, the trustees asked that Jud’s death not be presented as a cold-blooded murder. An “Oklahoma!” for Today 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z You see a straight line in operetta in to Jerome Kern and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Can this man save the Pasadena Playhouse? 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Rodgers, Hammerstein, and the Organ California Philharmonic is joined by guest vocalists for classic show tunes, and organist Phillip Smith is featured on works by Saint-Saens and Richard Strauss. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, July 9-16: The LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl and more 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II — with an assist from Douglas Carter Beane — return to Broadway in January with "Cinderella." Big-name actors, writers take the stage for new Broadway season 2012-08-30T18:37:04Z The King and I Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical about a British woman hired as a tutor for the children of the king of Siam. L.A. theater openings, May 17-24: 'Andre & Dorine' and more 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Her renditions of Sondheim’s “In Buddy’s Eyes” and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “This Nearly Was Mine” are as complexly probing as any love poem. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z That was the original title of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that opened in New Haven in 1943. Writers on the Titles They Didn’t Use 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Ms. O’Hara can sing a Rodgers and Hammerstein number as if she were talking to you, while still bringing exquisite sound to her phrases. Review: Kelli O’Hara’s Operatic Turn in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z I could feel that climactic moment — the one brazen interpolation into Hammerstein’s book — alienating audience members who otherwise might have found themselves fruitfully rethinking “Oklahoma!” because they hadn’t been forced to. Review: ‘Oklahoma!’ Preserves a Classic While Adding Punch 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z But the show's deficiencies — a seriousness unleavened with sufficient humor, Hammerstein's sentimental lyrics — have more or less benched the musical. Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The most distinctive aspect of Purdum’s portrait is his attention to the oddly distant relations between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, despite the united front they presented to the world. Review | The secret to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s remarkable partnership 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z But it took till 2013 to get Rodgers & Hammerstein's television sensation to Broadway. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Probably your first cultural experience with the state was the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that bears its name. Is Hollywood Doing Fine With Oklahoma? 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z I’m only faintly aware of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s original composition, having never seen “The Sound of Music.” A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Jerome Kern, who practically invented the 20th century pop ballad, provided the churning, majestic melody to Oscar Hammerstein II’s lyrics. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Former New York City Ballet star Justin Peck, for example, was recruited to bring a fresh look to the dancing in 2018’s Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” Without Michael Bennett’s choreography, is it still ‘A Chorus Line’? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Along with three-dimensional images on the walls of Hammerstein Ballroom, “Cosmic Opera” is reported to have a story with actors, dancers, acrobats and opera singers. The Week Ahead: Feb. 19 ? 25 2012-02-17T15:52:59Z “Allegro” ran for a respectable 315 performances, but both Rodgers and Hammerstein were displeased, blaming themselves for not connecting effectively with the audience. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z An 18th century British woman takes a job as governess for the children of the king of Siam in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic. Broadway in L.A.: Which touring musicals are coming to Southern California? 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z His last show, a Tony winner brought to the stage by multiple producers, was the 2019 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma.” Roger Berlind, Tony-winning Broadway producer, dies at 90 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Hammerstein’s book is a little rich in cornball humor, and the musical’s plot has a few too many tentacles. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z Like Hammerstein, he was an optimist and a romantic. Review: A Side of Richard Rodgers Not Often Seen 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” is playing at the Broadway Theater. Opera Review: ‘Cendrillon,’ From Massenet, Is Playing at Juilliard 2014-04-24T22:40:30Z Broadway’s alleys echoed with the work of other duos: Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, Lerner and Loewe. A Playwright and a Songwriter, Finding the Right Words 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Taught by no less a genius than Oscar Hammerstein, Sondheim pushed the musical into a darker, richer and more intellectual place. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In this revue’s videotaped interviews, Mr. Sondheim goes out of his way to praise Hammerstein for teaching him the craft of writing lyrics. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Legend has it that the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate snuffed out the production, but Bogart clarified that it simply denied an extension. Anne Bogart Is Not Entirely Retiring 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Jones doesn’t crack the slightest of smiles as she sings one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s daintiest tunes, “Many a New Day”: Two Broadway Shows Dismantle the American Myth 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Recreating these scores has taken months, even with the reasonably well-preserved material for one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most famous soundtracks, The Sound of Music. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z In “Flower Drum Song,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about clashing traditional Chinese and American cultures in San Francisco, Mr. Shigeta sang several numbers, including “You Are Beautiful.” James Shigeta, an actor mindful of his Asian American roles, dies at 85 Mr. Prince said the two met at the opening of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” in 1949, according to the book. ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and More: Hal Prince’s Hits Transformed Broadway 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z His dances for the new revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel,” at the Imperial Theater on Broadway, are yet another feather in his cap. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Oklahoma!, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers. Review | A radical new Broadway ‘Oklahoma!’ says it’s not such a beautiful mornin’ in America 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The song, “Western People Funny,” has been restored to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s heavenly score for the occasion by director Bartlett Sher. Review | Who ever wrote swoonier ballads than Rodgers and Hammerstein? 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Does “People Will Say We’re in Love,” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical “Oklahoma,” have anything to, well, say to Lou Harrison’s shimmering Six Sonatas for Cembalo, completed the same year? Broadway Meets the Avant-Garde in a Juilliard Music Festival 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Do not dare to call it Rodgers & Hammerstein or Lerner & Lowe. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z And she knew Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen,” the source material for Oscar Hammerstein’s adaptation, too. Anika Noni Rose Was Waiting for This Moment 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It was an indifferent year for musicals in London, until the arrival from New York of a much-lauded revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 “Oklahoma!” The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z In a city that loves Rodgers and Hammerstein, this account of the pioneering 1943 show about frontier folk generated advance curiosity for the casting of Mr. Fairchild as the lanky young cowpoke, Will Parker. A Mexican-Style ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Now Hammerstein plans to open The Box in 's old Raymond Revue Bar, once Soho's legendary home of sleazy entertainment. New York's most risque cabaret to open in London 2011-01-28T19:52:04Z Satirical show sends up the styles of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, et al. L.A. theater openings, July 26-Aug. 1: 'Apocalyptic Exodus Scenarios' and more 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z On the chorus to “Build God, Then We’ll Talk,” the band parodies the melody and lyrics to “My Favorite Things” from the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music.” Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Both Rodgers and Hammerstein knew all about those. Review | The secret to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s remarkable partnership 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Over coffee soon after, they set a mutual goal to be the next Rodgers and Hammerstein. ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and More: Hal Prince’s Hits Transformed Broadway 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z She went to Rodgers and Hammerstein casting calls for about a year before Richard Rodgers selected her for the “Carousel” chorus. Iva Withers, a Standby to the Rescue on Broadway, Dies at 97 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z For Rodgers and Hammerstein, Ms. Rich helped score a memorable coup with “The King and I,” which opened on Broadway in 1951. 2010-01-12T06:45:00Z Asked by Mr. Hammerstein to audition for “Oklahoma!,” Joan Roberts, Heroine of Original ‘Oklahoma!,’ Dies at 95 2012-08-16T03:15:26Z The first of the coming productions to arrive on Broadway will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” which begins performances Feb. 28 and opens April 12. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z At the Hammerstein Ballroom the rapper performed more than a dozen songs at an event for the watch brand G-Shock, including the hits "Lose Yourself," "Love the Way You Lie" and "The Real Slim Shady." Eminem to fans: Thanks for help in dark times 2012-08-10T08:31:06Z Mr. Prince and Mr. Sondheim, whose mentor was Oscar Hammerstein, met in 1949 at the Broadway opening of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific,” and their friendship and aspirations ran parallel throughout the 1950s. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z To put it succinctly, a necessity for the form: If Rodgers and Hammerstein, why not Nichols and May? On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In fact the lineage between Rodgers and Hammerstein, for instance, and what I’ve grown up in is very powerful. An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The Broadway heyday of Molnar, a Hungarian playwright, stretched from the 1920s to the ’40s, when Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted “Carousel” from his drama “Liliom,” about a brutish barker at a Budapest amusement park. Review: ‘Fashions for Men,’ a Revival at the Mint Theater 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Until the rousing title song of “Oklahoma!” was written, she said, even that seminal Rodgers and Hammerstein show had a different title, “Away We Go!” Review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened,’ Insights into What Made the Musicals Sing 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Ahead of the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” in March, Tony-winning director Jack O’Brien and choreographer Justin Peck chat about their fresh approach to the influential musical at the Guggenheim’s show-and-tell series. Dance in NYC This Week 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z My influences were going from Kurt Weill to Gilbert and Sullivan to early Rodgers and Hammerstein. Danny Elfman on How 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Endured 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Touring production of the Tony-winning Broadway revival of this classic musical. L.A. theater openings, March 15-22: 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' and more 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z When she was twelve, “Oklahoma!,” her father’s first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein, opened; “Carousel,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I,” “The Sound of Music,” and others soon followed. Beyond 'Freaky Friday': An Appreciation of Mary Rodgers 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z But in truth, “Allegro” is at heart more conventional than Rodgers and Hammerstein’s earlier works, with their striations of moral and sexual complexity. ‘Allegro,’ a Rarely Staged Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The musical’s composers, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote the song “Edelweiss” for Mr. Bikel, already a renowned folk singer. Theodore Bikel, singer, activist and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 91 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But Mr. Hammerstein soon realized that her lyric soprano was better suited for the demure Laurey, a role for which Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin were reported to have been considered. Joan Roberts, Heroine of Original ‘Oklahoma!,’ Dies at 95 2012-08-16T03:15:26Z With lyrics by Ogden Nash, “Venus” stems from the days before Rodgers and Hammerstein sentimentalism took over, when musicals truly scintillated verbally. Music Review: Kurt Weill Festival: One Man, Many Different Beats 2011-03-08T13:00:06Z On Sunday, that show will celebrate its 30th anniversary at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan, with performances at 9:30 p.m. and midnight. Velcro or Snaps? The ABC’s of Stripping for a Cause 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The lovely, creamy-voiced Kelli O’Hara continues her march through the Rogers & Hammerstein songbook, starring in a revival of the team’s beloved 1951 show about a British schoolteacher and the King of Siam. Broadway’s Second Season: 10 Shows to Watch For 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z I’ll never forget hearing Renata Tebaldi in concert with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra singing “If I Loved You,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein song. music: Ren?e Fleming?s Crossover to Rock, ?Dark Hope? 2010-05-28T14:47:00Z This was serious stuff: full orchestra, and voice students who worked on Britten and Schubert when they weren’t singing Rodgers and Hammerstein. Perspective | Show tunes on the summer breeze 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Hammerstein's signature imagery features birds and their activities. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z On the Thursday evening beforehand, however, Ms. Grossan was seated at a table in the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Libera Awards — a ceremony honoring the indie music community — and heard Mr. Ayers’s name announced. Cemetery Was the Right Vibe for a Glamour Goth Wedding 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z During the show, LuPone and Patinkin usually sing some songs by Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern and Andrew Lloyd Webber and present scenes from classic shows like "South Pacific" and "Carousel." Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin heading to Broadway 2011-08-02T04:31:06Z Rodgers, Hammerstein and DeMille would often check up on productions of "Oklahoma!" to see if directors were departing too far from the original show, de Lappe said. Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 2013-05-02T15:19:10Z Renée Fleming, one of opera’s biggest stars, is on Broadway, appearing in previews of an eagerly anticipated revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” that will open next month. An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z His mother subsequently bought a home nearby, and Stephen was so often at the Hammersteins’ that he was thought of as a family member. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The Broadway revival of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel” will close on September 16 after a surprisingly short six-month run. ‘Carousel’ Will Close on Broadway in September 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z And his use of the Fleet Foxes and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Hello, Young Lovers" on the soundtrack merely underlines the film's sentimental tone. 'Jack Goes Boating': Philip Seymour Hoffman steers sentimental relationship flick 2010-09-23T20:20:00Z But the story's natural enchantment is greatly enhanced by the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II, who wrote the original book. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Throughout it, they stuck for the most part with the music of classic composers like Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other giants of Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Eydie Gorme, Popular Nightclub and TV Singer, Dies at 84 2013-08-10T23:48:41Z The awards, which honor both Broadway and off-Broadway productions, were presented during a ceremony hosted by Harvey Fierstein at the Hammerstein Ballroom. 'Book of Mormon' wins big at Drama Desk Awards 2011-05-24T04:09:09Z But in the gospel according to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, you’ll get through whatever hardship lies in your path if you face it head-on, in optimistic fellowship. A ride on a ‘Carousel’ is just the ticket right now 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Producers on Friday said the annual awards show will be televised for the first time nationally, the ceremony will be moved to the more spacious Hammerstein Ballroom and Harvey Fierstein will be the host. This year's Drama Desk Awards to be seen on cable 2011-02-26T00:15:13Z The lyrics have very deliberate shout-outs to Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z When I find myself in times of trouble, Rodgers and Hammerstein come to me. Nostalgia? Yestalgia! Why reviving old shows is exactly what we need right now 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “What separates us from others is that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the soundtrack to our story.” Maria’s von Trapp’s Grandson on New Sound of Music: Don’t Freak Out, Movie Fans 2013-12-05T17:03:27Z And of course this darkest of the major musicals by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II fits quite snugly into even the most doom-ridden opera season. Review: ‘Carousel,’ a Broadway Turn at Lyric Opera of Chicago 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z FRI Karaoke version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, audience members encouraged to wear costumes, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-12-31T22:09:53Z Hammerstein believed every word he wrote — including the raindrops, the blossoms and the larks learning to pray. Review: ‘Sincerely, Oscar’ Is Some Embarrassing Evening 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization, which holds the rights to that songwriting duo’s catalog, is famously persnickety. A Band Updates Some of Its Favorite Things 2011-01-28T23:16:01Z "The King and I": The suburban Marriott in Lincolnshire has the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical “The King and I” for New Year's Eve, directed by Nick Bowling. Save the Seats 2014: We've got your ticket for New Year's Eve 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z This year’s production, the sixth on Broadway, is being overseen by Bartlett Sher, the director whose stagings of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classics “South Pacific” and “The King and I” each won Tony Awards. Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Busier Than Ever at 91 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Hammerstein later recalled, of the audience’s reaction, “The glow was like the light from a thousand lanterns. You could feel the glow.” An “Oklahoma!” for Today 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Oh, what a beautiful day,’” said Sondheim, quoting from the Rodgers and Hammerstein standard from “Oklahoma.” Simon and Sondheim Talk Shop at Joint Appearance 2013-12-04T16:57:23Z Her “mini-musicals” often featured production numbers that celebrated Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. Carol Burnett relives show’s comedic genius with ‘In Such Good Company’ 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Unless you happen to be a marine biologist, “Pipe Dream” is probably not your favorite Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z One police van escorted Combs from the Hammerstein Ballroom to just near the entrance for the Lincoln Tunnel. NYC checks into report of NYPD escort for P. Diddy 2011-04-26T23:19:08Z "You were responding to styles," responded Sondheim, 83, and heir to Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other composers for the stage and screen. Simon and Sondheim talk shop at joint appearance 2013-12-04T18:31:26Z Fish’s revival strips the mid-century pluck from the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic to reveal what was twisted and erotic at its core. Two Broadway Shows Dismantle the American Myth 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z So, one wonders, what is this gentlemanly actor doing playing Billy Bigelow, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical ruffian? Can a good guy playing a bad boy finish first? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z His competitive relationship with the past, a kind of serial patricide, culminated with the “murder” of his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z He hid liquor; he had one-night stands; he composed alone, while Hammerstein wrote alone, at his farm in Pennsylvania. Beyond 'Freaky Friday': An Appreciation of Mary Rodgers 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Q. Now that you’ve discovered “Carousel” are you interested in learning more about Rodgers and Hammerstein? Paolo Ventura Designs a ‘Carousel’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The musical, by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, depicts a love triangle set on a farm in Indian Territory in 1906, just before Oklahoma became part of the United States. A Dark ‘Oklahoma!’ and a Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ to Close in January 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z On Feb. 8 at 7:45 p.m., after the spectacularly weird and amazing Moncler Grenoble presentation at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan, fashion editors and fashion show attendees were in a panic. Noted: Taxi! For the New York Fashion Week Crowd, Uber Is the Way to Go 2014-02-14T20:01:52Z When she first auditioned for Rodgers and Hammerstein in New York, she recalled, she was barely 18 and didn’t know who they were. Music Review: Dream Girl of Musicals Dreams On 2011-03-16T21:57:22Z In fact Molnar, the Hungarian playwright and novelist, is rarely performed today, and is probably best known for writing “Liliom,” the play that Rodgers and Hammerstein transformed into “Carousel.” | July 11-17 : July 18 ? 24 2010-07-16T15:05:00Z On May 21, Chapin stepped down as president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. For 40 Years, He Climbed Ev’ry Mountain for Rodgers & Hammerstein 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z “The Book of Mormon,” the year’s biggest hit, is on one level as cheerful and predictable an organic musical as anything Rodgers and Hammerstein might have come up with. Traditional Theater, Sometimes With Stealth Bombs 2011-12-17T01:47:24Z But Mr. Mortier also advocated field trips elsewhere in Manhattan, like the Apollo Theater and the Hammerstein Ballroom. City Opera Departure Brings Questions 2011-05-23T22:17:06Z Jack remembers "My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, A Chorus Line, most of Rogers and Hammerstein" as "among my favourite nights in the theatre ever". Blood, sweat and tears can still produce great musicals | Response 2010-03-30T23:05:00Z When “Oklahoma!” became an incredible success in 1943, and “Carousel” in 1945, Rodgers and Hammerstein decided to produce their own Broadway shows going forward, then the tours, then even the London productions. For 40 Years, He Climbed Ev’ry Mountain for Rodgers & Hammerstein 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Many times at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday night she took a pause, howled a few lines in a manner that would have impressed even Meat Loaf, then took another pause, needing to refocus. Music Review: Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart Play Hammerstein 2010-08-04T21:37:00Z Most venerable of the lot is 1936's "Show Boat," based on the Jerome Kern – Oscar Hammerstein II show, which features the unforgettable sight and sound of Paul Robeson singing "Old Man River." Kenneth Turan's DVD Pick of the Week: Songs In Their Hearts 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z It is a touching thing that Oscar Hammerstein had his people sing, apropos racial prejudice, that “You’ve got to be carefully taught.” Why Trump Is Different—and Must Be Repelled 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z On Friday night at the Hammerstein Ballroom, rendering his inner hurt on a major scale, he showed that his then and his now weren’t all that different. Music Review: Diving Into the Past, but Definitely Still in the Present 2011-04-24T21:38:42Z A fresh wind is sweeping down this play as the director Daniel Fish retools the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. 14 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z "The Sweetest Sounds," which was written by Rodgers alone after Hammerstein died in 1960, was lifted from "No Strings," and it almost becomes the main musical theme in the 5th Avenue production. 'Cinderella': Terrific cast leads to happy ending 2011-12-05T20:10:05Z But he was not the only one to steer clear of the complexities of the show, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s deepest and darkest. ‘An American Tragedy’ and More at Glimmerglass 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Chief among them was Daniel Fish’s chiaroscuro reimagining of the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein tale of cowboys and farmers, freedom and restraint, independence and union. The Best Theater of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The actor made his debut in 1959 as a detective in The Crimson Kimono and starred in Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation Flower Drum Song in 1961. Die Hard actor Shigeta dies aged 81 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z But as the endearing, wonderfully sung City Center Encores! production firmly proves, even second-tier Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals have their undisputable charms. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z The showman in chief of New York fashion presents his latest collection at Hammerstein Ballroom this afternoon, up from his usual time of 6 p.m. New York Fashion Week, Day 9: NYFW, We Hardly Knew Ye 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Louise herself listens to Édith Piaf and breaks into song — Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein — at odd moments. Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z He also knew that, like him, she'd grown up listening to Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals in her basement while singing along in the mirror. 'Kinky Boots' creators Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein kick back 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z We're almost 70 years on from the premiere of the first Rodgers and Hammerstein hit, Oklahoma!, and half a century away from the time when their music was new. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z Most notably, Lyric will launch an annual foray into the realm of classic American music theater works with the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical, "Show Boat." Lyric Opera plays it safe upcoming season 2011-02-01T19:28:52Z The Sound of Music All-new production of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about a would-be nun who becomes the governess for a large family in pre-WWII Austria. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 27-Oct. 4: 'Wicked Lit' and more 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The answer arrives before the first song is over in Daniel Fish’s wide-awake, jolting and altogether wonderful production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!,” which opened on Sunday night at the Circle in the Square Theater. Review: A Smashing ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reborn in the Land of Id 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z He cried so hard, he later told the New York Times, that he stained Dorothy Hammerstein's fur stole. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z But I try to get directors and performers to understand the truth and beauty in what Rodgers and Hammerstein did and what Agnes de Mille did. Oklahoma! musical memories 70 years on 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Carousel Musical Theatre West stages the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about a carnival barker who romances a naive young woman. L.A. theater openings, March 19-26: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and more 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z And it reminds us that despite their reputations as robust sentimentalists, Rodgers and Hammerstein created deeply divided characters, with songs that shivered even as they soared. Review: ‘Oklahoma!’ Preserves a Classic While Adding Punch 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Instead, Ms. Jepsen has been pursuing a more literal Cinderella story: She will take over the lead in the Broadway musical “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” and is to begin performances on Tuesday. Carly Rae Jepsen to Star as ‘Cinderella’ 2014-02-03T22:43:09Z The King and I The classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about a British woman hired as a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. L.A. theater openings, Dec. 11-18: 'Impro Theatre’s 1966 Holiday Variety Extravaganza' and more 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The Restitutions Commission’s former chairman, Alfred Hammerstein, declined to comment on the reasons for his resignation. Dutch Panel for Looted Art Claims Must Change Course, Report Finds 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z In 2001 we were rehearsing for the world premiere of my revised version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Flower Drum Song,” which was receiving its world premiere at the Taper. Angela Lansbury, Chris Pine, Rajiv Joseph: Favorite memories from 50 years of Center Theatre Group 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z "Oscar Hammerstein told me: 'You won't like it'," and he was right, she said. Celeste Holm dies at 95 after a career in films and Broadway musicals 2012-07-15T18:10:14Z “Nick and Rodgers and Hammerstein are ideally suited to each other,” says Smith, who along with choreographer Parker Esse is staging “Carousel” in Arena’s largest space, the Fichandler Stage. Can a good guy playing a bad boy finish first? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z And I was always drawn to the history of musical theater, Rodgers & Hammerstein and Leonard Bernstein. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Mayor of New Orleans on Rethinking Southern History 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z His songs aren't as catchy as Rodgers and Hammerstein's or Lerner and Loewe's on first hearing -- or ever -- but reveal their rewards with repeated listening. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The University of Southern California keeps a fabulous archive, and friends and colleagues in the US have also helped me hunt down Rodgers and Hammerstein material that is tucked away in libraries and private collections. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z Mr. Sondheim improbably but astutely compares Hammerstein’s strengths and flaws to those of Eugene O’Neill. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Musical selections include tunes by Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Holly Near and more. Bigger venues for Seattle Women's Chorus and a varied lineup for Seattle Men's Chorus in 2010-2011 season 2010-06-16T00:25:00Z "She was the most incredible artist," added Welch, who performed Winehouse's "Back to Black" at the taping, held at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Collaboration is key at VH1 Divas event 2011-12-19T09:01:04Z What follows is a mixture of murder mystery, Rodgers and Hammerstein pastiche and ironic romance in which the cop assigned to the case falls for the ingenue. Theatre review 2010-07-07T01:12:00Z But not his first time performing at that theater; he played the evil stepmother — in drag, of course — in New York City Opera’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” alongside Eartha Kitt, in 2004. Ballet Theater Gives the Stage to This Pianist’s Drag Persona 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Coltrane’s playing respects the perfection of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s composition, but he’s searching for something else. A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z SAT-SUN Karaoke version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, wearing lederhosen, nun costumes or a few of your favorite things encouraged, 2 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-03-20T21:57:25Z The issue of how hard or often is debated here, and even more frequently in “Liliom,” the 1909 play by Ferenc Molnar on which Rodgers and Hammerstein based the musical. Review | Women in classic musicals have to put up with a lot. Exhibits A and B: ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘Carousel’ 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Even so, Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II would probably have laughed if they had been told their work would one day be performed at the Proms. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z The comparison isn’t arbitrary; we know that Cooke was familiar with the song, which was written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s 1927 musical “Show Boat.” The Unlikely Story of “A Change Is Gonna Come” 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z At the age of 15, he was taken to the opening night of Carousel, Rodgers and Hammerstein's second collaboration. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z But Mr. Doyle is in well-meaning company with Oscar Hammerstein II, who adapted the musical in between his work on “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel.” ‘Carmen Jones’ Is Back, and Its Director Knows What You’re Thinking 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z With the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein as an undercurrent, the film follows them into their homes, giving glimpses of hard lives with little prospect for improvement. Television Review: ?The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical? - Review 2011-11-22T23:20:20Z Leading the best musical revival group is "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" and "Pippin." Tony Award nominations may have a British accent 2013-04-29T18:51:14Z In the words of Oscar Hammerstein II, as sung by Lee, Review: Larry Keigwin Gives Young Choreographers a Break at the Joyce 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Hammerstein sometimes gets carried away by "pretty" words and images instead of accurate ones. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Flower Drum Song” may not have been totemic, but it was a reasonably well-known 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical when it got overhauled in 2001. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Taped April 28 at New York's Hammerstein Auditorium, the gala event salutes comedy achievements in standup, TV, films and digital. Trophies and laughs await on 'The Comedy Awards' 2012-05-04T15:46:11Z According to The Guardian newspaper, the only song the queen has ever been known to request is "Some Enchanted Evening" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific." Queen's Jubilee: Rock concert at Buckingham Palace 2012-06-04T11:02:16Z It's a perfectly decent revival of a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic but with little of the pizzazz we expect to find in musicals at Chichester or Regent's Park. South Pacific ? review 2011-08-23T22:01:00Z Mr. Fish is an experimental theater artist who recently stepped into the mainstream with his Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!,” currently at the Circle in the Square Theater on Broadway. Review: The Lists We Live by in Daniel Fish’s ‘White Noise’ 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Kelli, how is it to sing in Italian, instead of Oscar Hammerstein in English? An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z "Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories," he says. Weinstein goes back to Neverland 2012-09-14T05:24:13Z The show features music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The revival is directed by Bartlett Sher. Broadway’s ‘The King and I’ to Close 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The characters include Rodgers and Hammerstein and Anna Leonowens, the British educator whose experiences inspired that duo’s musical “The King and I.” Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z You might be more familiar with Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Hammerstein's version — they added music and some other changes and called it "Carousel." 14 top entertainment picks for the week beginning Aug. 5-11, 2012 2012-08-01T21:20:05Z Whereas “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel” were based on plays, “Allegro” was completely original, with Hammerstein writing both the book and lyrics. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z When the diva Renée Fleming traded opera for Broadway to appear as Cousin Nettie in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” she confessed to some insecurities. Tina Fey, Renée Fleming and Andrew Garfield on Their Tony Nominations 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z During rehearsals, Hammerstein wrote to his son, who was at sea with the Navy, “I think I have something this time.” An “Oklahoma!” for Today 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z If Rodgers & Hammerstein had done the score for “Groundhog Day,” there’d be Same Enchanted Evening. Style Invitational Week 1426: Mess with our heads 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Last year's TV staging of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical event is back for an encore; with Carrie Underwood. Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Divergent' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Two earlier Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel,” had been smashes, bringing a new synthesis of drama, music and dancing to Broadway. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The company is a division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. 'Phantom' now available to high schools, colleges 2010-06-03T17:21:00Z In 2008, Sher teamed with Lincoln Center Theater to revive another Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, "South Pacific," which also starred O'Hara. Ken Watanabe to star in 'The King and I' on Broadway 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Most years now the orchestra presents a concert version of a musical, and next season “Carousel,” by Rodgers and Hammerstein, will get the treatment. New York Philharmonic Announces Next Season?s Schedule 2012-02-22T17:04:47Z The movie beat both Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments and the film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. The 12 Most Controversial Best Picture Oscar Winners of All Time 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Rodgers was the elder daughter of Richard Rodgers, who in partnership with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II produced many of the most enduring musicals in the history of American theater. Mary Rodgers, who composed ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and wrote ‘Freaky Friday,’ dies So at the Hammerstein, when Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis performed “Tang Golf,” in which they promise to “free Earl from” the Samoans, it was natural that, a moment later, Earl Sweatshirt emerged, finally free. ArtsBeat: Earl Sweatshirt Returns With Odd Future at the Hammerstein Ballroom 2012-03-21T09:30:35Z Lincoln Center Theater's production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will close June 26. Broadway's 'The King and I' to close in late June 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Rodgers and Hammerstein, he maintains, took risks with every one of their shows, from “Oklahoma!” in 1943 to “The Sound of Music” in 1959. In This ‘Oklahoma!,’ She Loves Her and He Loves Him 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were so impressed they made her the female lead in a 1952 road tour of “Oklahoma!” 'The Brady Bunch' Mom Florence Henderson Has Died 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z The whole moment is like Rodgers and Hammerstein meeting Studs Terkel. Young talent shines through in 'Some Enchanted Evening' 2011-03-15T20:04:27Z The best musical revival candidates are "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," "Annie," "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and "Pippin," which nabbed 10 nominations. 'Kinky Boots' gets a leading 13 Tony Award nods 2013-04-30T13:43:24Z "As soon as he became big enough to record the biggest songs, he started recording the American songbook Rogers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, the Gershwins and Irving Berlin." Ray Charles' copyrights a lucrative business 2010-05-31T05:19:00Z The Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, they were pop music before the Beatles happened. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z This year he appeared as Jigger Craigin in the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” at the Imperial Theater in what Ben Brantley described in The New York Times as “an electric Broadway debut.” City Ballet Fires Two Male Dancers Named in Photo Sharing Scandal 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z They had a son my age; we became fast friends, and the Hammersteins became my surrogate parents. Stephen Sondheim, composer – portrait of the artist 2012-11-27T19:30:01Z Bleaker than the 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical film it inspired, Stong’s book connected perfectly with the dark, nostalgic mood of a country struggling through economic calamity. As Life Spins On, the Midway Beckons 2010-08-28T05:01:00Z The charity announced Tuesday that Keys will perform alongside Usher, Norah Jones and will.i.am at the Nov. 3 show at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom. Alicia Keys charity to honor late Beatle guitarist 2011-10-11T17:12:08Z And the lavish revival of Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 masterwork gets strong competition for this distinction from yet another gorgeously sung remounting on Broadway of a musical from the past: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” Review | Women in classic musicals have to put up with a lot. Exhibits A and B: ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘Carousel’ 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Beyonce and King will perform at the fundraising gala for Keys' charity Keep a Child Alive on Nov. 1 at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. Beyonce, Carole King added to Keys' Black Ball 2012-09-20T13:11:24Z He told me that it was only when he heard the lyricist's precise words, such as Oscar Hammerstein's "O, what a beautiful mornin'", that the melodies emerged. Peter Brook: and for my next trick ? 2011-03-16T21:31:01Z What’s best in this “Oklahoma!” is the morally ambiguous cue Fish develops so smartly from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s own narrative impulses. Review | A radical new Broadway ‘Oklahoma!’ says it’s not such a beautiful mornin’ in America 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Throughout it, they stuck for the most part with the music of classic composers like Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with other giants of Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Eydie Gorme, ‘Blame It on the Bossa Nova’ Singer, Dies at 84 2013-08-11T12:29:01Z Some of the most detailed discussions with the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate, Mr. Fish and Mr. Chapin said, concerned the music, which was originally scored for a 28-piece orchestra. ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reimagined at Bard College’s SummerScape Festival 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The wonderful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Cinderella,” written for television, was first broadcast live in 1957 and watched by more than 100 million people. Gift Ideas for Classical Music Fans 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Hammerstein's lyrics, he writes, could be verbose and nonsensical; Lorenz Hart was "mediocre", Irving Berlin's worldview "banal" and Noël Coward "posturing". Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z Hammerstein said he was excited to be working in such an icon of Soho's past. New York's most risque cabaret to open in London 2011-01-28T19:52:04Z Even aside from “Flower Drum Song,” will the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows survive a more critical look at the racism, sexism and appropriation some people find in classic musicals? For 40 Years, He Climbed Ev’ry Mountain for Rodgers & Hammerstein 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Go karaoke to “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things” and “Climb Every Mountain” in this 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘The Hollow Crown’ 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z But her Polly seems utterly unsoiled by her sordid upbringing: Ms. Osnes often gives the impression that she has wandered in from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Theater Review: Atlantic Theater’s Decadent, Decorous ‘Threepenny Opera’ 2014-04-08T02:00:15Z "Oscar Hammerstein told me, `You won't like it,'" and he was right, she said. Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm dies at 95 2012-07-15T18:04:09Z But 50 years after Hammerstein's death, every ticket for this year's Rodgers and Hammerstein Prom sold within 15 minutes of going on sale in April. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z Playing the plucky Navy nurse Nellie Forbush in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” which opened in 1949, Martin overwhelmed critics and audiences, as Kaufman’s vividly detailed account of the musical’s history recalls. Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The music, a bit like that of Rodgers and Hammerstein with a touch of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" pizazz, is evocative of the late 1930s, when the story takes place. Review: Book-It's 'Red Ranger' is a sweet gift 2010-12-09T23:51:00Z What if, despite Hammerstein, we have real reason to be afraid, and scarcely any to whistle? Review: In the Musical ‘Soft Power,’ China Whistles the Tune 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Signed to EMI's Columbia label in 1965, he went on to produce a string of hits, including a cover version of Edelweiss, from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Coventry-born Edelweiss singer Vince Hill dies at 89 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Even in the half-light, the words You'll Never Walk Alone, the Rodgers and Hammerstein song forever linked with Liverpool Football Club, were unmistakable. How Eurovision became an LGBTQ+ safe space 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z “Sondheim took the essence of what made Rodgers and Hammerstein so great and changed it,” he said. Commentary: The best theater in L.A. right now? It's in Pasadena 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z To answer, he reached back through pop music history and, as he did so often, quoted from a song, this time selecting lyrics from the Rodgers and Hammerstein tune “Some Enchanted Evening.” Seymour Stein, music industry executive who signed Madonna, dies at 80 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Other productions nominated include a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" In the spotlight: London hosts Olivier Awards for theatre 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Somewhere on the musical-theater periodic table between the work of Bertolt Brecht and Rodgers and Hammerstein sits “Pacific Overtures.” Review | Signature’s ‘Pacific Overtures’ is gently moving but needs more bite 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z "Most of our customer base is demonstrating a healthy level of financial resilience," said Barclays chief executive Matt Hammerstein, ahead of further data from the banking trade body UK Finance later on Thursday. Debt avoided by cutbacks on dining out and clothes, Barclays data shows 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Salsini suspects Sondheim himself recorded one of the shows on an acetate recorder, noting that his mentor Oscar Hammerstein II had urged him to buy such a device. Lost Stephen Sondheim musical reveals insight into a giant 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z She was supposed to return to the big screen in the movie adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Flower Drum Song” but had to bow out because of illness. ‘Momentous’: Asian Americans laud Anna May Wong’s US quarter 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Fish worked closely on the iconoclastic revival with the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, which “had some questions and concerns, but they were never prescriptive, it was always a conversation.” Loud boos. Audible vomiting. How Broadway's edgy 'Oklahoma!' fared across America 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z With the aid of Jonathan Tunick’s peerless orchestrations, the songwriter emulates his mentor here, Oscar Hammerstein II, by planting Broadway’s flag boldly in another culture. Review | Signature’s ‘Pacific Overtures’ is gently moving but needs more bite 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z And Village Theatre’s season, which kicked off with the now-running “Little Shop of Horrors,” includes popular musicals like Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” and “Hello, Dolly!” alongside its world premiere of “How to Break.” What to know about Seattle’s 2022-23 theater season 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z In response to my dad’s quip about Buck Rogers and Hammerstein, I told him that “Semper Supra” sounded to me like something you’d hear before the big game at Space Force High. With new official anthem, the Space Force hopes to land on your radar 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Daniel Fish’s Tony-winning revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ reveals the underside of the American story. Review: 'Sanctuary City,' a compassionate tale of post-9/11 undocumented life, is not to be missed 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But then again, this is “Oklahoma!,” the widely beloved Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II collaboration that became Broadway’s first blockbuster and launched a golden age of musical theater. Loud boos. Audible vomiting. How Broadway's edgy 'Oklahoma!' fared across America 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z But the theatrical savvy of any age will be enthralled by Daniel Fish’s brooding, Tony-winning deconstruction of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical. 21 things our arts critics can't wait to do, see and listen to this fall in California 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z He said he harbored ambitions from childhood of writing musicals in the vein of Cole Porter or Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. James Rado, co-creator of 1960s Broadway sensation ‘Hair,’ dies at 90 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z His reply: “Who wrote it? Buck Rogers and Hammerstein?” With new official anthem, the Space Force hopes to land on your radar 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Usher, the show’s protagonist portrayed by Jaquel Spivey in a groundbreaking Broadway debut, reveals himself in ways that Rodgers and Hammerstein could never have imagined. Why the Tony triumph of 'A Strange Loop' is momentous for Broadway 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z When the complex reopened in Southwest in fall 2010, Smith inaugurated it with an enchanting revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” Molly Smith announces an exit after 25 years leading Arena Stage 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Sundance this summer is producing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of “Cinderella.” Summer theater is cropping up in unexpected places 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z ‘The Sound of Music’ A spunky young woman in pre-WWII Austria becomes governess for a former naval officer’s large brood in a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved Tony-winning musical. Six picks for your L.A. weekend: Los Angeles Ballet, Cirque de la Symphonie and more 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Gustern had directed the show, which featured Stephen Sondheim and Oscar Hammerstein numbers, and was supposed to perform three songs. Lauren Pazienza arrest: Funeral for slain NYC vocal coach set as grandson speaks out 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z She made her Broadway debut in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical “The King and I,” performing choreography by Jerome Robbins in the “Small House of Uncle Thomas” sequence. Yuriko, celebrated Martha Graham dancer and choreographer, dies at 102 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “I started thinking, ‘Okay, people don’t talk about Rodgers and Hammerstein in the same way that they talk about Eugene O’Neill; I’m going to start doing that,’ ” she recalled. Molly Smith announces an exit after 25 years leading Arena Stage 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Sitting Bull’s grandson Crazy Bull, a national archery champion who advised Rodgers and Hammerstein on their production of “Annie Get Your Gun,” was an occasional presence. The Native American Bohemia in Brownstone Brooklyn 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z That doesn’t apply to entertainment franchises in the hands of big corporations, however, as well as especially enduring works such as Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Hammerstein’s Broadway show lyrics. Column: 'Winnie-the-Pooh' (born 1926) is now in the public domain, a reminder that our copyright system is absurd 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z After the bloodiest war in human history, Hammerstein gave us stability, laughter and love, and his musicals reflect this. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This Beatles documentary review took us nowhere, man 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But the prospect of collaborating with a heavyweight creative team, which also included book writer Arthur Laurents and director-choreographer Jerome Robbins, was an opportunity Sondheim’s mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, told him he shouldn’t pass up. How Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' finally solved the problem of 'I Feel Pretty' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z To see how, we must start with Sondheim’s schoolboy beginnings as a family friend of the Hammerstein clan, whose patriarch, Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote the lyrics for such Broadway treasures as “Show Boat,” “Oklahoma!” Opinion | The lyrical genius of Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Hammerstein then proceeded to go through every stage direction, every song, every scene, every line of dialogue. Stephen Sondheim, central figure in American musical theater, dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In recounting Hammerstein‘s profound influence, Sondheim recalled to Eyre: “I showed him everything I wrote from the age of fifteen on, and he treated it absolutely on a level with professional work. How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Young Sondheim found emotional refuge at the home of Oscar and Dorothy Hammerstein, who had become friends of his mother’s. Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer-lyricist, has died 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Arthur Laurents, never one to mince words when he was alive, delivered his stinging verdict on the song in his memoir “Original Story”: “‘I Feel Pretty’ was prototypical Hammerstein and a puzzle. How Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' finally solved the problem of 'I Feel Pretty' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Sondheim would say that a single afternoon in which Oscar Hammerstein critiqued his adolescent writing taught him “more about songwriting and the musical theater than most people learn in a lifetime.” Opinion | The lyrical genius of Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z He gave it to the playwright and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who was the father of a childhood friend. Stephen Sondheim, central figure in American musical theater, dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Hammerstein, once again serving as the benevolent hand of fate, advised him not to pass up the opportunity of working with such gifted professionals. How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Sondheim, who served as a gofer during summer rehearsals for the 1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Allegro,” graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., with a bachelor’s degree in music in 1950. Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer-lyricist, has died 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Bernstein’s melody, she writes, is “right in the Broadway zone, with a Rodgers and Hammerstein ‘I’m in Love With a Wonderful Guy’ zing to it.” How Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' finally solved the problem of 'I Feel Pretty' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet Sondheim was dissatisfied with Broadway’s priorities in the Hammerstein era. Opinion | The lyrical genius of Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The following year he met Oscar Hammerstein II, of The King and I and Oklahoma! fame, who became his mentor as he made his first forays into musical theatre. Composer Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 - US media 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It was Hammerstein, the restless innovator, who drew him. How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z As a budding teenage composer-lyricist in the 1940s, Sondheim had been mentored by close family friend Oscar Hammerstein II, the renowned lyricist and librettist for “Oklahoma!,” Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer-lyricist, has died 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “A Grand Night for Singing” Musical Theatre West kicks off a new season with a revival of this 1993 Broadway revue that features reimagined versions of classic Rodgers & Hammerstein show tunes. The L.A. Phil, BalletX, ‘Mamma Mia!’ and seven other best bets for your weekend 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Here’s a Hammerstein heroine explaining her devotion to one man: “When he goes away / That’s a rainy day / And when he comes back / That day is fine / The sun will shine.” Opinion | The lyrical genius of Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z One of my favorite quotes is from the book written by Oscar Hammerstein from the Musical Carousel it's "As long as there's one person on earth who remembers you, it isn't over." Mandy Patinkin racks up mensch points with 'Princess Bride' reply to emotional TikTok 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z A crucial early experience for Sondheim was working as an assistant on “Allegro,” a musical experiment from Rodgers and Hammerstein, who were looking to break new ground after “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel.” How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Observed Gardner: “With Hammerstein, you felt wonderful when you left the theater. But with Sondheim, you realized the angst of living in the late 20th century.” Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer-lyricist, has died 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z He sang his heart out in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “State Fair.” Pat Boone, 87, tells of God’s grace in ‘The Mulligan,’ Christian feature due 2022 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, directed by Daniel Fish Sept. 13, 2022-Oct. L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre pushes reopening to Nov. 30; 'Jamie' joins the lineup 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z In 1943, “Oklahoma!,” the first musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway. Today in History 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z His invigorating deconstruction of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!” won the Tony Award for best musical revival. Theaters hit the one-year anniversary of shutdown. How are artists keeping afloat? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Although his mother soon bought a nearby farm, Sondheim remained a fixture at the Hammerstein home. Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer-lyricist, has died 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It will feature tributes to soul music, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel and Rodgers & Hammerstein. DSO hoping to resume live performances in autumn 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” will begin streaming at the notorious stroke of midnight Feb. 12, the streaming service announced Thursday. Calling all fairy godmothers: Brandy's 1997 'Cinderella' is coming to Disney+ 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The actress notched several Broadway credits in the 1940s and 50s, sang for Rodgers and Hammerstein and gained success in theater starring opposite Katharine Hepburn in “As You Like It.” Oscar winner Cloris Leachman dead 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Luker also starred as Maria in a 1998 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” which ran for more than a year. Rebecca Luker, Tony-nominated Broadway singer and actress, dies at 59 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Hammerstein also mapped out a years-long personal course of study for Sondheim involving writing the book, music and lyrics for four different musicals that culminated in writing an original show. Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer-lyricist, has died 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The new batch of songs lean heavily on Broadway musicals, like the songwriting teams Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, as well as Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. James Taylor on how he takes a song and makes it his own 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z One of them was a “new” Rodgers & Hammerstein song that was cobbled together from obscure tunes specifically for Houston. Calling all fairy godmothers: Brandy's 1997 'Cinderella' is coming to Disney+ 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Over the course of an hour, the trio performed three mini-sets of arias and songs from operas and musicals, giving the audience a mix of Mozart, Ravel and Rodgers and Hammerstein. ‘Strangest time I’ve ever been in’: Music venues deal with the new normal 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “Rodgers & Hammerstein in Concert” A salute to the legendary Broadway duo includes favorites from “Oklahoma,” “South Pacific,” “The King & I,” “Cinderella” and “The Sound of Music” performed outdoors. Get outside! Eight ways to experience art, music, theater and history IRL 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z She moved to New York and performed the titular role in a Broadway production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” Five years after 'Emotion,' Carly Rae Jepsen has learned to love pop music... and L.A. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z His score also pays homage again and again to musical-theater legacies and traditions, by quoting Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, even the lyrics of another history musical, “1776.” Review | ‘Hamilton’ jumps from stage to Disney Plus: A leap that shows just how brilliant this show really is 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Disney+ is making “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” part of its “Celebrate Black Stories” collection, which includes the movies “Soul,” Beyoncé's “Black Is King,” “Black Panther,” “Hidden Figures” and more. Calling all fairy godmothers: Brandy's 1997 'Cinderella' is coming to Disney+ 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Those reference points are hardly accidental: “Hamilton” draws lyrical, narrative and stylistic energy from every direction, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Gilbert and Sullivan, from the Notorious B.I.G. to Destiny’s Child to Shakespeare. Review: From Broadway to Disney+, 'Hamilton' speaks brilliantly to a time of fear and protest 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “The King and I” Playbill hosts a watch party for a filmed version of the Lincoln Center Theater revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. L.A. Phil's 100th birthday bash: Your quarantine must-watch of the day 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z He wrote a letter to Matt Hammerstein seeking an explanation. UK parliament tells Barclays CEO: explain emergency business loans delays 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Compared invidiously in his early years to the golden age of Rodgers & Hammerstein, he has raised the bar by which composers and lyricists are now judged. Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday bash reminds us why his music remains so radical 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The actor stars in his Olivier-winning turn as Curly in National Theatre of London’s 1998 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic American musical. Hugh Jackman in 'Oklahoma,' Vanity Fair celeb pics: Today's best culture binge 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z At the Hammerstein Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan, the endeavor’s upside was apparent. Esports league starts strong on ambitious global schedule 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Daniel Fish’s stripped-down staging of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” — lauded for spotlighting the darker psychological truths at the core of the classic Americana musical — kicks off the season, playing Nov. 3–22 at the Dolby. 'Oklahoma!' and 'Moulin Rouge!' lead the Pantages-Dolby 2020-21 season lineup 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Wood: “A trap-pop banger built on an indelible Rodgers & Hammerstein sample, ‘7 Rings’ excites the kids and reassures the olds.” Our 2020 Grammy predictions: Will Billie Eilish, Lizzo or Lil Nas X win the night? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The first wave of rediscovery had ukases and prohibitions—Alec Wilder wrote off essentially all of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and almost everything self-consciously “jazzy” in Gershwin. The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z An unabashedly old-fashioned musical theater composer in the tradition of Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hammerstein, Mr. Herman prized what he called “the simple, hummable show tune.” Jerry Herman, composer of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and other Broadway hits, dies at 88 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Herman wrote in the Rodgers and Hammerstein tradition, an optimistic composer at a time when others in his profession were exploring darker feelings and material. ‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Daniel Fish’s revival of Oklahoma!, which unpacks the violence at the corn-fed heart of the Rogers and Hammerstein crowd-pleaser, rewriting myths of romance and American exceptionalism. Broadway in 2019: a flashy, fractured year of confused highs and lows 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Wild card: Ariana Grande, whose sampling of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic “My Favorite Things” provides a welcome flash of familiarity. First Grammy predictions! Lizzo and Billie Eilish will go home winners, as new acts triumph 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z List songs are anathema to the post-Sondheim sensibility, trained as it is on Oscar Hammerstein’s heightened dramatic style, but Porter’s lists are his poetry. The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Classic musical based on the beloved fairy tale. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Jitney,' 'Love Actually Live' and more 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z “There was traffic in the kingdom,” said Osnes, who starred in the recent Broadway revival of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” Inside the 'Broadway Princess Party,' a sweet soiree of Disney songs 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Ken Watanabe is “The King” and Kelli O’Hara is the “I” in the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “The King and I” on a new “Great Performances.” What’s on TV This Week: 'The Little Mermaid Live!', 'His Dark Materials' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The Sound of Music is the show which gave Rodgers and Hammerstein a ticket around the world. Sound of Music play still 'sumptuous and so joyful' 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z As a director, Mr. Prince also took a rare stab at a major revival in 1994 of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1927 musical “Show Boat.” Harold Prince, consummate Broadway impresario, dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “I grew up at the feet of the Oscar Hammersteins and Alan Lerners of this world who, to my knowledge, never made a false rhyme in their entire writing careers,” he said. Martin Charnin, Tony-winning ‘Annie’ lyricist, dies at 84 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z She earned the trophy for her portrayal of Ado Annie in Daniel Fish’s dark revisionist revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Oklahoma!” No limitations: Ali Stroker makes history with Tony win 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z We studied a lot of Rodgers and Hammerstein shows in college, and I really liked her. ‘Oklahoma!’ actress Ali Stroker may be the first actress in a wheelchair to win a Tony 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The show was without decor and the Rodgers and Hammerstein songs were played on a piano. Sound of Music play still 'sumptuous and so joyful' 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Previous collaborations between The 5th Avenue Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater include the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel.” Musicals of yesterday intersect with sensibilities of today | Provided by The 5th Avenue Theatre 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Yet the license for “7 Rings” is especially favorable to Rodgers and Hammerstein. ‘7 Rings’ Is a Hit for Ariana Grande, and a Knockout for Rodgers and Hammerstein 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z He started with 1943, “for the heavy anchor of ‘Oklahoma!’” — the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit — and got a taste of the performer’s life. He Knows Broadway, Year by Year. Offstage, 2018 Was a Personal Worst. 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z When approached by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, which licenses the show, he was game to jump on the raft with Bobbitt and refashion his original script. Revising ‘Big River’ for younger ears and eyes 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The book shot up the bestseller list and caught the attention of screenwriter Joseph Fields, who persuaded the Broadway team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II to adapt it for the stage. C.Y. Lee, author of the best-selling novel ‘The Flower Drum Song,’ dies at 102 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z The Sound of Music A young woman becomes the governess for a widower’s children in pre-WWII Austria in this classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. SoCal theater listings, Jan. 27-Feb. 3: August Wilson’s ‘Two Trains Running,’ the Wooster Group at REDCAT and more 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The second part, the “album quilt,” features writing about everything from Oscar Hammerstein to McPhee’s first drink when he was 10 years old. Review: John McPhee is at his brilliant best in ‘The Patch’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella Classic musical based on the beloved fairytale. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Nov. 25-Dec. 2: Impro Theatre, Four Clowns and more 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Spanish politician David Hammerstein Mintz, one of the Cochrane board members who resigned in September, coordinated the petition, which gathered signatures for 3 days. Hospital’s suspension of evidence-based medicine expert sparks new controversy 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The hills are alive with a U.K. production of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music” on a new “Great Performances.” TV This Week, Nov. 4-10: 'Red Sparrow,' 'Outlander' and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Hammerstein said residents living on the eighth floor and above were evacuated. Smoke inhalation injuries reported after high-rise fire 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Maxin's version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's There's Nothing Like a Dame featured some of the biggest TV names of the 1970s. Morcambe and Wise choreographer dies 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “This is news to me,” said Ted Chapin, the chief creative officer of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, who added, after hearing more of Ms. Gallese’s story, that it seemed “a little far-fetched.” Elvis and Ella Fitzgerald Sang It. She Says Her Father Wrote It. 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z In 2013 — to much cynicism — they executive produced “The Sound of Music Live!,” an adaptation of the 1959 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. Craig Zadan sparked a renewed interest in live musicals with his TV productions 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The show is a figment of Hammerstein’s imagination, and he is to blame for what’s stupid about it. Anika Noni Rose’s Star-Making Self-Possession in “Carmen Jones” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z That's the question posed by a new production of The King and I, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's classic musical about East meeting West. Has The King and I had its day? 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The history of the Broadway musical in the ’40s is in essence the story of Oscar Hammerstein II. After going for 11 anxious years without a hit, Hammerstein finally teamed up with Richard Rodgers. ‘Carmen Jones’ Review: The Return of a Troubled Love Story 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel” actor said he’s grateful for the nomination, but “what we do onstage is the most important thing.” What’s the bigger thrill? Tony nod or first performance? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Billy Bigelow, the abusive, generally unsavory carnival barker in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, can be hard to watch in the context of the country’s larger reckoning with sexual and physical abuse. Tony awards 2018: who will win – and who should 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Weinstein also carried a copy of "Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution" by Todd S. Purdum as he walked into the police station. Weinstein cites 'casting couch' defense as he faces rape charges in New York 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z The Kazan book came out in 2005, the Rodgers and Hammerstein book this spring. Weinstein turns himself in holding 2 entertainment bios 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The duo then knocked out “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel” back to back, and Hammerstein spent the rest of his life counting money. ‘Carmen Jones’ Review: The Return of a Troubled Love Story 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Morison stepped in to play Anna Leonowens in the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King and I" after actress Gertrude Lawrence died of liver cancer months into production. 'Kiss Me, Kate' actress Patricia Morison dies at 103 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z The Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II masterpiece is titled, as is the Edna Ferber novel on which it was based, “Show Boat.” Opinion | Only true fans know this about ‘Show Boat’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Best revival of a musical “My Fair Lady” “Once on This Island” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” ‘Mean Girls,’ ‘SpongeBob,’ ‘Band’s Visit,’ ‘Harry Potter’ lead Tony nominations 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The Band’s Visit, a new musical about a group of Egyptian musicians who travel to a remote Israeli town, and a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel both get 11 nominations. British theatre stars storm the nominations for 2018 Tony awards 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z It was Hammerstein’s genius to realize that Bizet’s tuneful, richly colored score could be performed on a Broadway stage largely without change, and to insist that it be sung and played that way. ‘Carmen Jones’ Review: The Return of a Troubled Love Story 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Rodgers and Hammerstein had a song about that sort of gesture. Liverpool v Stoke City: Premier League – live! 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z South Pacific Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical drama about a nurse, a GI and others on a remote tropical island during WWII. The week ahead in L.A. theater, April 15-22: 'Native Son,' Laurie Anderson and more Rodgers and Hammerstein plucked forth a character, Will Parker, who was only mentioned in Riggs’ play, and made him a main player in the musical’s subplot. ‘Oklahoma!’ musical reigns 75 years later 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Of the musicals by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that continue to hold the stage, “Carousel” is—up to a point—the strongest. ‘Carousel’ Review: It Has Its Ups and Downs 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z After Molnár saw “Oklahoma!” he was convinced, no less than the Theater Guild, that Rodgers and Hammerstein were the ones to turn “Liliom” into a musical. From Budapest to Broadway 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z When Hammerstein’s tenant farmer in Pennsylvania asked for a pair for his son’s wedding, the lyricist responded, “When’s the wedding?” Opinion | The ‘Hamilton’ of World War II 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Hammerstein said his critics were talented, loved the theater, and there was something to what they’d said. The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The first collaboration between composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, the cast included no big stars, instead featuring dancers who could sing rather than singers who could dance. ‘Oklahoma!’ musical reigns 75 years later 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr Purdum captures the flexibility of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beloved numbers. The great second act of Rodgers and Hammerstein 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Over time there were more winners like Springsteen and fewer like Rodgers and Hammerstein. Analysis | The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z It was Oscar Hammerstein, a passionate liberal activist and, eventually, a staunch proponent of a movement that dreamed of a workable world government, who gave “Oklahoma!” its political content and message. Opinion | The ‘Hamilton’ of World War II 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “I think I would, yes,” Hammerstein replied, honestly and with no defensiveness. The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Expectations of the show’s failure continued even after Rodgers and Hammerstein changed the name to “Oklahoma!” and tinkered with the script. ‘Oklahoma!’ musical reigns 75 years later 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z AT THE age of 46 Oscar Hammerstein was living as a country squire on his Pennsylvania farm, apparently washed up. The great second act of Rodgers and Hammerstein 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “The music that’s popular with kids is not Rodgers and Hammerstein; it’s not beautiful melodies,” Carroll said in a telephone interview. Will the addition of lyrics have Olympic figure skating judges singing along? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z And if they are, it will be in part because of the transformation of the American musical wrought by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Opinion | The ‘Hamilton’ of World War II 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Hammerstein said he tries sometimes to vote Republican “just for the sake of switching—just for the sake of telling myself I’m not a party man,” which he doesn’t want to be. The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z |
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