Oscar Hammerstein
Author
Series
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story....
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Oscar Hammerstein II virtually invented the modern American musical, first with Show Boat and then in his celebrated collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers on Broadway classics like Oklahoma!, Carousel, and The King and I that continue to fascinate audiences today. A brilliant lyricist and playwright, Hammerstein innovated the American musical with his sophisticated storytelling that single-handedly elevated musical theater to a serious art...
16) Oklahoma!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
MacRae portrays Curley, the handsome love-struck cowboy in love with Laura Williams (Jones). Steiger portrays the muscled hired hand who menaces them.
17) Show boat
Series
Criterion collection ; 1021
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat." --
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.
