Oklahoma!

Playwrights

100

Name a notable musical number from the play Oklahoma! 

a. Oh, what a beautiful morning

b. Kansas City

c. Oklahoma 

d. The surrey with the fringe on top

200

Oklahoma! Was one of the first musicals to implement motifs. What is a motif? 

A musical theme that ties the songs back into the storyline. 

300

What were some other major productions that Rodgers and Hammerstein worked on in the 1940s and 1950s, aside from Oklahoma!?

Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The sound of Music

400

The production closed in 1948, setting a then-record for most runs of a production. How many performances did this production run for before closing, and how does this number compare to today's record? 

It ran for 2212 productions and this record has been shattered by almost six ties (The phantom of the Opera holds the record at 11949 runs).