Rodgers and Hammerstein
This musical theatre team wrote the Austrian folk song Edelweiss for the Sound of Music.
Who was Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II?
"All I ask is every waking moment, turn my head with talk of summertime, say you need me with you now and always; promise me..."
What is:..."that all you say is true. that's all I ask of you."
Irving Berlin’s songs grew out of the libretto and with Annie Get Your Gun he collaborated with Herb and Dorothy Fields insisting that they...
What is receive equal percentage of the gross? (which was not standard procedure)
She got "Lost in the Stars" while she was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Who was Judy Garland?
Revolutionary in its marketing, it spread like a theatrical cancer across the globe! Its distinctive logo (two yellow feline eyes with dancer-shaped irises)
What is Cats?
The new team Rodgers and Hammerstein was accustomed to the Tin Pan Alley songwriting tradition of music being written first, with lyrics then tailored to the music. This time, they followed the Gilbert and Sullivan approach.
What is writing the words first, which they hoped would allow for more integration of song and story.
"Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh, so mellow....and if you remember then..."
What is: ..."Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow.."
In 1947 Elmer Rice adapted his own Pulitzer Prize – winning play about the lives of people living in a city block of apartments. Kurt Weill provided an ambitious symphony of haunting music.
What is Street Scene?
When singing a duet with Italian opera star Andrea Bocelli, he was a "Stranger in Paradise." He also went Gaga with a Lady on a recent Cole Porter tribute album entitled "Love For Sale."
Who is Tony Bennett?
An adaption of the Christian gospels was conceived by director John-Michael Tebelak. A score was commissioned from songwriter Stephen Schwartz.
What is Godspell?
The 1961 London production became the longest running American import up to that time at 2,385 performances!!
What is The Sound of Music?
"Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone..."
What is:..."a comedy tonight?"
Lerner and Loewe were a highly respected writing team and wrote the most acclaimed stage musical of the 1950’s and many consider this “Lover-ly” show to be the greatest musicals of all time.
What is My Fair Lady?
He played Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's musical Camelot introducing the song “If Ever I Would Leave You.”
Who was Robert Goulet?
Director Tom O’Horgan brought a far more elaborate musical version of Christ’s passion and death to Broadway. A through-composed rock opera.
What is Jesus Christ Superstar?
Mark Steyn explains in 'Broadway Babies Say Goodnight' (1999, p.67) “with songs by Lorenz Hart or Cole Porter, you hear the lyricist- with Hammerstein you hear...
What are "the characters?”
"Take this sinking ship and point it home, we've still got time. Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you make it now...."
What is:..."Falling slowly, eyes that know me and I can't go back."
Kurt Weill teamed up with playwright Maxwell Anderson to write a “musical tragedy” of near-operatic dimensions about a black South African minister whose son faces execution during the age of apartheid.
What is Lost in the Stars?
The libretto for Guys and Dolls was written by Abe Burrows, a top radio comedy writer making his first foray into the theatre. This actor/singer sang "Luck Be a Lady" in the film version. (PP lecture)
Who was Marlon Brando?
This rock musical got beyond Broadway failure and became a cult following. It opened in a West End cinema (1973) and spoofed science-fiction films with a campy and uncompromising hard rock score.
What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Richard Rodgers asks Oscar Hammerstein to collaborate in adapting this unsuccessful cowboy drama into a musical commissioned by the Theatre Guild in 1943.
What was Green Grow the Lilacs?
"Don't cry for me, Argentina. The truth is
I never left you. All through my wild days...
What is: "My mad existence. I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance."
This musical is based on a fictional story about a con man Harold Hill, who tries to convince the citizens of a small town in Iowa that he can turn their boys into a marching band. The catch…he cannot read a note of music!
What is The Music Man?
People did not seem to notice that the biblical tale of Joseph and his brothers was told without any mention of deity! In the 1990s, a souped-up revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat toured with a succession of pop stars. This pop star was the Toronto Joseph.
Who is Donny Osmond?
Presented by the Canadian corporation Livent, it was the corporate musical at its best, thanks to a spectacular score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and a strong libretto by playwright Terrence McNally.
What is Ragtime?