Still the most influential and popular songwriting team in the
history of the American Musical Theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar
Hammerstein represent Broadway musicals at their finest. The team
revolutionized the musical play with Oklahoma! in 1943 and then
went on to explore territory never put on the musical stage before
in such beloved shows as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I
and The Sound of Music. The team also worked in film, as with State
Fair, and in the new medium of television, with Cinderella. For the
first time, the lives, careers, works, songs, and themes of Rodgers
and Hammerstein have been gathered together in an encyclopedia that
covers the many talents of these men. In addition to their plays
and films together, every work that each man did with other
collaborators is also discussed. Hundreds of their songs are
described, and there are entries on the many actors, directors, and
other creative artists who they worked with. A complete list of
awards, recordings, and books about the team are included, as well
as a chronology of everything either man wrote. But The Rodgers and
Hammerstein Encyclopedia is not just about facts. It explains their
work, explores themes in their musicals, and illustrates why they
remain a driving force in the American Theatre. This is the first
encyclpoedia to look specifically at the careers and works of
Rodgers and Hammerstein, covering all their musicals together for
stage, screen and televsion, but also everything they wrote with
others. The purpose is to create a comprehensive guide to the
American Musical Theatres foremost collaboration. The encyclopedia
is (1) comprehensve, describing the works, the people involved in
thoseworks, and many of their famous songs; ( 2) up-to-date,
including the most recent revivals of their works and new
recordings of their scores; and (3) easy to use, being
alphabetically arranged with cross-reference listings,
chronological lists, lists of awards and recordings, and
bibliographic information for further reading.
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