Oklahoma! was the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and the musical set a new standard. It was revolutionary due to its seamless use of music to propel the plot forwardโunlike anything that had been onstage before.
In 1958, they appeared on the @EdSullivanShow to discuss their songwriting process and what it's like bringing a new musical to life. Decades later, their approach to songwriting continues to influence and inspire. #Songwriters#MusicalTheatre
โI have tried reading this book maybe seven times so far, and each time I make it only 40 or so pages before I have this urge to do โฆ anything but live inside upper middle-class concerns about who marries who among the 18th-century English gentry.โ
โโShelf Life: Ocean Vuongโ
Do you guys have recommendations of albums similar to these but for the Gershwins, Porter and Berlin? On Spotify so much of their discography are jazz versions, which can be fun but I'd like more Orchestra Broadway voice kinda album.