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...whirling combination of lilting tunes, vagabonds, sentiment, and flop-house philosophy makes Pipe Dream one of the year's top musicals. It's almost as if Rogers and Hammerstein conspired to confuse the audience, making it nearly impossible to pick one song over another to hum after the show. If you prefer catchy melodies, they are there; if you want the "Some Enchanted Evening" type, they are there too. Although many of the songs could reach the Hit Parade on their own merit, each is smoothly slipped into the stage antics of the Cannery Row characters, taken from Steinbeck...
...book an added dash of interest, it is a charming treatment of gentle ruffians, and, fittingly enough, gives the melodies the dominant role. "All Kinds of People," "Sweet Thursday," "All At Once You Love Her," and "The Man I Used To Be" are all in the best Rogers and Hammerstein tradition. Some of the catchy tunes include "The Tide Pool," "A Lopsided Bus" and "The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night...
Died. Arthur Hammerstein, 82, old-time Broadway producer (Rose Marie, Naughty Marietta), son of Impresario Oscar Hammerstein, uncle of Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (Oklahoma!, South Pacific); in Palm Beach...
Oklahoma! (Magna Theater Corp.) shows how far a man can go with one word of Choctaw. The Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein musical opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943, and enjoyed the longest run (2,248 consecutive performances) of any musical in world history. Counting the road companies (four) and the foreign productions (six), Oklahoma! was seen by more than 10 million and made more than $30 million. But that, as Rodgers & Hammerstein were well aware, was only the beginning. If Oklahoma! could make $30 million from 10 million theatergoers, what Mississippis of money might not pour back from...
Rodgers & Hammerstein premeditated their killing carefully, and the screen version of Oklahoma!, which cost $12 million to make and distribute, seems sure to knock 'em dead in numbers perhaps without precedent-some observers are already predicting a $75 million gross. At least on the billboards, this dollarpalooza has everything that the Broadway musical had, along with Eastman Color, famous names, and a technique called Todd-AO-a brand-new, giant-screen process all its own. Oklahoma! will run at advanced prices (from $1.50 to $3.50) in 50 cities from coast to coast before it is distributed through regular channels...