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The Supreme Court's landmark rulings in two recent sexual-harassment suits dramatically demonstrate that feminism continues to play a critical role in ensuring fairness in the workplace. Because the vast majority of us who call ourselves feminists (as well as many strong and effective women who do not) keep...
The announcement that Rodgers and Hammerstein were to collaborate on Oklahoma!--the Theatre Guild production based on Lynn Riggs' novel Green Grow the Lilacs--was initially greeted with skepticism. The financial backing for Away We Go! (as the show was then called) proved very difficult to raise. MGM, which owned...
Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote nine musicals together. Five are legendary hits: Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. (Flower Drum Song was a success, but not in the same league as the golden five.) They wrote one film musical, State Fair, and the TV...
What sets the great Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals apart for me is their directness and their awareness of the importance of construction in musical theater. Years ago, I played through the piano score of South Pacific. It is staggering how skillfully reprises are used as scene-change music that sets...
After Hammerstein's death from cancer in 1960, Rodgers valiantly plowed on. He worked with Stephen Sondheim on a musical, Do I Hear a Waltz? An attempt at a collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist of My Fair Lady, came to nothing. I can vouch for Alan's never having...