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The BIGGEST musical!
M*G*M presents a spectacular musical, packed with the beloved hits of the famed song-writing team of Rodgers and Hart; their own story, with all the adventure, romance, high life of the Great White Way.
Peggy Lorgan McNeil: I don't think I quite understand.::Lorenz Hart: You will after you've known me ten or fifteen years.
Richard Rodgers: That was really black Sunday for me. Shut out twice. Once because I was too young, once because I was too old.
Lorenz Hart: Miserable? Me? I'm always happy!::Dorothy Feiner Rodgers: No one's always happy.::Lorenz Hart: Alright, so I'm slightly miserable
Actors Gene Kelly (actor), William Fawcett (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Harry Antrim (actor), George Davis (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Tom Drake (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Russ Clark (actor), Perry Como (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Frank Mayo (actor),
The Diocese of Motherwell said Father Richard Rodgers, 79, would be absent from St Mary's Parish Church in Cleland for "an unspecified period of time" ... "Following a complaint received by the Diocese of Motherwell and passed to Police Scotland, Father Richard Rodgers, ......
BBC News 2015-03-18(Source. Green Bay Packers) We're being overly dramatic about Chris Borland's retirement. Marek from Kosice, Slovakia ... Something between those two extremes is probably the answer. Here's another question ... John from Sugar Land, TX ... That's it ... Did the Packers have Richard Rodgers ranked where the draftniks did? I can remember Packers fans being terribly upset the Packers drafted a player two rounds ahead of where the draftniks said he fit....
noodls 2015-03-18Rodgers and Hammerstein ... Rodgers and Hammerstein ... One of Richard Rodgers' notes as he was writing the song, "My Favorite Things," for "The Sound of Music." ... Rodgers and Hammerstein ... One of Richard Rodgers' handwritten notes as he was writing the song, "My Favorite Things," for "The Sound of Music." ... Rodgers and Hammerstein ... One of Richard Rodgers' handwritten notes as he was writing the song, "Do Re Mi," for "The Sound of Music."....
ABC News 2015-03-16BARBARA L. FREDRICKSENTampa Bay Times. Monday, March 16, 2015 11.06am. The musical The King and I may be the only show ever written for the benefit of one person ... It was written at the behest of the wives of lyricist/writer Oscar Hammerstein II and composer Richard Rodgers, who were great fans of Ms ... That's why Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the most challenging and, arguably, most beautiful songs for three of the secondary characters ... Ms ... ....
Tampabay.com 2015-03-16All-time favourite ... Undisputed legacy ... On one side, there is the tale of a cheery, chirpy, confused nun who falls in love with a strict, stern father of seven ... And it might have been just another now-popular-soon-forgotten book, except that it caught the attention and fired the imagination of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the two culprits who decided to metamorphose the printed page into a visually grand stage musical ... ....
Deccan Herald 2015-03-14Beginning this Friday, Pasadena will be able to see Disney’s live-action version, “Cinderella” and later this month, the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical, originally written for television, will be on stage at the Ahmanson ... Not realizing the man is really the prince (Richard Madden), she scolds him for scaring the stag and makes him promise not to kill the frightened beast....
The Examiner 2015-03-13Edward Greenfield looks at George Martin’s influence on the band’s creativity. From left to right. Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, George Martin and John Lennon, 1963 Photograph. Keystone USA/Rex Features. Edward Greenfield. Friday 13 March 2015 05.30 GMT ... Paul, as Martin sees it, is the most practical music man of the four, the one most likely to turn into a stage-composer, to become a Richard Rodgers ... Topics ... comments ... ....
The Guardian 2015-03-13BARBARA L. FREDRICKSENTampa Bay Times. Monday, March 9, 2015 11.08am. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's sweet and sentimental musical State Fair came out as a movie in 1945, following the team's blockbuster first Broadway collaboration, Oklahoma!, in 1943 and a year after another family movie musical, Meet Me in St. Louis, in 1944. Related News/Archive ... Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2.30 p.m. Sundays ... Loading... ....
Tampabay.com 2015-03-09The season kicks off Dec ... Next up is a Dec. 29-Jan. 3 production of the beloved Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II musical The Sound of Music directed by Tony winner Jack O’Brien ... 2-7 ... 24-March 6 ... Subscriptions to the five-show lineup are $160 to $595 ... ....
The Miami Herald 2015-03-08after a helicopter’s downdraft had knocked Julie Andrews over, after rain clobbered the schedule and budget, and after an angry farmer poked holes in a man-made brook — the leading lady delivered a tentative prediction ... It premiered March 2, 1965, at the Rivoli Theatre on Broadway in front of an audience that included Richard Rodgers, Bette Davis, Salvador Dali and Adlai Stevenson, Richard Stirling’s biography of Andrews reported ... ....
U~T San Diego 2015-03-06These works include David Edgar's epic drama Pentecost, Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Carousel, Franz Lehár's comedic operetta The Merry Widow, Eugene O'Neill's acclaimed coming-of-age story Ah, Wilderness!, Green Day's iconic punk rock musical American Idiot, Janácek's farcical opera TheCunningLittleVixen and Tchaikovsky's beloved romantic ballet Swan Lake ... Richard E ... Music by Richard Rodgers....
noodls 2015-03-06Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 6.12 p.m. EST March 6, 2015. Maria (Julie Andrews) teaches the Von Trapp children to sing in “The Sound of Music.”(Photo. 20th Century Fox / TNS). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE ... It premiered March 2, 1965, at the Rivoli Theatre on Broadway in front of an audience that included Richard Rodgers, Bette Davis, Salvador Dali and Adlai Stevenson, Richard Stirling’s biography of Andrews reported ... ....
Detroit news 2015-03-06Good news from the campus of Wayne State University. For starters, both The Hilberry and The Bonstelle theaters have announced an exciting, diverse offering of plays for the 2015-16 season ... Now, back to business ... The Hilberry Theatre Season. “One Man, Two Guvnors” by Richard Bean -- October 2 – 17, 2015 ... F ... December 4 – 19, 2015 ... “Oklahoma!,” Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II -- April 15 – 24, 2016 ... ....
The Examiner 2015-03-06Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 31, 1979) was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music down to the present day, and have an enduring broad appeal.
Rodgers was the first person to win what are considered the top show business awards in television, recording, movies and Broadway—an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony—now known collectively as an EGOT. He has also won a Pulitzer Prize, making him one of two people (Marvin Hamlisch is the other) to receive each award.
Born into a prosperous ethnic German Jewish family in Arverne, Queens, New York City, Rodgers was the son of Mamie Levy and Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers, a prominent physician who had changed the family name from Abrahams. Richard began playing the piano at age six. He attended P.S. 10, Townsend Harris Hall and DeWitt Clinton High School. Rodgers spent his early teenage summers in Camp Wigwam (Waterford, Maine) where he composed some of his first songs.
Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (née Wells; born 1 October 1935) is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours.
Andrews is a former child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in a 1954 production of The Boy Friend, and rose to prominence starring in musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which earned her Tony Award nominations. In 1957, she made her television debut with the title role in Cinderella, which was seen by over 100 million viewers.
Andrews made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her second Academy Award nomination for The Sound of Music (1965). Adjusted for inflation, these two films are the 25th and 3rd highest grossing films of all time, respectively. From 1964 to 1967, Andrews was the biggest film star in the world, with the additional box office successes of her films The Americanization of Emily, Hawaii, Torn Curtain, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.
When you walk through a storm,
hold your head up high
and don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm
there's a golden sky
and the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
walk on through the rain,
though your dreams be tossed and blown.
Walk on, walk on,
with hope in your heart,
and you'll never walk alone,
you'll never walk alone!
Walk on, walk on,
with hope in your heart,
and you'll never walk alone,
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white,
Clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow, forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my home-land forever
Edelweiss (Edelweiss), Edelweiss (Edelweiss),
Both: Every morning you greet me
Small and white (small and white)
Clean and bright (clean and bright)
Both: You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow, forever
The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of a bird
That rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
From a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls
Over stones on its way
To sing through the night
Like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I heard before
My heart will be blessed
With the sound of music
[Rolf:]
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life, little girl, is an empty page
That men will want to write on
[Liesl:]
To write on
[Rolf:]
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think
Better beware, be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line
Eager young lads and rogues and cads
Will offer you food and wine
Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken
You need someone older an wiser
Telling you what to do
I am seventeen going on eighteen
I'll take care of you
[Liesl:]
I am sixteen going on seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe
I am sixteen going on seventeen
Innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken
I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen
When the skies is a bright canary yellow
I forget every cloud I've ever seen,
So they called me a cockeyed optimist
Immature and incurably green.
I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
That we're done and we might as well be dead,
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
And I can't get it into my head.
I hear the human race
Is falling on its face
And hasn't very far to go,
But every whippoorwill
Is selling me a bill,
And telling me it just ain't so.
I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
And appear more intelligent and smart,
But I'm stuck like a dope
With a thing called hope,
And I can't get it out of my heart!
Climb every mountain, search high and low
Follow every by way, every path you know
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
A dream that will need, all the love you can give
Everyday of your life, for as long as you live
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
A dream that will need, all the love you can give
Everyday of your life, for as long as you live
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear
She waltzes on her way to Mass
And whistles on the stair
And underneath her wimple
She has curlers in her hair
I even heard her singing in the abbey
She's always late for chapel
But her penitence is real
She's always late for everything
Except for every meal
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
Maria's not an asset to the abbey
I'd like to say a word in her behalf
Maria makes me laugh
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
When I'm with her I'm confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather
She's as flighty as a feather
She's a darling! She's a demon! She's a lamb!
She'd outpester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle! She is wild!
She's a riddle! She's a child!
She's a headache! She's an angel!
She's a girl!
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!
Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too.
And up in the nursery an ubsurd little bird
Is popping out to say cook-coo cook-coo, cook-coo
Regretfully they tell us cook-coo
But firmly they compell us cook-coo
To say goodbye cook-coo...
To you...
So long farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye
Marta
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long farewell, auf weidersehen adieu
Freidrich
Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you
So long farewell, au revior auf weidersehen
Liesl
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
Yes?
Captain
So long farewell, auf weidersehen goodnight
Kurt
I leave and heave a sigh and say good bye - goodbyyyyyyeeeee!
Brigitta
I'm glad... to go.... I cannot tell a lie
Louisa
I fleet, I float, I fleetly flee I fly...
Gretl
The sun... has gone... to bed and so must I...
So long...farewell...auf weidersehen goodbye...
Goodbye...
Goodbye....
Goodbye....
Guests
[Maria:]
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[the Children:]
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay
[Maria:]
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
[Kurt:]
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[the Children:]
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
[Maria:]
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
[Brigitta:]
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Maria:]
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Maria and the Children:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Maria and the Children:]
Ummm (ummm) . . .
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
[Child:]
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
[Maria:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo
[Child:]
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
[Maria:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Maria:]
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Maria and the Children:]
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
Soon the duet will become a trio
[Maria:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Maria and the Children:]
Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay
[the Children:]
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with - A - B - C
When you sing you begin with DO - RE - MI
DO - RE - MI , DO - RE - MI
The first three notes just happen to be DO - RE - MI
DO - RE - MI
DO - RE - MI - FA - SO - LA - TI...
(Oh let's see if I can make this easier)
DO - a deer, a female deer
RE - a drop of golden sun
MI - a name, I call myself
FA - a long long way to run
SO - a needle pulling thread
LA - a note to follow SO
TI - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to do oh oh oh
Doe! - a deer, a female deer
Ray! - a drop of golden sun
Me! - a name I call myself
Far! - a long long way to run
So! - a needle pulling thread
La! - a note to follow SO
Tea - a drink with jam and bread
That would bring us back to do!
A deer, a female deer
RE, a drop of golden sun
MI, a name, I call myself
FA, a long long way to run
SO, a needle pulling thread
LA, a note to follow SO
TI, a drink with jam and bread
That would bring us back to do...
[Rolf:]
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life, little girl, is an empty page
That men will want to write on
[Liesl:]
To write on
[Rolf:]
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think
Better beware, be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line
Eager young lads and rogues and cads
Will offer you food and wine
Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken
You need someone older an wiser
Telling you what to do
I am seventeen going on eighteen
I'll take care of you
[Liesl:]
I am sixteen going on seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe
I am sixteen going on seventeen
Innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken
I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with string
These are a few of my favourite things!
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favourite things!
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes
Silver white winters that melt into spring
These are a few of my favourite things!
When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember
my favourite things---
and then I don't feel so bad!
Cable:
My Girl Back Home
I almost forgot
A blue eyed kid
I liked her a lot
We got ingaged both families were glad
and I was told by my uncle and dad
that if I was clever and able
they'd make me a part of a partnership
cable
cable
and cable
How far are they?
Philidelphia P.A
Princeton N.J.
How far are they?
From coconut palms
To banyan trees
and coral sands
And Tonkinese
Nellie:
How far are they?
Little Rock A.R.K?
Cable:
Princeton N.J
How far are they?
Nellie:
How far are they?
Nellie and Cable:
From coconut palms
and banyon trees
to coral sands
Annie:
It ain't so much a question of not knowin' hut to do
I knowed what's right an' wrong since I've been teen.
I heared a lot of stories an' I reckon they're true
About how girls are put upon by men.
I know I mustn't fall into the pit
But when I'm with a feller
I fergit!
I'm just a girl who cain't say 'no'
I'm in a terrible fix!
I always say 'Come on, let's go' just when I aughta say 'Nix.'
When a person tries to kiss a girl
I know she aughta give his face a smack!
But as soon as someone kisses me
I somehow sorta want to kiss him back!
I'm just a fool when lights are low
I cain't be prissy an' quaint
I ain't the type that can faint
How can I be what I ain't?
I cain't say 'no!'
Whatcha gonna do when a feller gets flirty
An' starts to talk purty
Whatcha gonna do?
S'pposin' that he says
That your lips are like cherrys,
Or roses, or berries
Whatcha gonna do?
S'pposin' that he says t
That yer sweeter than cream
and he's gotta have cream or die?
Whatcha gonna do when he talks that way?
Spit in his eye?
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
Cain't seem to say it at all
I hate to disserpoint a beau
When he is payin' a call!
Fer a while I ack refined and cool,
A settin on the velveteen setee
Nen I think of thet ol' golden rule,
And do fer him what he would do fer me!
I cain't resist a Romeo
In a sombrero and chaps
Soon as I sit on their laps
Somethin' inside of me snaps
I cain't say no!
[Additional Verse]
I'm jist a girl who cain't say 'no'
Kissin's my favorite food!
With or without the mistletoe
I'm in a holiday mood!
Other girls are coy an' hard to catch
But other girls ain't havin' any fun!
Ev'ry time I lose a wrastlin' match
I have a funny feelin' that I won!
Though I can feel the undertoe
I never make a complaint
'Till it's too late for restraint
Then when I want to I cain't