Show Boat

Edit Skiddle 21 Jun 2016
Daniel Evans directs Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's romantic musical ... With music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and ......

Fiddlehead Theatre founder Meg Fofonoff talks 'Showboat' and next season

Edit The Examiner 16 Jun 2016
The Fiddlehead Theatre has had quite a journey this season from under the sea with The Little Mermaid, to the Emerald ......

Rodgers, Hammerstein & 'Romance' at the Jersey Shore

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 10 Jun 2016
Rodgers, Hammerstein & 'Romance' at the Jersey Shore ... (2004) and Ambler's Act II Playhouse (2007). Comprising 24 songs by Richard Rodgers and his collaborators Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart, Kenney's revue invites audience members to guess songs - and their corresponding shows - for a chance to win a gift certificate to a Shore business....

Supurb new Sound of Music production in town

Edit The Examiner 09 Jun 2016
You fall in love all over again with “The Sound of Music,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “My Favorite Things” in a sterling new production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s The Sound of Music, now at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ... life of retired, widowed Austrian naval captain and his seven children at the brink of World War II....

Rockabilly sideman Jerry Haymes reminisces on career

Edit The Miami Herald 05 Jun 2016
Jerry Haymes is as rare of a gem that you could find in East Texas. He's a music legend living right under the noses of East Texans ... Born Aug ... As a child, Haymes grew up surrounded by music ... In 1962, Haymes was awarded Song of the Year by Juke box Operators & Coin Vendors of America for his cover of "Rose Marie," a song taken from a musical written by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II of the same name ... --- ... Editor's note....

‘Sound of Music’ stage version takes slight detours from the film

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 31 May 2016
So just how popular is the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II 1959 stage classic “The Sound of Music”? You could see a different production of the show twice a day every day for an entire year and you’d still miss hundreds of the “Sound of Music” stagings licensed annually by the Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein Organization (an Imagem Company). ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’. When ... Where ... This isn’t a stage version of the Oscar-winning movie ... ... ....

Fitzgerald: The innocence of 5-year-olds

Edit Boston Herald 28 May 2016
Thank you, ladies ... Why did that give him goosebumps? ... Her anguish is palpable. In “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught,” a song from the pen of the great Oscar Hammerstein II, Bloody Mary despairingly notes, “You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late; before you are six, or seven, or eight; to hate all the people your relatives hate; you’ve got to be carefully taught.” ... Maybe ... ....

Broadway Live celebrates 40th year with ‘Rent,’ ‘Cinderella’

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 26 May 2016
The Lexington Opera House will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Broadway Live series with a lineup of favorites of the recent and distant past. Common to the lineup, which was announced Wednesday night at a gala Opera House event, are critically acclaimed revivals of the older titles on the lineup ... Another hit revival will roll through in February, with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s take on Cinderella ... Rich Copley....

The Sound of Music review: Lush arrangements and enchanting performances

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 19 May 2016
FILM. THE SOUND OF MUSIC ★★★★. Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse ... The Sound of Music is not, I confess, one of my favourite things, but this charming and atmospheric production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most famous musical is enough to win over even the cynics among us. Its biggest drawcard is Amy Lehpamer​ as Maria ... Advertisement ... ....

The Cleveland Orchestra announces program for 2016 Star-Spangled Spectacular FREE Community Concert to take place July 29 in newly renovated Public Square (Cleveland Orchestra)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
(Source. Cleveland Orchestra) ... Additional highlights include orchestral selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music and baritone Norman Garrett singing 'Joey, Joey, Joey' from Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella and 'Ol' Man River' from Kern and Hammerstein's Showboat ... Parma ... JEROME KERN and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II 'Ol' Man River' from Showboat ... RICHARD RODGERS and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Selections from The Sound of Music....

One of Broadway’s most important homes must be saved

Edit New York Post 18 May 2016
In 1942, Oscar Hammerstein II stood on the porch of his farmhouse in Doylestown, Pa., looking at a herd of cows on the side of a hill ... Hammerstein’s grandson William wanted to turn it into a museum and a theater ... Hammerstein did most of his work in his second-floor study at a stand-up desk ... Oscar Hammerstein II taught a young Stephen Sondheim to play tennis on this court.Photo....

Lyric’s first-rate, family-friendly KING AND I has a youthful glow

Edit The Examiner 08 May 2016
Comedy legend W.C. Fields once warned, “Never work with children or animals” since they’re bound to upstage even the best performers. Such is the case with Lyric Opera of Chicago’s revival of the Tony Award-winning play The King and I ... the iconic book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rodgers, conducted by Broadway’s David Chase ... ....

This week in the arts: May 5-11

Edit Herald Tribune 05 May 2016
From left, Sheldon Roden, Nate Jacobs, Christopher Eisenberg, Leon Pitts II and Michael Mendez star in "Soul Crooners 2." ... Jacobs stars with Sheldon Roden, Leon Pitts II, Michael Mendez and Christopher Eisenberg ... The music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II has dominated Broadway since they first teamed up for “Oklahoma!” in 1943....
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