Oklahoma!: The Making of an American Musical
Tim Carter
Abstract
Oklahoma! premiered on Broadway in 1943 under the auspices of the Theatre Guild, and is today performed more frequently than any other Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This book offers a fully documented history of the making of this celebrated American musical, drawing on research from rare theater archives, manuscripts, journalism, and other sources to record every step in its development. It is filled with details about how Rodgers and Hammerstein first came together, the casting process, how Agnes de Mille became the show's choreographer, and the drafts and revisions that ultimately gave t ... More
Keywords: Oklahoma, Broadway, Theatre Guild, Rodgers and Hammerstein, musical, casting process, Agnes de Mille, choreographer, mythmaking, theater archives
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300106190 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300106190.001.0001 |
