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   2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. 2023 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs 's 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs.

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   Overview. Show Information. Book. Oscar Hammerstein II. Music. Richard Rodgers. Lyrics. Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the Play/Book/Film. Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Category. Musical. Number of Acts. First Produced. 1943. Genres. Comedy, Dark Comedy, Romance. Settings. Period, Multiple Settings. Time & Place. turn of the century, 1900s.

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   Did Oklahoma 'Oh what a beautiful mornin' change the history of musical theater?

   • Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times that the show's opening number, "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" changed the history of musical theater: "After a verse like that, sung to a buoyant melody, the banalities of the old musical stage became intolerable." The New York Post was the only major paper to give Oklahoma! a mixed review.

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   How good is 'Oklahoma'?

   • Where "Oklahoma!" surpasses other film musicals is in its wonderful cast. Gordon MacRae could play a signing cowboy without making him twerpy. Shirley Jones could convince you with her soprano warble that she was an innocent country girl. Rod Steiger is almost too good for the material as the psycho Jud Fry.

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   Why was Oklahoma's 'Oklahoma a toast' a bad song?

   • In April 1953 Oklahoma State Rep. George Nigh of McAlester introduced a bill to replace Oklahoma's official song, "Oklahoma, A Toast," with the title song of the musical. A few legislators and residents objected. Some found the song hard to sing and thought it would be difficult for students to learn.

   Oklahoma! | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

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   How does the movie 'Oklahoma' work in CinemaScope?

   • In the CinemaScope version, we first see the cornstalks, the camera tracks through them; then, as the words "Rodgers and Hammerstein present" appear on-screen, Gordon MacRae appears and rides up to the camera and then past it off left, as the title "Oklahoma!" appears.

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0048445Oklahoma! (1955) - Plot - IMDb

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   Set in the Oklahoma territory in the early 1900s, this musical tells the story of two pairs of lovers. Curly is a cowboy who has trouble admitting his feelings to Laurey, as she does to him, because of their stubbornness. Judd, the hired hand at Laurey's farm, tries to come between them.

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   With script and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and musical score by Richard Rodgers (their first collaboration), choreography by Agnes DeMille, and direction by Rouben Mamoulian, the production opened on March 31, 1943, at the St. James Theater on Broadway.

6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0048445Oklahoma! (1955) - IMDb

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   Comedy Drama Musical. In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies. Director. Fred Zinnemann. Writers. Sonya Levien. William Ludwig. Richard Rodgers. Stars. Gordon MacRae. Gloria Grahame. Gene Nelson. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +4. Add to Watchlist.

7. www.okhistory.org › learn › musicalRodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | Oklahoma Historical Society

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   Oklahoma! is a popular and well-known musical and the first collaboration by famed creative musical duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical, set in Indian Territory, is an exciting love story with fighting, trickery, and of course, the great state of Oklahoma.