{"id":14951,"date":"2025-10-24T14:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/14951\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:07:13","slug":"rodgers-and-hammerstein-some-enchanted-broadway-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/14951\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodgers and Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Broadway History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are two of the greatest entertainers in New York City history. They have delighted millions of people with their unique and influential take on the Broadway musical \u2014 serious, sincere, graceful and poignant. In the process they have helped in elevating New York\u2019s Theater District into a critical destination for American culture.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we tell the story of this remarkable duo \u2014 from their early years with other creators (Hammerstein with Jerome Kern, Rodgers with Lorenz Hart) to a run-down of all their shows. And almost all of it \u2014 from the plains of Oklahoma to the exotic climates of South Pacific \u2014 takes place on just two city blocks in Midtown Manhattan!<\/p>\n

PLUS: What classic music venue still bears the name of Oscar Hammerstein\u2019s grandfather?<\/p>\n

How did the ritzy Plaza Hotel celebrate the fifth anniversary of Oklahoma\u2019s debut?<\/p>\n

How is Richard Rodgers associated with Hamilton the Musical?<\/p>\n

And what was the final song written by Rodgers and Hammerstein?<\/p>\n

LISTEN NOW: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN<\/p>\n

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The Bowery Boys Podcast is proud to be sponsored by\u00a0Founded By NYC<\/a>, celebrating New York City\u2019s 400th anniversary in 2025 and the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.<\/p>\n

Read about all the exciting events and world-class institutions commemorating the five boroughs\u2019 legacy of groundbreaking achievements, and find ways to celebrate the city that\u2019s always making history at\u00a0Founded by NYC.<\/a><\/p>\n

The selection of theater images and memorabilia below are courtesy the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the New York Public Library.<\/p>\n

Hammerstein with another musical legend \u2014 Jerome Kern \u2014 in 1939<\/p>\n

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Andre Kostelanetz, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers and Jane Froman, 194o<\/p>\n

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Rodgers and Hart, circa 1940<\/p>\n

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The creators, with performers in the background<\/p>\n

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Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II at the opening of The King and I at the St. James Theatre<\/p>\n

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Hammerstein, Rodgers and a young Julie Andrews during rehearsals for the broadcast of Cinderella.<\/p>\n

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No \u2018leggy chorus girls\u2019 here. Joan Roberts and the original cast of Oklahoma! transformed the Broadway musical<\/p>\n

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Playbill for the original production of Oklahoma! at the St. James Theatre (1943)<\/p>\n

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Thanks to advance \u201cmail orders,\u201d Rodgers and Hammerstein shows would be sold out months before opening \u2014 and months before the reviews came out.<\/p>\n

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Mary Martin and the child stars of the original production of The Sound of Music.<\/p>\n

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