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15 de abr. de 2024 · Dorothy Hammerstein, the wife of Oscar Hammerstein II, once overheard Jerome Kern’s wife Eva being introduced with, “her husband wrote “Ol’ Man River!” A curt correction came from Mrs. Hammerstein: “Excuse me, my husband wrote ‘Ol Man River’—her husband only wrote ‘dum, dum DEE-dah, duh dum-dum DEE-dah,’” intoning the famous melody.
Hace 2 días · Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. With his frequent collaborations with Harold Prince and James Lapine, Sondheim's Broadway musicals tackled unexpected themes that ranged ...
Hace 4 días · Between 1948 and 1951, he wrote All That Glitters, High Tor, Mary Poppins and Climb High as part of a course of study under his mentor Oscar Hammerstein II. Saturday Night ( 1954), his first professional musical, finally had its world premiere at London’s Bridewell Theatre in 1997 at the instigation of The Stephen Sondheim Society, followed by a Broadway production two years later.
Hace 6 días · One hundred years of Broadway milestones and musicals will flash to life on the PBS-TV series, "Broadway: The American Musical." It brings alive the epic story of musical theater and its inextricable link to 20th-century American life through portraits of the creators and collaborators who toiled on and off stage to define and develop theater -- especially along "The Great White Way," in and ...
17 de abr. de 2024 · Hammerstein built a mansion in Beechhurst facing the Long Island Sound, where he lived with his wife Dorothy Dalton, a silent film actress. Their home, located at 168-11 Powells Cove Boulevard,...
18 de abr. de 2024 · The USPTO has given the RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN trademark a serial number of 73475992. The federal status of this trademark filing is REGISTERED AND RENEWED as of Wednesday, July 1, 2015. This trademark is owned by RODGERS, DOROTHY.
7 de abr. de 2024 · 75 years ago today, on April 7, 1949, Rodgers and Hammerstein's fifth musical as a pair, South Pacific, opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. It ran for almost five years and 1,925...
