Oklahoma! (stage production)

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Broadway musical stage musical

Oklahoma! is a landmark 1943 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein that revolutionized American musical theatre with its fully integrated songs, story, and choreography.

Aliases (30)

Oklahoma! ×131
Oklahoma! (musical) ×16
Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical) ×4
Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production) ×3
Oklahoma! (choreography) ×3
Oklahoma! (franchise) ×3
Oklahoma! (stage musical) ×3
Act I of Oklahoma! ×2
Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway musical) ×2
Oklahoma! (original Broadway production) ×2
Oklahoma! original Broadway production ×2
Oklahoma! original cast recordings ×2
"Oklahoma!" ×1
Act II of Oklahoma! ×1
Dream Ballet in Oklahoma! ×1
Oklahoma! (1943 original Broadway cast recording) ×1
Oklahoma! (2019 Broadway revival) ×1
Oklahoma! (Broadway) ×1
Oklahoma! (indirectly, via source play by Lynn Riggs) ×1
Oklahoma! (orchestration) ×1
Oklahoma! (stage musical, conductor) ×1
Oklahoma! franchise ×1
Oklahoma! original Broadway cast recording ×1
Oklahoma! piano-vocal selections ×1
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! ×1
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! ×1
Songs from Oklahoma! (musical) ×1
Theme from "Oklahoma!" (musical) ×1
stage musical "Oklahoma!" ×1
stage musical "Oklahoma!" (1943) ×1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical → stage musical →
awarded	Special Pulitzer Prize (1944, for Rodgers and Hammerstein for Oklahoma!) →
basedOn	Green Grow the Lilacs →
basedOnWorkBy	Lynn Riggs →
bookBy	Oscar Hammerstein II →
broadwayClosingDate	1948-05-29 →
broadwayOpeningDate	1943-03-31 →
broadwayRevival	1951 Broadway revival → 1979 Broadway revival → 2002 Broadway revival → 2019 Broadway revival →
composer	Richard Rodgers →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
featuresCharacter	Ado Annie Carnes → Ali Hakim → Aunt Eller → Curly McLain → Jud Fry → Laurey Williams → Will Parker →
genre	integrated musical → musical theatre →
hasActStructure	two acts →
hasFilmAdaptation	Oklahoma! (1955 film) →
influenced	development of the integrated book musical on Broadway →
language	English →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II →
musicStyle	American popular song → folk-influenced show tunes →
notableFeature	includes an extended dream ballet sequence choreographed by Agnes de Mille → pioneered fully integrated use of songs, story, and choreography in American musical theatre →
notableSong	All Er Nuthin' → I Cain't Say No → Kansas City → Lonely Room → Many a New Day → Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' → Oklahoma! → Out of My Dreams → People Will Say We're in Love → The Farmer and the Cowman → The Surrey with the Fringe on Top →
orchestrator	Robert Russell Bennett →
originalBroadwayCompanySize	large ensemble cast →
originalBroadwayRunLength	2212 performances →
originalBroadwayStar	Alfred Drake → Betty Garde → Celeste Holm → George Church → Howard Da Silva → Joan Roberts → Joseph Buloff → Lee Dixon → Ralph Riggs →
originalBroadwayTheatre	St. James Theatre →
originalChoreographer	Agnes de Mille →
originalConductor	Jay Blackton →
originalDirector	Rouben Mamoulian →
originalTitle	Away We Go! →
premiereCity	New York City →
premiereDate	1943-03-31 →
premierePlace	St. James Theatre →
producer	Theatre Guild →
settingLocation	Oklahoma Territory →
settingTime	early 1900s →
subjectMatter	conflict between farmers and cowmen → romance between a cowboy and a farm girl in Oklahoma Territory →
titleChangedDuringPreBroadwayTryout	true →
westEndProduction	1947 West End production →
westEndRevival	1980 West End revival → 1998 West End revival → 2015 West End revival →

Referenced by (121)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Agnes de Mille ("Oklahoma! (choreography)") → Agnes de Mille ("Oklahoma! (choreography)") → Alfred Drake ("Oklahoma!") → Ali Stroker ("Oklahoma! (2019 Broadway revival)") → Celeste Holm → Eddie Albert ("Oklahoma!") → Gloria Grahame ("Oklahoma!") → Howard Da Silva ("Oklahoma! (stage musical)") → Jay Blackton ("Oklahoma! (stage musical, conductor)") → Joan Roberts ("Oklahoma!") → Oscar Hammerstein II ("Oklahoma!") → Ralph Riggs ("Oklahoma!") → Richard Rodgers ("Oklahoma!") → Richard Rodgers ("Theme from "Oklahoma!" (musical)") → Richard Rodgers ("Oklahoma!") → Richard Rodgers ("Oklahoma!") → Robert Russell Bennett ("Oklahoma! (orchestration)") → Rodgers and Hammerstein ("Oklahoma!") → Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ("Oklahoma!") → Rouben Mamoulian ("Oklahoma!") → Shirley Jones ("Oklahoma!") → Shirley Jones → Theatre Guild ("Oklahoma!") → William Ludwig ("Oklahoma!") →	notableWork
Ado Annie Carnes ("Oklahoma!") → Ado Annie Carnes ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Ado Annie Carnes ("Oklahoma!") → Ali Hakim ("Oklahoma!") → Ali Hakim ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Aunt Eller ("Oklahoma!") → Aunt Eller ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Curly McLain ("Oklahoma!") → Jeeter Fry ("Oklahoma! (stage musical)") → Jud Fry ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Laurey Williams ("Oklahoma!") → Laurey Williams ("Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!") → Will Parker ("Oklahoma!") → Will Parker ("Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!") →	appearsIn
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Oklahoma (state song) ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Pore Jud Is Daid ("Oklahoma!") → Pore Jud Is Daid ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → The Farmer and the Cowman ("Oklahoma!") → The Farmer and the Cowman ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Theme from "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (revised) ("Oklahoma! (musical)") →	partOf
Ado Annie Carnes ("Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical)") → Ali Hakim ("Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical)") → Curly McLain ("stage musical "Oklahoma!" (1943)") → Jud Fry ("Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical)") → Laurey Williams ("Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical)") → Pore Jud Is Daid ("Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway musical)") →	firstAppearance
Aunt Eller ("Oklahoma! original Broadway production") → I Cain't Say No ("Oklahoma!") → Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ("Oklahoma! (original Broadway production)") → Oklahoma (state song) ("Oklahoma! (original Broadway production)") → People Will Say We're in Love ("Oklahoma!") → The Farmer and the Cowman ("Oklahoma!") →	firstPerformanceIn
All Er Nuthin' ("Oklahoma! piano-vocal selections") → I Cain't Say No ("Oklahoma! original cast recordings") → Out of My Dreams ("Oklahoma! original cast recordings") → People Will Say We're in Love ("Oklahoma! (1943 original Broadway cast recording)") → Pore Jud Is Daid ("Oklahoma! original Broadway production") →	includedIn
All Er Nuthin' ("Oklahoma!") → Lonely Room ("Oklahoma!") → Many a New Day ("Oklahoma!") → Oklahoma (state song) ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ("Oklahoma!") →	musical
All Er Nuthin' ("Oklahoma!") → Lonely Room ("Oklahoma!") → Many a New Day ("Oklahoma!") → Out of My Dreams ("Oklahoma!") → The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ("Oklahoma!") →	partOfWork
Oklahoma! ("stage musical "Oklahoma!"") → Oklahoma! (1955 film) ("Oklahoma! (musical)") → Theme from "Oklahoma!" (film score) ("Oklahoma! (stage musical)") →	basedOn
Celeste Holm ("Oklahoma! (Broadway)") → George Church (""Oklahoma!"") → Shirley Jones →	performedIn
Ado Annie Carnes ("Act I of Oklahoma!") → Ado Annie Carnes ("Act II of Oklahoma!") →	appearsInAct
Lonely Room ("Oklahoma!") → Theme from "Oklahoma!" (film score) ("Oklahoma! (franchise)") →	associatedWith
Jeeter Fry ("Oklahoma!") → Out of My Dreams ("Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway musical)") →	associatedWork
Green Grow the Lilacs ("Oklahoma!") → Rollie Lynn Riggs ("Oklahoma! (musical)") →	inspiredWork
Green Grow the Lilacs ("Oklahoma! (musical)") →	adaptedAs
Claremore, Oklahoma Territory, United States ("Oklahoma! (indirectly, via source play by Lynn Riggs)") →	associatedWithWork
Theme from "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (revised) ("Oklahoma!") →	basedOnWork
Green Grow the Lilacs ("Oklahoma! (musical)") →	basisFor
Lonely Room ("Oklahoma! (franchise)") →	belongsToFranchise
Rodgers and Hammerstein ("Oklahoma!") →	collaborationStartWork
Jud Fry ("Oklahoma!") →	diesIn
Out of My Dreams ("Oklahoma!") →	firstAppearanceIn
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ("Oklahoma!") →	firstPerformanceInWork
Many a New Day ("Oklahoma!") →	firstPerformedIn
Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ("Oklahoma!") →	firstWork
Carousel ("Oklahoma!") →	followsWorkByCreators
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ("Oklahoma!") →	fromMusical
Away We Go! ("Oklahoma!") →	hasBroadwayTitle
Oklahoma (state song) ("Songs from Oklahoma! (musical)") →	hasCategory
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ("Oklahoma! (franchise)") →	hasFranchise
All Er Nuthin' ("Oklahoma! original Broadway cast recording") →	hasRecording
Theme from "Oklahoma!" (film score) ("Oklahoma!") →	hasTitle
Lynn Riggs ("Oklahoma! (musical)") →	influencedWork
Out of My Dreams ("Dream Ballet in Oklahoma!") →	leadsInto
I Cain't Say No ("Oklahoma!") →	musicalWorkFrom
St. James Theatre ("Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production)") →	notableProduction
Oklahoma! ("Oklahoma!") →	notableSong
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ("Oklahoma! (musical)") →	openingNumberOf
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ("Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production)") →	originalProduction
People Will Say We're in Love ("Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production)") →	originalStageProduction
Away We Go! ("Oklahoma!") →	originalTitleOf
Laurey Williams ("Oklahoma! franchise") →	partOfFranchise
People Will Say We're in Love ("Oklahoma!") →	partOfMusical
Joan Roberts ("Oklahoma!") →	performerIn
Bloomer Girl (choreography) ("Oklahoma! (choreography)") →	relatedWork
Away We Go! ("Oklahoma!") →	retitledAs
Curly McLain ("Oklahoma!") →	singsSong
Pore Jud Is Daid ("Act I of Oklahoma!") →	sungInAct
Away We Go! ("Oklahoma!") →	workingTitleOf