Oklahoma! (stage production)

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

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
awarded Pulitzer Prize winners
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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, Missouri, United States
surface form: Kansas City

Lonely Room
Many a New Day
Green Grow the Lilacs
surface form: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

Oklahoma! (stage production) self-link
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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 Indian Territory
surface form: 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

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