Allegro

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Broadway musical stage musical

Allegro is a 1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that experiments with nontraditional staging and narrative to follow a man's life from birth through adulthood.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
approximatePerformanceCount 315 ⓘ
bookBy Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
bookWriter Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayRunEndYear 1948 ⓘ
broadwayRunStartYear 1947 ⓘ
characterOccupation physician ⓘ
choreographedBy Agnes de Mille ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception mixed ⓘ
directedBy Agnes de Mille ⓘ
followsCharacter Joseph Taylor Jr. ⓘ
followsWork Carousel ⓘ
genre experimental musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasActCount 2 ⓘ
hasSong A Fellow Needs a Girl ⓘ
Allegro self-link ⓘ
So Far ⓘ
The Gentleman Is a Dope ⓘ
You Are Never Away ⓘ
hasSubject American middle-class life ⓘ
medical ethics ⓘ
influenced later concept musicals ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricsBy Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Joseph Taylor Jr. ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeScope from birth to adulthood ⓘ
notableFor nonlinear narrative techniques ⓘ
nontraditional staging ⓘ
use of a Greek-style chorus ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ⓘ
precedesWork South Pacific ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premieredAt Majestic Theatre ⓘ
premiereDate 1947-10-10 ⓘ
premiereYear 1947 ⓘ
producedBy Theatre Guild ⓘ
producer Theatre Guild ⓘ
protagonistOccupation doctor ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
theatricalInnovation continuous movement staging ⓘ
minimalist sets and projections ⓘ
theme compromise between idealism and success ⓘ
corruption of professional ambition ⓘ
small-town values versus big-city life ⓘ

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Allegro → hasSong → Allegro self-link ⓘ