The Cambridge Companion to Rodgers and Hammerstein

William A. Everett is Curators' Distinguished Professor of Musicology Emeritus at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His latest book is The Year that Made the Musical: 1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre (Cambridge, 2024). He is the editor of the series Cambridge Elements in Musical Theatre.

• List of figures; List of tables; List of musical examples; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Part I. Before Rodgers and Hammerstein: 1. Rodgers before Hammerstein Dominic Symonds; 2. Oscar Hammerstein's early career John Graziano; Part II. Being Rodgers and Hammerstein: 3. The sounds of Rodgers and Hammerstein Paul R. Laird; 4. Getting to know them: Rodgers and Hammerstein's co-creators Arianne Johnson Quinn; 5. 'That's when they take it to the bank': the business of Rodgers and Hammerstein Michael Schwartz; 6. Rodgers and Hammerstein, the 'integrated musical' and 'the golden age' Alex Bádue; Part III. The musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein: 7. Oklahoma! A musical for its times Phoebe Rumsey; 8. State Fair and us Jake Johnson; 9. How do you solve a problem like Carousel? Trudi Wright; 10. Allegro: a musical tale of a medical everyman William A. Everett and Christopher Crenner; 11. Minor thoughts about South Pacific Broderick D. V. Chow; 12. The King and I: beyond performing geopolitics Sissi Liu; 13. Me and Juliet: innovative metatheatrical musical comedy George Burrows; 14. Pipe dream: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Zeitoper? Marida Rizzuti; 15. Cinderella on television: the transformational power of adaptive dramaturgy Jordan Ealey and Stacy Wolf; 16. The bridges of flower drum song Hsun Lin; 17. 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain': places, mobilities and identities in The Sound of Music Nils Grosch; Part IV. Legacies: 18. Rodgers after Hammerstein Dominic Broomfield-McHugh; 19. Daniel Fish and the 'white noise' of Oklahoma! Sarah Whitfield; 20. Many a new day: Rodgers and Hammerstein's staying power Laura MacDonald; Select Bibliography; Index.

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