For the record Nov 8, 2009
It was created by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The Globe welcomes information about errors that call for corrections. (Boston Globe)
Weekend Guide: Theater Nov 7, 2009
BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL": **** Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6262. "CHICAGO": **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; 212-239-6200. "IN THE HEIGHTS": **; Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St.; 212-221-1211. "JERSEY BOYS": ***; The August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St.; 212-239-6200. "THE LION KING": *** Minskoff Theatre, 200 W. 45th St.; 212-307-4747. "MAMMA MIA. ": ***; Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway; 212-239-6200. "MARY POPPINS": **** New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 W.... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Jackson third on dead rich list Oct 30, 2009
In second place were Broadway legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, with $235m (142m) ... Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein - $235m (142m) 3. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Top-earning dead celebrity? Not Jackson Oct 29, 2009
At No. 2, between Saint Laurent and Jackson, are Broadway legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. The songwriting duo, who wrote the music and lyrics to widely successful shows like Oklahoma, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music, made the bulk of their $235 million in combined earnings from the sale of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and the rights to music they wrote together. (MSNBC -- Business)
Top-earning dead celebs Oct 29, 2009
Songwriting duo Rodgers and Hammerstein Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II earned the second highest figure with revenue made from their popular Broadway musicals, including 'Oklahoma. Carousel', 'South Pacific' and 'The Sound of Music. (iAfrica.com)
Saint Laurent tops list of dead celebs Oct 29, 2009
Following at No. 2 is legendary composing duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, co-creators of such works as "Oklahoma," "South Pacific," The King and I" and "The Sound of Music. " The bulk of their $235 million came in combined earnings from the sale of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and the rights to the music they co-wrote. Michael Jackson's estate earned $90 million in the four months after his death in June, which put the late King of Pop at No. 3. As a result of the media... (CNN)
Yves Saint Laurent named world's richest dead celebrity Oct 29, 2009
The fashion designer was followed by the composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein on the 2009 list with 235 million dollars, and the late "King of Pop" Jackson ranked third at 90 million dollars. Pop star Michael Jackson waves to supporters as he leaves the Santa Barbara County Courthouse after he was found not guilty in Santa Maria, California in this June 13, 2005 file photo. (Xinhuanet, China)
Celebs rake in millions, even from the grave Oct 28, 2009
Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein ($235 million) ... The composing duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ($235 million) was next, followed by the Gloved One, Michael Jackson ($90 million), who died four months ago on June 25. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Home on the Range Oct 12, 2009
It's the first show from legendary theatre duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, which debuted on Broadway March 31, 1943. David Lowenstein directed this year's SU production and appeared in it when he was a student at SU in 1982. (Daily Orange, NY)
Douglas Watt, 95; shaped tastes as NYC theater critic Oct 3, 2009
A pianist and a songwriter, he was fond of musicals and befriended theater composers Richard Rodgers, Kurt Weill, and Frank Loesser. He collaborated with Duke Ellington on an unfinished project based on George Bernard Shaw s Caesar and Cleopatra. (Boston Globe)
THEATER REVIEW Sep 25, 2009
Music by Richard Rodgers ... Rod Gilfry enfolds some of Richard Rodgers' most passionate melodies in a baritone as rich and warm as a bearskin ... Music by Richard Rodgers. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Reconstructing the '49 score 'South Pacific' score Sep 20, 2009
He'd talked about this with the later director, and with the late arranger Trude Rittman, who devised some of this music with Logan, improvising at the piano on Richard Rodgers' melodies. After Rodgers approved the passages, Bennett orchestrated them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Tale of Austrian folksingers has American overtones Sep 17, 2009
Composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II considered using Austrian folk songs when they began working on a stage version of Maria's 1949 best-selling biography, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. "But then they thought, 'No, let's start from scratch and do an American musical,' which brings it much more into the American song book field," Ms. von Trapp said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
A demonic opening Sep 12, 2009
Finally, there were the mordant harmonies and forced gaiety of Richard Rodgers' "Carousel Waltz" to complete the effect. It was as though the opening gala had been suddenly rescheduled to Halloween, with Tim Burton as honorary chairman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pension fund leaders turning backs on stocks Aug 18, 2009
It outbid music publishers in April for the works of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, including The Sound of Music and Oklahoma. South Korea's National Pension Service cut its 2009 domestic stocks allocation in June for the second time in a year as it predicted a "slow" economic rebound. (Business Report, South Africa)
BROADWAY AND LONG RUNNING Aug 7, 2009
Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St.; 212-221-1211. "THE LITTLE MERMAID". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene Jul 28, 2009
Sher ("The Light in the Piazza") will restage his Lincoln Center Theater production, which took top honors for best musical revival and direction (among its seven Tonys), of the classic musical by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II (who wrote the book with Joshua Logan) with a cast of 40 and full orchestra. Rod Gilfry, who's performed with San Francisco Opera (Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire"), will star as the planter Emile de Becque opposite Carmen Cusack... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Something wonderful Jul 23, 2009
Take a dozen or so of the more familiar songs from the musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, mix in a few that aren't often heard, distribute them among a talented cast of six, and you're bound to end up with "Some Enchanted Evening.". That happens to be the name of the revue now playing at the Station Dinner Theatre. (Erie Times-News, PA)
North Iowa Entertainment Briefs Jul 20, 2009
Oklahoma, Richard Rodgers; vocal soloist Holly Briggs. Seventy-Six Trombones March, Meredith Willson. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Rodgers and Hammerwho? Jul 19, 2009
When Dawn Kallison graduated from high school in 1942, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein began writing a musical based on Green Grow the Lilacs. When their collaboration came out in 1943, the result, Oklahoma, revolutionized the musical drama, using song and dance to develop character and plot. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Steinway White House Pianos Pay Tribute to America Jul 18, 2009
"By producing the finest handcrafted instruments available, our factory in Queens has contributed to a significant part of American culture for more than 156 years. Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Billy Joel, among many other legendary composers and performers, have all drawn their inspiration from the Steinway piano. We're proud to take a moment to consider how important our company has been in our nation's history. The White House pianos are... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lake band to perform on weekend Jul 9, 2009
Selections from Carousel, Richard Rodgers; vocalist Lindsay Rummel. Totem Pole March, Eric Osterling. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
'The King and I' opens Friday Jul 9, 2009
The King and I by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein is based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The plot comes from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
The Play Named No. 3 Most Iconic Sports Moment of 1980s by ESPN.com Jul 8, 2009
Kevin Moen received the ball on the Cal 44 and lateralled to Richard Rodgers at the Cal 48. Rodgers then gained one yard before pitching the ball to Dwight Garner. (Calbears.com)
Wandering gypsy has world as her stage Jul 3, 2009
Although the songs of Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter and Lionel Bart are well-represented in Lupone's repertoire, it is the music of Stephen Sondheim to which she most frequently returns. She relished the invigorating and direct approach of the director John Doyle to Sweeney Todd, which he revived on Broadway in 2006. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
With timeless charm, the romance comes naturally in ‘Carousel’ Jun 30, 2009
Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Ferenc Molnar s. (Boston Globe)
Johnny Mercer is the overlooked great American songwriter Jun 28, 2009
But Mercer never had a longstanding partner, as did George Gershwin with his brother Ira or Richard Rodgers with Lorenz Hart, then Oscar Hammerstein II.. Mercer is hard to categorize generally. (Boston Globe)
• Fine tenors, innovative strings Jun 26, 2009
Selections will include "Granada," "Besame Mucho" and "La Donna e Mobile" from "Rigoletto," as well as popular Broadway tunes such as Leonard Bernstein's "Maria" and "Tonight," Richard Rodgers' "Some Enchanted Evening," Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Memory," "Luck be a Lady," "Impossible Dream" and "Ozark Swamp Gas.". Ingham, who hosted the first Sun Valley Opera performance eight years ago in her living room, said she can't wait to hear what will be the premiere of an international tour by the two... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Wistful songwriter learns about life on Broadway Jun 19, 2009
It seemed a likely development given he has one foot in the great tradition of Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim and another in the pop tradition of Carole King, Randy Newman and Elvis Costello. For more than a decade musical theatre's cognoscenti, including Liza Minnelli, Barbara Cook, Kristin Chenoweth, Andrea Marcovicci and Patti LuPone, have embraced Bucchino's tender melodies, soaring harmonies and poetic lyrics - all have performed and/or recorded his songs, as have Art... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Craneway Pavilion Announces July 3rd Independence Day Celebration Featuring the Oakland East Bay Symphony Jun 6, 2009
Richard Rodgers, Sound of Music medley. Beauty and the Beast medley. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Popular North Andover Middle School teacher Rooney retiring May 22, 2009
His favorite musical score was the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein score for Oklahoma. Shows are a social experience for the cast and crew as well. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
B'way ticket availability through Sunday, May 24 May 18, 2009
By The Associated Press. Monday, May 18, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Melrose Youth and Education May 15, 2009
Musical highlights will include Suite for Strings by John Rutter; My Funny Valentine, by Richard Rodgers; and a contemporary piece called Crimson Tide, all of which will be performed by the Melrose High School String Orchestra. Melrose High School senior and cell soloist Eli Kaynor will be featured in Haydn s Cello Concerto in C major. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
CLO's Pink Frolic Ball May 12, 2009
Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette Grammy, Oscar and Dama Desk-winning composer Stephen Schwartz added the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theater to his resume during the Civic Light Opera's Pink Frolic Ball, "Legally Pink," at the Omni William Penn ... VIPs, including honorary chairs Renee and Lucas Piatt, ball chair Colleen Travis and board chair Dolores Bold, gathered on the mezzanine level for some pre-gala cocktails before heading to the ballroom where Grammy- and Oscar-winning... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pacific scoops seven Tonys May 6, 2009
The original production of South Pacific - composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II - won nine Tonys in 1950. Bartlett Sher, who oversaw the show, thanked Rodgers, and Hammerstein, along with original director Joshua Logan and James Michener, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific, the collection of short stories which inspired the production. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
No comments posted. May 2, 2009
The show features songs about love, life and romance composed and written by Broadway legends Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim. They are sung and acted either separately or together by Patinkin and LuPone. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Imperial Symphony Orchestra performs concert under the stars at Bok Tower Gardens Apr 30, 2009
William De Turk will perform selections from The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers on the 60-bell Singing Tower carillon including The Hills are Alive, My Favorite Things, Maria and Edelweiss. The Imperial Symphony Orchestra s medleys include The American Frontier, A Salute to the Big Apple, From Sea to Shining Sea and American Fantasia. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Eligible Broadway Venues Apr 18, 2009
Richard Rodgers 226 W. 46th Street 1368 seats Nederlander Organization. Samuel J. Friedman 261 W. 47th Street 650 seatsManhattan Theater Club. (Variety)
Uplifting, fun shows this season at MCT Apr 5, 2009
It all begins with one of the classics of midcentury musical theatre, Richard Rodgers' South Pacific. That production, directed by MCT co-founder Jim Caron, will open in October. (Missoulian, MT)
Today's Best Bets Apr 4, 2009
The program will include music by Henry Purcell, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Francis Poulenc, Richard Strauss, Marc Blitzstein, Richard Rodgers, William Bolcom and more. Tickets are $18. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Dickerson: Why Is Obama So Bad at Giving Gifts? Apr 4, 2009
She also got a rare songbook signed by Richard Rodgers. (One of the queen's favorite musicals is Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma. (Slate)
Obama faces G-20 call for financial regulations Apr 3, 2009
The device came with headphones and loaded with dozens of classic show tunes - including several from "Camelot" and "My Fair Lady." The president and first lady also gave the queen a rare book of songs signed by "The King and I" composer Richard Rodgers. Source: Associated Press. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Obama gives iPod to the queen Apr 2, 2009
He and first lady Michelle Obama also gave the queen a rare book of songs signed by The King and I composer Richard Rodgers. KEEPING WATCH. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Britain fashionated by Michelle Obama's wardrobe Apr 2, 2009
Reportedly, the Obamas presented the Queen yesterday with an iPod loaded with video and photos of her 2007 trip to the United States, as well as other songs and accessories -- and a rare songbook signed by famed 20th Century composer Richard Rodgers. Sounds like a great gift -- even if the Queen already has an iPod. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
QUEEN IPOD LOADED WITH OBAMA SPEECHES Apr 2, 2009
President and First Lady Obama gave Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod with inscription, songs uploaded and accessories, plus a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers. Uploaded onto the iPod. (The Drudge Report)
Lloyd Garver: Meeting the queen vicariously through the Obamas Apr 2, 2009
President and Mrs. Obama gave the queen an iPod and a book of songs signed by Richard Rodgers. I would've gone for something more personal a bottle of wine from our basement, maybe flowers from our garden, possibly some home-baked mandel bread. (Medfield Press, MA)
On global stage, Obama seems everywhere Apr 2, 2009
The president and first lady also gave the queen a rare book of songs signed by "The King and I" composer Richard Rodgers. As the Americans arrived at the palace, a few thousand wellwishers cheered and waved as their limousine went past. (AZCentral -- News)
Obama Gives iPod to British Monarch, Making It Fit for Queen Apr 2, 2009
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid a visit to Buckingham Palace yesterday, bringing Queen Elizabeth II the music and video storage system as well as a rare songbook signed by famed American music composer Richard Rodgers. In London for the Group of 20 summit, Obama included the monarch in a day of meetings with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Obama, Brown predict G-20 deal for recession Apr 2, 2009
The president and first lady also gave the queen a rare book of songs signed by "The King and I" composer Richard Rodgers. False compromises'Brown initially trumpeted the G-20 summit as "a new Bretton Woods a new financial architecture for the years ahead." But the meeting so far bears little similarity to the 1944 New Hampshire conference where the eventual winners of World War II gathered to set postwar global monetary and financial order. (MSNBC -- Business)
'Side by Side with Sondheim' headed to Doudna Mar 19, 2009
The show features some of Sondheim s best-known songs from landmark shows that revolutionized musical theater, as well as classics written with musical theater giants Leonard Bernstein, Julie Styne and Richard Rodgers, just to name a few. The production is directed by Adam Stich and choreographed by Jean Wolski. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Weekend Hot Picks In Entertainment Mar 13, 2009
Pianist and composer Jones (above), 90, along with saxman Frank Wess, Rufus Reid, Ilya Lushtak and Willie Jones III, will bring the mmm-bop to songs by show tune masters such as Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Irving Berlin. Tickets are 35 to 40. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
12 compete in Inge Young Memorial Piano, Young Artist Competition (4) Mar 9, 2009
Rebekah Carter, age 16, performing Rugiadose, Odorose by A. Scarlatti and You ll Never Walk Alone by Richard Rodgers; Raymond Pottebaum, age 18, performing When I Have Sung My Songs by Ernst Charles and Stouthearted Men by Sigmund Romberg; and Kaitlyn Wilson, age 15, performing Se L aura spira by Frescobaldi and The Lilac Tree by George H. Gartlan. The judges rated each student on rhythmic accuracy, technique, tone quality and intonation, interpretation, musicianship, security of performance,... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Globe invests its heart in hip-hop musical 'Kingdom' Feb 12, 2009
Spisto saw a version of the work at the National Association of Musical Theatre's festival in 2007 and the project has since won a Richard Rodgers award for further development. Back at the Globe to rehearse after a day prepping students who will see "Kingdom" at Lincoln High, Jafferis expresses strong and specific ideas about theater, politics and activist art. (North County Times)
Musical revolves around Billy Joel's classic songs Feb 12, 2009
The musical s first appearance was on Oct. 24, 2002, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York. The show ran 1,307 performances in the Richard Rodgers Theatre until it closed in December 2005. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
'Sound Of Music' Stars: Where Are They Now? Feb 11, 2009
Featuring the music of legendary composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sound of Music" was released in the U.S. in March 1965. Directed by Robert Wise, the film starred Julie Andrews as Maria, a young woman who finds more luck at being a governess for the seven children of widowed Austrian Naval captain Georg Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) than at her attempts to become a nun at the local abbey. (Click2Houston, TX)
Springsteen, Animal Collective have new CDs Feb 7, 2009
Jarrett and company are more reflective on Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts Yesterdays and Carl Fischer and Bill Careys Youve Changed, proving they can tow a straight line as deftly as they can throw the rule book out the window. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Music)
