Oscar Hammerstein II

Consider the following bits of text: “Doe, a deer, a female deer,” “We’ll have Manhattan,” “Some enchanted evening,” “Oh, what a beautiful morning!” Unless you are wholly ignorant of popular music ...

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—“The Sound of Music” first played in New Haven, Connecticut, as a pre-Broadway tryout on Oct. 3, ...

Today many think of Broadway musicals as esoteric or effete, but from the 1920s through the 1960s, they ...

While the score is delightful and the situations presented universal, “Allegro” suffers from a gaping hole in its ...