Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz first tried, and then Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II attempted, but gave up and Hammerstein told Lerner " Pygmalion had no subplot ".

Past writers and directors have included Columbians Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart, I. A. L.

Many Columbia alumni have gone on to renowned careers in the arts, such as the composers Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, and Art Garfunkel.

At present, the society is performing a tribute concert to the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein at the National Concert Hall.

The song " You'll Never Walk Alone ", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and later recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry & The Pacemakers, is the club's anthem and has been sung by the Anfield crowd since the early 1960s.

Hammerstein collaborated with composers Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg ; but his most famous collaboration, by far, was with Richard Rodgers.

The adaptation became the first Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration, entitled Oklahoma !, which opened on Broadway in 1943.

'" After Oklahoma !, Rodgers and Hammerstein were the most important contributors to the musical-play form – with such masterworks as Carousel, The King and I and South Pacific.

According to Richard Kislan, " The shows of Rodgers and Hammerstein were the product of sincerity.

" According to Marc Bauch, " The Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are romantic musical plays.

According to The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story by Stanley Green, " For three minutes, on the night of September first, the entire Times Square area in New York City was blacked out in honor of the man who had done so much to light up that particular part of the world.

In 1950, the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal Award " in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York.

Rodgers and Hammerstein began writing together before the era of the Tonys: Oklahoma!

Rodgers and Hammerstein received a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma!

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* " I Am Going to Like It Here " by Oscar Hammerstein ( and Richard Rodgers ) ( imperfect pantoum from the musical Flower Drum Song )

It was at the opening of South Pacific, the musical Hammerstein wrote with Richard Rodgers, that Sondheim met Harold Prince, who would later direct many of Sondheim's shows.

It's the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical specifically written for an actress ( Gertrude Lawrence ).

* The 1955 film Oklahoma !, an adaptation of the famed Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, is re-released.

It becomes the most financially successful film version of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical up to that time, and the only one to win an acting Oscar ( Yul Brynner wins Best Actor for his performance as the King of Siam ).

It is also one of two Rodgers and Hammerstein films to be nominated for Best Picture ( which it does not win ).

* Allegro ( musical ), a 1947 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein

A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein she originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

He also recalls listening to the country singer Jimmie Rodgers.

He also enjoyed Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers.

Brian May's website also stated that Rodgers would be " featured with " Queen as " Queen + Paul Rodgers ", not replacing Mercury.

Rodgers also wrote a melody for which Hart wrote three consecutive lyrics which either were cut, not recorded or not a hit.

Rodgers also contributed to the book on several of these shows.

Rodgers also wrote both the words and music for two new songs used in the film version of " The Sound of Music ".

She also said that Rodgers and Hammerstein listened to all her suggestions and she worked extremely well with them.

Rodgers ' grandson, Adam Guettel, also a musical theatre composer, won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for The Light in the Piazza in 2005.

They also gave Republican representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers 82. 45 % of their vote.

James Michener won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his collection of short stories, Tales of the South Pacific, which in turn was the basis for South Pacific, the 1949 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, also a Pulitzer Prize winner.

In 1997, Norwood was hand-picked by executive producer Whitney Houston to play the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein ’ s television version of Cinderella featuring a multi-cultural cast that also included Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, and Houston.

Psychiatrists Eric Bui and Rachel Rodgers have argued that the character meets six of the nine diagnostic criteria ; Bui also found Anakin a useful example to explain BPD to medical students.

Gary Rodgers took over management of the group, and they began calling themselves ' Bobby Lester's Moonglows ' ( sometimes also referred to as ' Gary Rodgers ' Moonglows ').

Gerry and the Pacemakers ' next two singles, Murray's " I Like It " and Rodgers and Hammerstein's " You'll Never Walk Alone ", both also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, the latter recorded instead of the Beatles ' " Hello Little Girl ", which went on to become the first hit for the Fourmost.

There are also a few antecedents to folk rock present in pre-British Invasion American rock ' n ' roll, including Elvis Presley's 1954 cover of the Bill Monroe bluegrass standard " Blue Moon of Kentucky "; Buddy Holly's self-penned material, which strongly influenced both Dylan and The Byrds ; Ritchie Valens ' recording of the Mexican folk song " La Bamba "; Lloyd Price's rock ' n ' roll adaptation of the African-American folk song " Stagger Lee " ( which had originally been recorded by Mississippi John Hurt in 1928 ); Jimmie Rodgers ' rock ' n ' roll flavored renditions of traditional folk songs ; and the folk and country-influenced recordings featured on The Everly Brothers ' 1959 album, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us.

Fox also produced Broadway musicals, including the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, beginning with the musical version of State Fair in 1945, and continuing years later with Carousel in 1956, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.

Autry was also one of the most important figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers.

Carousel is also unique among the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals for not having an overture ; both the stage and film versions began with the familiar Carousel Waltz.

It was also included in Rodgers ' rare 1954 album for Columbia Records with the composer conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

It was a great success, winning Rodgers and Hammerstein their lone Oscar, for the song " It Might as Well Be Spring ", but it was also unadventurous material for them, compared with several of their Broadway shows.

The term ' formula musical ' may refer to a musical with a predictable plot, but it also refers to the casting requirements of Rodgers & Hammerstein characters.