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!

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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.

In 1950, 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.

Hence Dino Rossi was the clear winner 65 % to Governor Christine Gregoire's 35 %; Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers received 78. 1 % of the county's vote ; Sam Reed received 74. 64 % for Washington state Secretary of State ; and Rob McKenna received 75. 43 % for Attorney General.

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.

He remained outside Parliament, unsuccessfully contesting Milton Keynes for the SDP in the 1987 general election, until he received a life peerage as Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, of Kentish Town in the London Borough of Camden in 1992.

On March 5, 1799 Rodgers was promoted to Captain and received written orders to take command of the captured ship.

As soon as Rodgers received news of the declaration of war, fearing that the order to confine naval ships to port would be reconsidered by Congress, he departed New York harbor with his squadron within the hour.

In April 1814 Rodgers returned to Havre de Grace where he received orders to take command of USS Guerriere at Philaelphia, so named after the captured prize of Isaac Hull, and bearing 53 guns.

The song received its live debut on the 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers tour of Japan.

Rodgers received his B. A.

Dr. Rodgers received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from Brown University in Providence, RI.

Lowdermilk has received a Richard Rodgers Staged Reading Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ,< ref >

Rodgers ' " Painted Face " also received substantial airplay on rock stations.

Rodgers received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1970, graduating as salutatorian with majors in chemistry and physics.

In 1990, he graduated at Harvard University and received the ASCAP Foundation's Richard Rodgers New Horizon Award with composer Stephen Weiner.

Slater has received the Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson Award.

On November 4, 2009 Proctor's agent, Mark Rodgers, released that Proctor had signed a split contract with the Braves and received an invitation to Spring Training.

A music video of the song " Language is a Virus ", using footage from the film but the studio recording of the song produced by Nile Rodgers, received wide airplay.

He eventually turned his attention to directing, and in 1993 he wrote the book for, and directed, the Roundabout Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical.