Rodgers and Hammerstein

Rodgers and Hammerstein were an American songwriting duo consisting of Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960). They are most famous for creating a string of immensely popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, in what is considered the golden age of their medium, including five shows that were legendary successes: Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. Over the course of their collaboration, their work and its adaptations garnered 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Grammy Awards, and two Emmy Awards, among other theater accolades.

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music was Rodger and Hammerstein's last work together. It told the story of the von Trapp family. It opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, and starred Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain von Trapp. It later was made into a movie starring Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as the Captain. The movie won five Oscars, including best picture and best director, Robert Wise. Hammerstein did not live to see the movie made. When Rodgers wrote two extra songs for the movie, he wrote the lyrics also.

Related Topics:
The Sound of Music - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre - November 16 - 1959 - Mary Martin - Theodore Bikel - Julie Andrews - Christopher Plummer - Robert Wise

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Musical Numbers

Act One

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• The Sound of Music
• Maria
• I Have Confidence (movie only)
• Do-Re-Mi
• Sixteen Going on Seventeen
• My Favorite Things
• How Can Love Survive
• Laendler
• So Long, Farewell
• Climb Ev'ry Mountain

Act II

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• No Way to Stop It (stage only)
• Something Good (movie only)
• An Ordinary Couple
• The Lonely Goatherd
• Edelweiss
• Finale Ultimo