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Richard Rodgers's Biography

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music down to the present day, and have an enduring broad appeal.

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  • News Source: Variety | about 10 hours ago
    Broadway saw bustling traffic over Thanksgiving, with close to 253,000 patrons crammed into 34 playhouses. But the most crowded seating was in the orchestra pits of the St...Contrary to the downsizing trend that has seen Rialto orchestras shrinking
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | 9 days ago
    In the second act of “South Pacific,” the 1949 musical set on and around Thanksgiving, there’s a moment wherein Capt. Brackett, the commanding officer of wartime naval operations on this Pacific island, thanks his men and women for their
  • News Source: The Hendricks County/Westside Flyer | 9 days ago
    The Artists’ Studio’s production of “The Sound of Music” stars Alli Miller as Maria, Mark McSweeney as Captain Von Trapp, and Justine Taylor-Earls as Mother Abbess. The Von Trapp children are double-cast and will be played by Kristin

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  • Blog Source: gayonion.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    With Musical input from such notable authorities as Tim Rice, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Elton John, it is sure to be a blowout of epic proportions! Although still considered "working", the song list is ...
  • Blog Source: cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    On November 16, 1959, The Sound of Music – the last musical collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II – made history when it opened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theater. ...
  • Blog Source: www.killerfilm.com | 10 days ago
    And interestingly, the second highest earners were Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, with a combined earning of $235 million. Jackson ranked third with his $90 million in earnings. Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze's widow, ...

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