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- Cover of Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition)
Synopsis:
Oklahoma is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs‘ 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.
Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love’s journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Other Performances
RLOP first performed Oklahoma! in [intlink id=”195″ type=”page”]1971[/intlink]. They performed it again in [intlink id=”243″ type=”page”]1988[/intlink] and 2004.
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