Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborations (1942–1959)

1. Rodgers and Hammerstein form a new partnership

   Apr 1, 1942Labels: Rodgers, Hammerstein

   • PBS Broadway
   • Oklahoma Hist

2. Oklahoma! opens, launching their Broadway run

   Mar 31, 1943Labels: Oklahoma, St James

   • PBS Broadway
   • Oklahoma Hist

3. Carousel opens as a darker, more ambitious follow-up

   Apr 19, 1945Labels: Carousel, Majestic Theatre

   • R H Carousel
   • R H Production

4. Allegro opens, experimenting with modern-life storytelling

   Oct 10, 1947Labels: Allegro

   • Allegro

5. South Pacific opens, confronting prejudice in a hit musical

   Apr 7, 1949Labels: South Pacific, James A

   • R H SouthPac
   • History com

6. The King and I opens, expanding their global settings

   Mar 29, 1951Labels: The King, St James

   • R H King
   • R H Production

7. Me and Juliet opens with a backstage romance story

   May 28, 1953Labels: Me and, Majestic Theatre

   • Me Juliet

8. Pipe Dream opens, adapting Steinbeck to musical theatre

   Nov 30, 1955Labels: Pipe Dream, John Steinbeck

   • Pipe Dream

9. Flower Drum Song opens with a majority Asian-American cast

   Dec 1, 1958Labels: Flower Drum, Chinatown

   • R H FlowerDrum
   • Flower Drum

10. The Sound of Music opens, their last full stage collaboration

    Nov 16, 1959Labels: The Sound, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

    • R H Production
    • History com

11. Their collaborations solidify into long-term Broadway canon

    Dec 31, 1959Labels: Rodgers and, Broadway canon

    • PBS Broadway
    • R H Carousel

12. Hammerstein dies, ending the Rodgers–Hammerstein era

    Aug 23, 1960Labels: Oscar Hammerstein

    • Hammerstein