Allegro at Classic Stage Company New York
Follow the story of Joe Taylor, Jr. from cradle to early manhood in this loving and wise exploration of America’s coming of age, as seen through the eyes of a young physician learning about the mysteries of life and death. Discover this little-known jewel of a show, long considered Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most personal and groundbreaking work of musical theatre.
Music by RICHARD RODGERS
Book & Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Directed & Designed by JOHN DOYLE
Cast
George Abud
Alma Cuervo
Elizabeth A. Davis
Claybourne Elder
David Finch
Malcolm Gets
Maggie Lakis
Paul Lincoln
Megan Loomis
Kara Mikula
Jane Pfitsch
Randy Redd
Ed Romanoff
Jessica Tyler Wright
Creative Crew
Music Director Mary Mitchell Campbell
Costume Design Ann Hould-Ward
Lighting Design Jane Cox
Sound Design Dan Moses Schreier
Allegro
Allegro is a musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics), their third collaboration for the stage. Opening on Broadway on October 10, 1947, the musical centers on the life of Joseph Taylor, Jr., who follows in the footsteps of his father as a doctor, but is tempted by fortune and fame at a big-city hospital.
After the immense successes of the first two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! and Carousel, the pair sought a subject for their next play. Hammerstein had long contemplated a serious work which would deal with the problems of the ordinary man in the fast-moving modern world. He and Rodgers sought to create a work which would be as innovative as their first two stage musicals. To that end, they created a play with a large cast, including a Greek chorus. The production would have no sets; props and projections served to suggest locations.
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) were an influential, innovative and successful American musical theatre writing team, usually referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein. They created a string of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, initiating what is considered the “golden age” of musical theatre. With Rodgers composing the music and Hammerstein writing the lyrics, five of their Broadway shows, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music, were outstanding successes, as was the television broadcast of Cinderella. Among the many accolades their shows (and film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammy Awards. Their musical theatre writing partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th century.[3]
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Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company is located at 136 East 13th Street in New York City, between 3rd and 4th Avenues, just southeast of Union Square. (Website) Classic Stage Company
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