Richard Rodgers And Lorenz Hart's The Melody Man

Richard Rodgers was an American composer, who composed over 900 songs and composed for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed things for televisions and films. Richard was the son of Mamie and Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers. He began playing piano at the age of six. Rodgers spent most of his early teenage summers in a camp called Camp Wigwam in Maine. This is where he composed most of his first songs. In 1919, Rodgers met Lorenz Hart, a friend of Richard’s older brother. Rodgers and Hart struggled for years in musical comedy, writing many amateur shows. The first professional production they produced together, The Melody Man, did not show until 1924.

Oscar Hammerstein II was born in New York City. He was raised Episcopalian by his parents, Alice and William Hammerstein. Even though his father managed the Victoria theatre and was a producer of the vaudeville, he was

Although, Hammerstein’s most successful produced a collaboration which began when he teamed up with Rodgers. They teamed up to write a musical. Rodger’s first partner, Lorenz Hart, originally was planning to collaborate with Roger’s in the first place. His alcoholism had became out of hand and was unable to write and produce. Rodger’s began collaborating with Oscar Hammerstein II, who he had before written songs. The first musical they produced was the one that marked the beginning of the best collaboration. The musical was named, “Oklahoma!”. The musical was originally named “Away We Go”. Before the show went on Broadway, there were a few changes to be made. These changes included, the addition of a show-stopping number, “Oklahoma!”, the deletion of the number “Boys and Girls Like You and Me”, and lastly the decision to re-title the musical after the song they perform. This musical originally opened on March 31, 1943. This musical was performed at the St. James Theatre. The team went on to produce more