How Rodgers and Hammerstein Shaped the Hollywood Musical (and Almost Killed It in the Process)

Over the course of their careers, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote hundreds of songs.

They created Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music — and in the process, they revolutionized musicals as we knew them.

In the new book Something Wonderful, Todd S.

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