Most Popular Books by Richard RODGERS

20 of their best songs: Bewitched * I Could Write a Book * Isn''t It Romantic? * The Lady Is a Tramp * Little Girl Blue * Manhattan * My Funny Valentine * This Can''t Be Love * Thou Swell * Where or When * With a Song in My Heart * more.

(Applause Libretto Library). Rodgers & Hammerstein''s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. 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!

Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile''s proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he''s fallen in love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe''s life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices. ufeffBased on Tales of the South Pacific, James Michener''s collection of short stories, South Pacific opened on Broadway at the the Majestic Theatre on April 7, 1949, starring Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza and Juanita Hall. South Pacific received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and for the first time the committee included a composer in the drama prize. The show received ten Tony Awards (including Best Musical), a Grammy Award and countless other accolades. For years the second-longest running show in Broadway history (right behind Oklahoma!), South Pacific returned to Broadway in a celebrated 2008 revival starring Kelli O''Hara and Paolo Szot. The show has proven itself a classic in countless productions around the world and was adapted onscreen in the 1958 film starring Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor and in a 2001 made-for-television film starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick, Jr.

Five vocal selections from the Rodgers and Hammerstein''s 1949 classic. Includes: Bali Ha''i * Dites-Moi (Tell Me Why) * Some Enchanted Evening * A Wonderful Guy * Younger Than Springtime.

An illustrated version of the popular song enumerating favorite things, from raindrops on roses to silver white winters melting into springs.

While sitting in a corner, a little girl imagines that she is a Norwegian princess, a prima donna in Milan, a dancing mermaid, and more.

History comes alive with this first release in a new collection of musical adaptations! From the beloved library of Rodgers and Hammerstein, The King and I is classic musical theater at its best, combining drama, music, dance and stagecraft for an unforgettable experience! Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a dazzling score by Richard Rodgers, this musical tells the classic story of the English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son and their life at the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Anna has been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. While they both retain their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and eventually respect one another in this unique and uplifting story of East meets West. Running approximately 70 minutes, Getting to Know... The King and I is the perfect show to introduce young people up through 9th grade to the wonders of live theater. The all-inclusive ShowKit provides all you need to make your production a success! The ShowKit includes: * Director''s Guide * 2 Piano/Vocal Scores * 20 Lib

Selection from "Pal Joey" by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rogers based on the book by John O''Hara.