New Releases by Richard Rodgers

Childhood; start in theater; role of Dramatists Guild in securing rights of playwrights; beginnings of the Music Theater of Lincoln Center; association with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II; impressions of George Balanchine, Gertrude Lawrence, Florenz Ziegfeld, Billy Rose and others.

Forty-sixth Street Theatre, Richard Rodgers presents "Do I Hear A Waltz," a new musical starring Elizabeth Allen, Sergio Franchi, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents, based on the play, "The Time of the Cuckoo" by Arthur Laurents, directed by John Dexter, featuring Madeleine Sherwood, Julienne Marie, Stuart Damon, Fleury D''Antonakis, Jack Manning, Christopher Votos, James Dybas and Carol Bruce, choreography by Herbert Ross, scenery and costumes by Beni Montresor, lighting by Jules Fisher, orchestrations by Ralph Burns, musical director Frederick Dvonch, dance music arranged by Richard de Benedictis, choreographic associate Wakefield Poole, production stage manager Jean Barrere.

Book by S. Taylor. Music and lyrics by R. Rodgers. First presented in New York, March 15, 1962.

The scripts and lyrics of six of their most popular musicals.

Pipe Dream is the seventh musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; it premiered on Broadway on November 30, 1955. The work is based on John Steinbeck''s short novel Sweet Thursday - Steinbeck wrote the novel, a sequel to Cannery Row, in the hope of having it adapted into a musical. Set in Monterey, California, the musical tells the story of the romance between Doc, a marine biologist, and Suzy, who in the novel is a prostitute; her profession is only alluded to in the stage work. Pipe Dream was a flop and a financial disaster for Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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.

Connie Casey, an American heiress, has just returned from a series of scandalous adventures in Europe. Connie decides to go back to college and she wants to go to her father''s Alma matter, Pottawatomie College in New Mexico. Her father wants to be sure that Connie doesn''t get into mischief so he hires four professional football players as her bodyguards. The players learn that the college is in financial trouble so they donate their salaries to the college. They also find out that the college has not won a football game in their 75 year history so they join the team. Suddenly the team becomes the number 1 team in America. Meanwhile, bodyguard Clint falls in love with Connie and vice versa. Connie finds out that Clint is being paid by her father, and demands that the four players accompany her back to New York the night before the last big game. Will they leave? Will Clint be forgiven?

The genius of Rodgers and Hart sparkles in this collection, skillfully arranged by Jan Sanborn for advanced pianists. This volume revisits their best songs, casting them in the rich voice of the piano. Wonderful musical moments are certain to provide hours of enjoyment for the pianist who wishes to be a Popular Performer. Titles: * Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered * Blue Moon * Dancing on the Ceiling * Falling In Love with Love * I Could Write a Book * Mountain Greenery * My Funny Valentine * Where or When * With a Song in My Heart.