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I appreciate the plug for the UCLA thesis. Depending on what it is, I've definitely JSTOR'd a few UCLA articles for this, namely one arguing for a read of Ali as a Jewish conduit for Hammerstein himself - the Persian-ness, simply a lark. 

The original musical is about assimilation, community, collectivity, but the restaging is "about" the unintended consequences of this politic. The thesis more or less explores the potentials for theater to resonate within contem

Hi Everyone, 

I'm writing a thesis on "Oklahoma!" for graduate school and in the midst of my research I came across a quote from late-career Hammerstein (or Rodgers) essentially setting forth their policy on revivals of their works. The gist of the quote was announcing skepticism toward directors re-interpreting the works, moving them gradually further and further from the point of the original script. This may have been in Todd Purdham's book or s