The author was on Fresh Air yesterday:
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/09/600818943/how-rodgers-and-hammerstein-revolutionized-broadway
The book is called Something Wonderful and the author is Todd Purdum. It sounds really interesting.
Sounds and looks wonderful! Can't wait to read it. I loved the interview yesterday on Fresh Air. I had no idea that a woman(her name slips my mind) did additional orchestrations for The Sound of Music and The King and I.
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