Which Rodgers & Hammerstein Classic do you love the most?- Page 2

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 6:13pm

On film: The Sound of Music
On stage: I've always been partial to Oklahoma!, particularly with the De Mille choreography.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 6:30pm

Stage: Carousel or South Pacific
Movie: The Sound of Music.

[The Josh]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 6:38pm

Oklahoma!

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 6:49pm

My favorite all-time is Carousel, but I love The King and I and Cinderella also.

I also am excited about that King And I revival with Kelli O'Hara! I'd love Sound of Music with Sierra Boggess or Ashley Brown as Maria. I'd also love to see a revision of State Fair - any reason as to why it didn't last long?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 6:59pm

Without a doubt: THE KING and I

[canmark]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 7:19pm

If I could only see one, it would be OKLAHOMA!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 9:51pm

Carousel has always been my favorite.

But I have another question to ask. How come the earlier musicals (Carousel, Oklahoma, South Pacific) all had heavy themes but by the time they got to The Sound of Music it was all treacle? Was this because the source material was that way or did R&H just want to write lighter fare?

[somethingbypuccini 2]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 10:02pm

Carousel, with South Pacific being a close second.
But it was The Sound of Music film, and seeing Rebecca Luker in the revival is what made me fall in love with theatre, so I'll always have a soft spot for it. It was the first Broadway show I ever saw.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 10:05pm

"It was the first Broadway show I ever saw."

Sorry for that. The only good thing about that show was that they had a really cool show curtain.

[somethingbypuccini 2]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 10:08pm

I recently watched a video of the production, and yea..it definitely lost most of the magic from when I first saw it. I still kind of love Luker's Maria, despite how wrong she is for the role, but even when I first saw the show I hated Siberry. Really awful.

I can so clearly remember that show curtain. I loved it so much when I was younger.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 10:31pm

The problem with the character of Maria is that she's so sweet and there's really nowhere to go with the character. Maria von Trapp was quoted as saying that she told both Mary Martin and Julie Andrews to "butch it up" (Okay maybe she didn't say it that way, but you get the meaning).

The problem with Luker was that she, imo, is a bland actress and playing a sweet character made her fade into the scenery.

And even Patti Cohenour, who I enjoy, really didn't have the gravitas to play the Mother Superior. I felt like I was watching a high school girl trying to play old and wise.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 10:35pm

Show: CAROUSEL

Score: THE SOUND OF MUSIC

[somethingbypuccini 2]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 10:37pm

I completely agree. I obviously never saw Martin, but I think that Luker is missing the "wink" that Martin and Andrews had. Her performance is just so earnest that it lacks any depth. I just couldn't see the kids falling in love with her, her Maria was no fun at all. I also think she read too old for the part.
Sang like a dream though. But even her singing suffered in comparison to Andrews.
Oh well. Little me was enamored with whoever was playing Rolf, and I loved every second of the production.

[broadwayboy987]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:01pm

For me it's a tossup between Carousel and South Pacific! Would love a new Broadway revival of Carousel! (Or if a new production would come to L.A.!)

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:09pm

Cinderella.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, that is. Not the deformation thereof currently on display at the Broadway Theatre.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:16pm

"Would love a new Broadway revival of Carousel!"

I think the problem always is "How do we portray a carousel?" It's too difficult to build a real one, but we can't charge $150 for an imagined one.

[TrippyTrellis]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:40pm

My three favorite R&H songs are: "Some Enchanted Evening", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "If I Loved You". I would say a tossup between "Carousel" and "South Pacific".

[jackieoh]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:42pm

Oklahoma! has always been my favorite.

[ABitOnTheSide]

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:52pm

The King and I. The Uncle Tom's Cabin ballet adds something that no Broadway show has ever replicated in terms of originality.

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 12:11am

When did Rodgers & Hammerstein become "Rodgers + Hammerstein"? Must the plus sign be used?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 12:19am

When played correctly the relationship between Anna and the King make this show, perhaps the most sophisticated, primal and complicated "love" story ever seen on stage. The score is beyond brilliant. SOMETHING WONDERFUL is my fav R&H song. As I child I was in the show and when the song is re-prised at the King's death bed, I cried every night.

Choosing one show is way too hard, but the original FLOWER DRUM SONG was complete charming and the "revisal" was an abomination . It deserves better.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 1:28am

Grease

[Musical Master]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 1:31am

After Eight, I finally have seen Cinderella and unfortunatly I will never think that "deformation" is the correct word for what I saw. You see, it's just that I never cared for the original Cinderella on television or it's other two versions because they feel like mashed potatoes going against the composers other legendary work on stage. At least I will give the Broadway version some credit that Beane and the creative team tried to make Cinderella more well known to the public and to make a unique version that, at least to me, put more effort than Hawng could dream up in his sleep. But hey, your opinion is perfectly fine, if you love the original for what it is, more power to you.

Yet the new Flower Drum Song's use of the word deformation is a criminal understatment. THAT HORRID, UNATURAL, DEMONIC S*** CAN GO TO "THE OTHER PLACE" FOR ALL I CARE!! SOMEONE CALL THE EXORCIST! PLEASE I BEG YOU!!

Curtain, I will defenitley agree that the score to The King and I is nothing short of a masterpiece, and the film version will always be my favorite movie musical of all time. Plus it is my absolute favorite musical from Rodgers and Hammerstein; it's a shame that Me and Juliet had to come afterwards.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 1:37am

Oklahoma! The Kind and I is a close second.

I'm sentimental about Cinderella, but I can understand its flaws. There's unfortunately not a lot of meat to the story.

[broadwayboy987]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 1:39am

Gothampc - I saw this wonderful production a few years ago that had what looked to be a real carousel, and than when the transition came, the center piece folded like an umbrella and was pulled upwards, and the horses all were on wheels or something like that and rolled off. It made for a beautiful transition, and was remarkably designed. There could be a turntable to make it spin. It didn't seem to be too much of a cost, and it really was spectacular! I'm not the best at descriptions...