Oklahoma !
Broadway:
Opening date: 31 mars 1943 (Saint James Theatre)
Closing date: 29 mai 1948
Nombre de représentations consécutives : 2 212
West End:
Opening date: 30 avril 1947 (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Nombre de représentations consécutives : 1 543
d'après la pièce "Green Grow The Lilacs" de Lynn Riggs
Livret: Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musique: Richard Rodgers
Mise en scène: Rouben Mamoulian
Chorégraphie: Agnes de Mille
Orchestrations: Russell Bennett
Décors: Lemuel Ayers
Costumes: Miles White
L'histoire
À la fin du xixe siècle, le territoire indien de l'Oklahoma est ouvert à la colonisation. C'est dans ce contexte que se déroule le récit qui concerne les problèmes de cœur que rencontrent les cow-boys Curly et Will avec deux demoiselles, Laurey et Annie.
Adaptation Cinématographique
Distribution Originale
Aunt Eller: Betty Garde
Curly: Alfred Drake
Ali Hakim: Joseph Buloff
Laurey: Joan Roberts
Will Parker: Lee Dixon
Jud Fry: Howard Da Silva
Ado Annie Carnes: Celeste Holm
Andrew Carnes: Ralph Riggs
Jess/Dream Jud: George Church
Ellen/Dream Laurey: Katharine Sergava
Chalmers/Dream Curly: Marc Platt
Laurey's Friend/Ensemble Dancer: Diana Adams, Nona Feid, Maria Harriton, Rhoda Hoffman, Billie Zay
Ensemble Singer: Elsie Arnold, John Baum, Harvey Brown
Other Post Card/Ensemble Dancer: Bobby Barrentine
Cowboys/Ensemble Dancer: Kenneth Buffett, Jack Dunphy, Gary Fleming, Ray Harrison, Edmund Howland, Eric Kristen
Fred/Ensemble Singer: Edwin Clay
Jud's Post Card/Ensemble Dancer: Margit De Kova,
Armina/Jud's Post Card/Ensemble Dancer: Kate Friedlich
Sam/Ensemble Singer: Hayes Gordon
Joe/Ensemble Singer: George Irving
Ike Skidmore: Barry Kelley
Gertie Cummings: Jane Lawrence
Cowboy: Ken Leroy
Aggie/Dream Child/Ensemble Dancer: Bambi Linn
Ensemble Singer: Suzanne Lloyd, Dorothea McFarland, Carl Nelson, Virginia Oswald, Robert Penn, Vivienne Simon, Faye Smith
Kate/Ensemble Singer: Ellen Love
Cord Elam: Owen Martin
Sylvie/Jud's Post Card/Ensemble Dancer: Joan McCracken
Slim/Ensemble Singer: Herbert Rissman
Mike/Ensemble Singer: Paul Shiers
Other Post Card/Ensemble Dancer: Vivian Smith
Swing: Kenneth Buffett, Jack Dunphy, Gary Fleming, Ray Harrison, Edmund Howland, Eric Kristen, Pat Meany
Numéros Musicaux
Act I
Overture – Orchestra
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" – Curly
Laurey's Entrance – Laurey & Curly
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" – Curly, Laurey, & Aunt Eller
"Kansas City" – Will Parker, Aunt Eller, Male Ensemble
"I Cain't Say No" – Ado Annie
Entrance of Ensemble ("I Cain't Say No" and "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'") – Will, Ado Annie, Curly, Aunt Eller & Ensemble
"Many a New Day" – Laurey and Female Ensemble
"It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" – Ali Hakim & Ensemble
"People Will Say We're in Love" – Curly & Laurey
"Pore Jud Is Daid" – Curly & Jud
"Lonely Room" – Jud
"Out of My Dreams"/"Dream Ballet" – Laurey & Dream Figures
Act II
Entr'acte – Orchestra
"The Farmer and the Cowman" – Andrew Carnes, Aunt Eller, Curly, Gertie Cummings, Will, Ado Annie, Laurey, Ike Skidmore, Cord Elam & Ensemble
"All Er Nuthin'" – Will & Ado Annie
"People Will Say We're in Love" (Reprise) – Curly & Laurey
"Oklahoma" – Curly, Laurey, Aunt Eller, Ike Skidmore, Cord Elam, Fred, Andrew Carnes & Ensemble
Finale Ultimo ("Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "People Will Say We're in Love") – Company
