A Grand Night for Singing is a musical revue showcasing the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II. The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in history. ... For more on his work with his two partners, see Rodgers and Hart and Rodgers and Hammerstein. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ...

Featuring songs from such lesser-known works as Allegro, Flower Drum Song, State Fair, and Pipe Dream and hits like Carousel, Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music, it originally was presented cabaret-style at Rainbow & Stars at the top of Rockefeller Center. play the music Fast, lively ... Flower Drum Song was originally a novel by Chinese American author C.Y. Lee. ... State Fair is a musical with a book by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and music by Richard Rodgers. ... Pipe Mania Pipe Dream is also the name of Binghamton Universitys student newspaper. ... Carousel is a 1945 stage musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) that was adapted from Ferenc Molnars play Liliom. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. When it first opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, it was produced by Leland Hayward and directed by Joshua Logan. ... The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center. ...

After 41 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Walter Bobbie (who wrote the minimal book linking the tunes) and choreographed by Pamela Sousa, opened on November 17, 1993 at the Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 52 performances. Victoria Clark, Jason Graae, Alyson Reed, Martin Vidnovic, and Lynne Wintersteller comprised the cast. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Born on November 18, 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Walter Bobbie is a noted dancer, choreographer, director and occasional actor. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Soprano Victoria Clark won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance in Adam Guettels The Light in the Piazza. ... Jason Graae (born May 15, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor noted for his musical theater performances but with a varied career spanning Broadway, opera, television and film. ... Alyson Reed is an American dancer and actress. ... Martin Vidnovic (born January 4, 1948) is an American actor and singer. ...

It was nominated for two Tony Awards, for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ...

An original cast recording was released by Varese Sarabande. A cast recording or original cast recording is a recording of a musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. ... Varèse Sarabande is a record label, which specialises in soundtrack record releases, and reissues of hard-to-find (sometimes long- or previously-unavailable) albums, and singles collections. ...

Song list

Act I

• Carousel Waltz
• So Far
• It's a Grand Night for Singing
• The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
• Stepsisters' Lament
• We Kiss in a Shadow
• Hello, Young Lovers
• A Wonderful Guy
• I Cain't Say No
• Maria
• Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
• The Gentleman is a Dope
• Don't Marry Me
• I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair
• If I Loved You
• Shall We Dance?
• That's The Way It Happens
• All at Once You Love Her
• Some Enchanted Evening

Act II

• Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
• Wish Them Well
• The Man I Used To Be
• It Might as Well Be Spring
• When The Children Are Asleep
• I Know It Can Happen Again
• My Little Girl
• It's Me
• Love, Look Away
• When You're Driving Through the Moonlight
• A Lovely Night
• Something Wonderful
• This Nearly Was Mine
• Impossible
• I Have Dreamed

External link

Internet Broadway Database listing