Oscar Hammerstein II, scion of a notable theatrical family who became its most famous and honored member as a lyricist and librettist, was born July 12, 1895.
Hammerstein enjoyed a major career as lyricist for composer Jerome Kern on many musicals and operettas, most notably Show Boat. After the death of Kern in the early 1940s, Hammerstein launched a second career, and one of the greatest in American musical theatre history, with composer Richard Rodgers. Hammerstein wrote lyrics to classics including Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Carousel, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, among others.
Show Boat Playbill - Opening Night
Sweet Adeline
Oklahoma! Playbill - Feb 1945
Carmen Jones
Carousel
Show Boat
Allegro
South Pacific
The King and I Playbill - March 1951
Music in the Air
Me and Juliet
Pipe Dream
Flower Drum Song
The Sound of Music
The Desert Song
The King and I
Oklahoma!
Show Boat
The King and I
A Grand Night for Singing Playbill
Carousel Playbill- Jun 1994
Show Boat Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1994
The King and I Playbill - Opening Night, April 1996
State Fair Playbill - Opening Night, March 1996
Sound of Music Playbill - Opening Night
Oklahoma Playbill
Flower Drum Song Playbill
South Pacific Playbill
Cinderella Playbill
The King and I Playbill - May 2015
Carousel Playbill - Opening Night
Oklahoma!
