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Oklahoma!
Broadway
Musical
Original
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Oklahoma!
Broadway
Musical
Original
St. James Theatre
246 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
A confident cowboy competes with a surly, mysterious farmhand for the honor of taking a lovely young farm woman to a dance in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 musical adaptation of
Green Grow the Lilacs
.
music:
Richard Rodgers
lyrics:
Oscar Hammerstein II
book:
Oscar Hammerstein II
People (179)
Betty Garde
Aunt Eller
(Original)
Alfred Drake
Curly
(Original)
Joseph Buloff
Ali Hakim
(Original)
Joan Roberts
Laurey
(Original)
Lee Dixon
Will Parker
(Original)
Howard Da Silva
Jud Fry
(Original)
Celeste Holm
Ado Annie Carnes
(Original)
Ralph Riggs
Andrew Carnes
(Original)
George Church
Jess
(Original)
Dream Jud
(Original)
Katharine Sergava
Ellen
(Original)
Dream Laurey
(Original)
Marc Platt
Chalmers
(Original)
Dream Curly
(Original)
Edna Skinner
Ado Annie Carnes
(Replacement)
Bonita Primrose
Ado Annie Carnes
(Replacement)
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Shelley Winters
Ado Annie Carnes
(Replacement)
Vivian Allen
Ado Annie Carnes
(Replacement)
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Max Willenz
Ali Hakim
(Replacement)
Guy Rennie
Ali Hakim
(Replacement)
Mark Windheim
Ali Hakim
(Replacement)
Herbert Berghof
Ali Hakim
(Replacement)
Florenz Ames
Andrew Carnes
(Replacement)
Ruth Weston
Aunt Eller
(Replacement)
Edith Gresham
Aunt Eller
(Replacement)
Eric Kristen
Chalmers
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Boris Runanin
Chalmers
(Replacement)
Scott Merrill
Chalmers
(Replacement)
Dream Curly
(Replacement)
Tom Avera
Chalmers
(Replacement)
Will Parker
(Replacement)
David Tihmar
Chalmers
(Replacement)
Bob Kennedy
Curly
(Replacement)
Jack Kilty
Curly
(Replacement)
Will Parker
(Replacement)
Harry Stockwell
Curly
(Replacement)
Howard Keel
Curly
(Replacement)
Vladimir Kostenko
Dream Jud
(Replacement)
Jess
(Replacement)
Dania Krupska
Dream Laurey
(Replacement)
Ellen
(Replacement)
Gemze de Lappe
Ellen
(Replacement)
Alicia Krug
Ellen
(Replacement)
Richard Rober
Jud Fry
(Replacement)
Joseph Meyer
Jud Fry
(Replacement)
Ike Skidmore
(Replacement)
Murvyn Vye
Jud Fry
(Replacement)
Evelyn Wyckoff
Laurey
(Replacement)
Betty Jane Watson
Laurey
(Replacement)
Mary Hatcher
Laurey
(Replacement)
Carolyn Tanner
Laurey
(Replacement)
Iva Withers
Laurey
(Replacement)
James Parnell
Will Parker
(Replacement)
Paul Crabtree
Will Parker
(Replacement)
Diana Adams
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Elsie Arnold
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Bobby Barrentine
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Other Post Card
(Original)
John Baum
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Harvey Brown
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Kenneth Buffett
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Joe
(Replacement)
Edwin Clay
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Fred
(Original)
Margit DeKova
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Original)
Jack Dunphy
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Nona Feid
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Other Post Card
(Replacement)
Gary Fleming
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Kate Friedlich
Armina
(Original)
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Original)
Hayes Gordon
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Sam
(Original)
Ray Harrison
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Maria Harriton
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Rhoda Hoffman
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Edmund Howland
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
George S. Irving
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Joe
(Original)
Barry Kelley
Ike Skidmore
(Original)
Jane Lawrence
Gertie Cummings
(Original)
Ken Leroy
Cowboy
(Original)
Bambi Linn
Aggie
(Original)
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Dream Child
(Original)
Suzanne Lloyd
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Ellen Love
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Kate
(Original)
Owen Martin
Cord Elam
(Original)
Joan McCracken
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Original)
Sylvie
(Original)
Dorothea McFarland
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Carl Nelson
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Virginia Oswald
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Robert Penn
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Herbert Rissman
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Slim
(Original)
Paul Shiers
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Mike
(Original)
Fred
(Replacement)
Vivienne Simon
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Faye Smith
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Vivian Smith
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Other Post Card
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Replacement)
Billie Zay
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Ruth Harte
Aggie
(Replacement)
Dream Child
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Tiny Shimp
Aggie
(Replacement)
Phyllis Gehrig
Armina
(Replacement)
Jacqueline Dodge
Armina
(Replacement)
Elena Salamatova
Armina
(Replacement)
Joan Hansen
Armina
(Replacement)
Nancy Hachenberg
Armina
(Replacement)
Ginger Vetrand
Armina
(Replacement)
Muriel Gray
Armina
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Other Post Card
(Replacement)
Irene Larson
Armina
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Other Post Card
(Replacement)
Buster Burnell
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Bill Sumner
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
George Stecher
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Pat Meany
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Jack Ward
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Jack Miller
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Jack Harwood
Cowboy
(Replacement)
David Neuman
Cowboy
(Replacement)
Jay Dowd
Dream Curly
(Replacement)
Rosemary Schaefer
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Remi Martell
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Sam Jenkins
(Replacement)
Louise Fornaca
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Jud's Post Card
(Replacement)
Sylvie
(Replacement)
Leif Argo
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
J. T. Ward
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Frances Rainer
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Jud's Post Card
(Replacement)
Beatrice Lynn
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Jud's Post Card
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Payne Converse
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Paul Lyday
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Pat Likely
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Marian Horosko
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Marie Korjinska
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Maxwell Coker
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Miriam Pandor
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Ann Newland
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Valentina Oumansky
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Jud's Post Card
(Replacement)
Remington Olmstead
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Robert Pagent
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
June Graham
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Laurey's Friend
(Replacement)
Other Post Card
(Replacement)
Jack Baker
Ensemble Dancer
(Replacement)
Thomas Bowman
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
John Gould
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Birgin Haldorson
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Helen Wagner
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Kate
(Replacement)
Miriam Day
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Lloyd Cole
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Sam
(Replacement)
Jean Snider
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Harold Gordon
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Joe
(Replacement)
Joseph Cunneff
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Joe
(Replacement)
Susan Pearce
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Frank Vespia
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Ann Crowley
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Arthur Ulisse
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Sam
(Replacement)
Remo Arlotta
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
May Muth
Ensemble Singer
(Replacement)
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Kate
(Replacement)
Allen Sharp
Fred
(Replacement)
Pamela Britton
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Patricia Allen
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Margaret Moser
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Patricia England
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
Dorothea MacFarland
Gertie Cummings
(Replacement)
John Alda
Ike Skidmore
(Replacement)
Tom Spencer
Ike Skidmore
(Replacement)
Stokey Gray
Joe
(Replacement)
Joe Landis
Joe
(Replacement)
Marianna Peterson
Kate
(Replacement)
Donna Phillips
Kate
(Replacement)
William Sutherland
Slim
(Replacement)
Guy Smith, Jr.
Slim
(Replacement)
Betty Lynn
Sylvie
(Replacement)
Jane Fischer
Sylvie
(Replacement)
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Betty Garde
Aunt Eller
(Original)
Alfred Drake
Curly
(Original)
Joseph Buloff
Ali Hakim
(Original)
Joan Roberts
Laurey
(Original)
Lee Dixon
Will Parker
(Original)
Howard Da Silva
Jud Fry
(Original)
Celeste Holm
Ado Annie Carnes
(Original)
Ralph Riggs
Andrew Carnes
(Original)
George Church
Jess
(Original)
Dream Jud
(Original)
Katharine Sergava
Ellen
(Original)
Dream Laurey
(Original)
Marc Platt
Chalmers
(Original)
Dream Curly
(Original)
Diana Adams
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Elsie Arnold
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Bobby Barrentine
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Other Post Card
(Original)
John Baum
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Harvey Brown
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Kenneth Buffett
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Edwin Clay
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Fred
(Original)
Margit DeKova
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Original)
Jack Dunphy
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Nona Feid
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Gary Fleming
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Kate Friedlich
Armina
(Original)
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Original)
Hayes Gordon
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Sam
(Original)
Ray Harrison
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Maria Harriton
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Rhoda Hoffman
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
Edmund Howland
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
George S. Irving
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Joe
(Original)
Barry Kelley
Ike Skidmore
(Original)
Eric Kristen
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Cowboy
(Original)
Jane Lawrence
Gertie Cummings
(Original)
Ken Leroy
Cowboy
(Original)
Bambi Linn
Aggie
(Original)
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Dream Child
(Original)
Suzanne Lloyd
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Ellen Love
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Kate
(Original)
Owen Martin
Cord Elam
(Original)
Joan McCracken
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Jud's Post Card
(Original)
Sylvie
(Original)
Dorothea McFarland
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Carl Nelson
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Virginia Oswald
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Robert Penn
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Herbert Rissman
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Slim
(Original)
Paul Shiers
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Mike
(Original)
Vivienne Simon
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Faye Smith
Ensemble Singer
(Original)
Vivian Smith
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Other Post Card
(Original)
Billie Zay
Ensemble Dancer
(Original)
Laurey's Friend
(Original)
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Book
Lyrics
Richard Rodgers
Music
Lynn Riggs
Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by
Rouben Mamoulian
Director
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
Lemuel Ayers
Scenic Design
Miles White
Costume Design
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestrations
Theresa Helburn
Production Supervisor
Lawrence Langner
Production Supervisor
John Haggott
Production Manager
Reginald Hammerstein
General Stage Manager
Ted Hammerstein
Stage Manager
Elaine Anderson
Assistant Stage Manager
Peggy Opdycke
2nd Assistant Stage Manager
Herbert Rissman
Assistant Stage Manager
Max A. Meyer
Company Manager
Joseph Heidt
Press Representative
Alfred H. Tamarin
Press Representative
Dick Weaver
Press Representative
The Theatre Guild
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
31
1943
Closing Date
May
29
1948
Performances
2,212
as of Jul 07, 2025
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Awards
Theatre World Awards
1947
Theatre World Award
Dorothea MacFarland
Winner
Tony Award
1993
Special Tony Award
Winner
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Oklahoma!
- May 29, 1951
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- Aug 31, 1953
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- Dec 13, 1979
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Oklahoma!
- Mar 21, 2002
Gershwin Theatre (Revival)
Oklahoma!
- Apr 7, 2019
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