Oklahoma!
St. James Theatre
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Opening Night: March 31, 1943
Closing Night: May 29, 1948
Music: Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Laurey is a headstrong farm girl and the woman with whom both cowboy Curly and farm hand Jud have fallen in love. When she plays hard-to-get with earnest Curly and instead accepts dangerous Jud’s invitation to the upcoming box social, tensions rise between the men and capture the interest of the whole town.
Musical Numbers
Act One
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/Oh What
a Beautiful Mornin’)…………Will, Ado Annie, Curly,
Aunt Eller, Ensemble
Many a New Day………..Laurey, 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 Two
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’/
People Will Say We’re in Love)……………Company
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