May Wine (Romberg/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 143
McElfatrick, J. B., 25, 47
Me and Juliet (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 208–212, 212, 214
Melba, Nellie, 10, 69–70, 71
Merman, Ethel, 177, 198
Met. See Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera House (Met), 108
Conried as director of, 68, 72
fire of, 30, 30–31
Hammerstein, Oscar I, opera house sale to, 75
Kahn as president of, 75
Pinza and, 198
Michener, James, 198
Mike and Meyer, Weber/Fields, Lew, as, 48
Mile (Herbert), 78
de Mille, Agnes, 156–157, 158, 168, 183, 212
de Mille, Cecil B., 156
Miller, Arthur, 200
Miller, Marilyn, 107
Modiste (Herbert), 78
Modjeska, Helena, 27, 28
Molnar, Ferenc, 163–164, 164
Mordden, Ethan, 200, 204, 207
Morgan, Helen, 120–121, 134–135, 136
Morgan, Helen, 120
The Music Box theatre, of Berlin, 176
Music in the Air (Kern/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 142, 176
Musical America, “Gallery Gods” illustration, 73
musical comedy, 11, 76, 112
My Fair Lady (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 214, 218–219
N
Naughty Marietta (Herbert), 10, 78, 79, 81, 104
Neuendorff, Adolph Heinrich Anton Magnus, 19, 19, 24
The New Moon (Romberg/Mandel/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 133, 138
New Stadt Theatre, 19
New York Daily Mirror, 125, 184
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, for South Pacific, 200
New York Herald, 104, 125
New York Life Insurance Company, 43, 52
New York Theatre, formerly Olympia Theatre, 81
New York Times, 30, 37, 116, 124, 133, 137, 158, 160, 177, 184, 224
New York Times Book Review, 157
New York Times building, 61
Newark Bay (Hammerstein, Willy), 27
nom de plume, of Jackson, of Hammerstein, Oscar I, 39–40
O
Of Thee I Sing (Gershwin), 141
“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”, from Oklahoma!, 13, 155, 158, 159
Oklahoma! (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 11, 150–179, 182, 200, 200, 224
cast of, 161
dance number of, 158
fifth anniversary of, 160
Mamoulian, director of, 157
de Mille, Agnes, choreography of, 156
“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from, 13, 155, 158, 159
Raitt in, 166
story of, 175
Todd as producer of, 158
“Ol’ Man River,” from Show Boat, 112, 121–122
Olympia Theatre, 42–46, 45, 52, 57, 76–77, 81, 84, 106
O’Neill, Eugene, 114
opera
French, 71
Hammerstein, Oscar I, love of, 14
Hammerstein, Oscar I, popularization of, 10
war cartoon, 69
operetta, 10, 11
European-styled, demise of, 133
Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 76, 81, 112, 114
of Herbert, 78
Oscar Deluxe painting, for Vanity Fair cover, 87
Oscar Hammerstein’s Opera Company, 29
Oscar’s Hammerstein Amusement Company, 82–83
P
A Parlor Match (Herbert), 78
patents, of Hammerstein, Oscar I, 17, 17, 24, 31, 57
Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy), 71–72
“People Will Say We’re in Love” (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 13, 174
Perrault, Charles, 217
Peter Pan, 217, 222
Philadelphia Opera House, 74, 74–75
Pinza, Ezio, 198
Pipe Dream (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 213–214, 218
Plummer, Christopher, 224
“A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” (Berlin), 176
Princess Theatre, 114, 114–115, 150
Puccini, Giacomo, 71, 72
Puck magazine cover, 67
Pulitzer Prize, 198
for Drama, for South Pacific, 200
of Ferber, 115, 121
of Oklahoma!, 160
“Puttin’ on the Ritz” (Berlin), 176
Q
Queen O’ Hearts, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 102, 102–103
R
Rainbow (Youmans/Stallings/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 134, 135, 138
Raitt, John, 166, 171
The Red Mill (Herbert), 78
Republic Theatre, 58–59, 59, 65
Riggs, Lynn, 152, 154–155, 155
Robbins, Jerome, 157, 206
Roberts, Joan, 160
Robeson, Paul, 121, 125
Robyn, Alfred, 86
Rodgers, Mary, 191, 193
Rodgers, Richard “Dick,” 92, 115, 148, 151, 201, 202, 207, 220
Allegro, 11, 118, 180–185, 182, 184, 195, 198, 208, 214, 226
Carousel, 11, 13, 164, 164–175, 182, 195, 200
Cinderella, 217–221
The Flower Drum Song, 214–217, 223
Hart partnership with, 150–152
The King and I, 11, 202–207
Me and Juliet, 208–212, 212, 214
My Fair Lady, 214, 218–219
Oklahoma!, 11, 13, 150–179, 158, 160, 161, 182, 200, 224
Pipe Dream, 213–214, 218
The Sound of Music, 11, 141, 200, 224
South Pacific, 11, 196–201, 226
State Fair, 177, 182
throat cancer of, 214
Rogers, Will, 63
Romberg, Sigmund, 97, 99, 108–110, 109, 110, 114, 126, 133, 134, 135, 137, 137–138, 143, 147
Roosevelt, Theodore, 49, 50
Rose, Billy, 111, 162–163
Rose-Marie (Friml), 99, 104, 106, 108, 134, 148
Rosenberg, Abraham, 22–23, 27, 46
Rosenberg, Anna Hammerstein, 21, 21–22
Rosenberg, Henry, 21, 23, 44, 87
Royal Opera House, at Covent Garden, 79
S
Santa Maria, 50, 51
Schwab, Laurence, 109, 133, 141, 141–142
Schwartz, Arthur, 146–147, 147
Secrest, Meryle, 190, 196
Show Boat (film), 121
Show Boat (Kern/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 10, 11, 13, 112–125, 113, 134, 136, 142, 148, 161, 169, 178, 217
“Ol’ Man River,” from, 112, 121–122
Show Boat book (Ferber), 115–116
Shubert Theatre, 213
silent movies
Hammerstein, Elaine, and, 105
Jacobson, Dorothy, and, 126
Sloane, A. Baldwin, 86
So Big (Ferber), 115, 121
“Soliloquy (My Boy Bill)”, 13, 164, 171–172
Sondheim, Stephen, 11, 13, 183, 185, 186–195, 189, 194, 226
as Hammerstein, Oscar II, surrogate son, 155
The Song Bird (Herbert), 79
Soo, Jack, 215, 217
The Sound of Music (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 11, 141, 200, 224
The Sound of Music film, 224
Sousa, John Philip, 86
South Pacific (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 11, 196–201, 226
St. James Theatre, Oklahoma! opening at, 160
Stallings, Laurence, 134
State Fair (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 177, 182
Steinbeck, John, 155, 213
Stephen Sondheim: A Life (Secrest), 190, 196
Stothart, Herbert, 97–99, 103, 104, 108, 110
Stuart, Leslie, 86
Sunny (Harbach/Kern/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 99, 106–108, 138
Sunny River (Romberg/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 147
Suzuki, Pat, 215
Sweet Adeline (Kern/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 134–136, 135, 142
Sweet Thursday (Steinbeck), 213
Sweethearts (Herbert), 78
T
Tales of the South Pacific (Michener), 198
ten-year-ban contract, of Hammerstein, Oscar I, 75–77
Terris, Norma, in Show Boat, 122
Tetrazzini, Luisa, 10, 72, 73
Theatre(s)
American musical, 8
Broadway, 200
Casino, 31
The Columbus, 29, 91
Drury Lane, 126, 142
Garden, 56
Guild, 157, 162–164
Hammerstein, 109–111, 141
Hammerstein, Oscar I, patent design of, 31
Hippodrome, 66, 86
The Lew Fields, 64–65
Lexington, 83
Manhattan, 141
The Music Box, of Berlin, 176
New Stadt, 19
New York, 81
Olympia, 42–46, 52, 57, 76–77, 81, 84, 106
Princess, 114–115, 150
Republic, 58–59, 65
Shubert, 213
St. James, 160
Victoria, 56–58, 62–64, 74, 82–83, 138, 145
Ziegfeld, 108, 118
“There’s No Business Like Show Business” (Berlin), 176
Tickle Me, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 99, 100, 101
Times Square, 6, 8, 46, 61, 83, 87, 226
Tinney, Frank, 100
Todd, Mike, as Oklahoma! producer, 158
Tony Award
for The Sound of Music, 224
for South Pacific, 200
Tosca (Puccini), 72
von Trapp, Maria, 222, 223
Traubel, Helen, 213, 213–214
Trentini, Emma, 79, 81, 104
U
UBO. See United Booking Office
Umeki, Miyoshi, 216, 217
United Booking Office (UBO), 82
The United States Tobacco Journal, 20, 24
Hammerstein, Oscar I, founding/ownership of, 20–21
V
The Vagabond King (Friml), 104
Vanity Fair, Oscar Deluxe painting for cover of, 87
Variety magazine, Hammerstein, Oscar II, apology in, 162
vaudeville, 59–60, 62–63, 71, 82–83, 107
Very Warm for May (Kern/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 144
Victoria Theatre, 56, 56–58, 57, 58, 62–64, 64, 74, 82, 82–83, 138, 145
Viennese Nights film, 137, 138
W
Warner Bros., 137, 139
Weber, Joe, 47, 47–48, 65
West, Mae, 63, 96, 96–97
West, Mary Jane. See West, Mae
“White Christmas” (Berlin), 176
Wildflower, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 103, 104
Winninger, Charles, in Show Boat, 123
Wodehouse, P. G., 114
Woollcott, Alexander, 104, 116
Y
“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” from Carousel, 164–165, 173
Youmans, Vincent, 103, 134
You’re in Love, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 94, 95, 104
“You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 199
Z
Ziegfeld, Florenz, 49, 50, 51–52, 106, 116–117, 119, 124–125, 125
Ziegfeld Theatre, 108, 118
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Oscar Andrew Hammerstein is a painter, writer, lecturer, and family historian. He has devoted much of his life to studying and preserving his family’s heritage and their contribution to American culture. He lectures frequently at universities, institutes, and theatrical and civic organizations on the Hammerstein family’s pivotal role in shaping the development of musical theater and popular entertainment in this country from the 1860s to the present. He is and adjunct professor at Columbia University teaching graduate level New York City theatre history. He lives in South Salem, New York.
Copyright © 2010 Oscar Andrew Hammerstein
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