RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN. The masters of postwar American musical comedy; Richard Rodgers, b. New York, New York, , d. New York, New York, ; Oscar Hammerstein II, b. New York, New York, , d. Doylestown, Pennsylvania, .
Rodgers and Hammerstein are considered to be among the greatest of all Broadway authors of musical theater. Their formula consisted of well-integrated songs and book, with songs that reflect the characters’ personalities...