Topic: Richard Rodgers

Singing with the von Trapp family

0 View Larger Image . Once again, the hills of San Francisco are alive with "The Sound of Music," and the Castro Theatre is pulling out all the...

Several freshmen expected to contribute for Cal

0 . Just before releasing his two-deep lineups for Cal's opener Saturday against Fresno State, coach Jeff Tedford named several of his 2011...

Theatre Review: To Life

The first act of To Life begins with the song of that name, from Fiddler on the Roof, and the second ends with it. Despite this symmetry, anyone...
Stamping acts. Slip on your dancing shoes and learn traditional Colonial-era moves. No experience or partner necessary.7 p.m. $5. Historic Richmond...

Still a favorite: 'Sound of Music'

0 View Larger Image . Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II couldn't have known it when they set to work on "The Sound of Music," but they were...

State Fair (1962 film)

State Fair is a 1962 film directed by Jos? Ferrer . Richard Rodgers wrote additional songs, both music and lyrics, for this version, as Oscar Hammerstein had died in 1960. "Our State Fair" "It Might As Well Be Spring " "That's For Me ...

Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American writer, theatrical producer , and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein collaborated with many composers , including Jerome Kern , Vincent Youmans , Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg , but his most famous collaboration ...

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman (March 17, 1901His birth year is commonly mistakenly given as 1901. Newman won nine Academy Award s, more than any other composer in Oscar history. In Los Angeles, he had private lessons from Arnold Schoenberg .After completing his work on ...
Yves Saint Laurent - Fashion designer -?$350 million? -?Now certainly you never guessed that the famous designer would be bringing in such a whopping total year after year from the grave. In fact, Elvis Presley's earnings for the past year alone were ...

Movie reviews: State Fair

"State Fair" is an odd movie musical with songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein. " But by the time the musical was released, Oscar Hammerstein had already died, which created some complications for the production. To add new songs to the film, Richard Rodgers ...