Los Angeles Theater Review: OKLAHOMA! (Musical Theatre West)
THE CORN IS HIGH INDEED Messrs. Rodgers and Hammerstein reinvented American Musical Theater for the ages when they created Oklahoma! in 1943, incorporating song and dance to tell their story rather than detract from it. The musical avoids creaking with age because Hammerstein's book shuns overt sentimentality, and the lyrics are chock-full of poetic imagery [...]