80th Anniversary of Oklahoma!

March 31, 1943, was a day that changed the face of musical theatre forever. Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today (The first show in history, where dance advanced the plot). Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which...