Tag Archives: Oklahoma!

Blue Moon

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Blue Moon is a 2025 small, focused film that addressed that great musical theater moment when “Rodgers and Hart” died, and “Rodgers and Hammerstein” was born, and its effects on Hart. We’re talking the great composer/lyricist team of Richard Rodgers … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Complete Unkknown, Andrew Scott, Before Midnight, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Blue Moon, Bobby Cannavale, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Carousel, Dancing on the Ceiling, E.G White, Elizabeth Weiland, Ethan Hawke, Falling in Love with Love, Ferrari, George Hill, George Roy Hill, Jonah Lees, Lorenz Hart, Margaret Qualley, Maria, Mickey Rooney, My Funny Valentine, My Heart Stood Still, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Linklater, Richard Rodgers, Sardi's, South Pacitic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Stephen Sondheim, Ten Cents a Dance, The King and I, The Lady is a Tramp, The Sound of Music, The Sting, Tom Drake, Where or When, Words and Music | Leave a comment

The Greatest Showman

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Mark DuPré

The Greatest Showman is one of the great movie conundrums of 2017. It was tepidly received my most critics and savaged by others. Yet, over time, it’s become an unqualified popular and financial success. While Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged "The Swedish Nightingale", American Idol, Black Panther, Hugh Jackman, Jenny Lind, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, La La Land, Les Miserables, Michael Gracey, Michelle Wiliams, Oklahoma!, P.T. Barnum, Rebecca Ferguson, singin' in the rain, The Greatest Showman, The Voice, Zac Efron, Zendaya | Leave a comment

Let’s Look Over the Fence: A Necessary Correction

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Mark DuPré

In my old theater classes, we were taught that Oklahoma! (1943) was the first Broadway musical where the songs advanced the plot. Called the first “integrated musical,” it has grabbed its rightful spot as the first of the “modern” stage … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead", "If I Only Had a Brain", "Make Believe", "Ol' Man River", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "We're Off to See the Wizard", integrated musical, Oklahoma!, Oscar and Hammerstein, Showboat, The Wizard of Oz | Leave a comment

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