{"id":60173,"date":"2018-12-05T07:14:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=60173"},"modified":"2024-04-30T13:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:19:12","slug":"rodgers-and-hammerstein","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/rodgers-and-hammerstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodgers and Hammerstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Rodgers and Hammerstein<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"8af0676fb1d5150d31fd96cb49d8f88e\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRf836931728dcff17a38ca01c77e13c79\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRf836931728dcff17a38ca01c77e13c79\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTRf836931728dcff17a38ca01c77e13c79\" data-pagination='{\"id\":\"61885\",\"query\":\"normal\",\"type\":\"disabled\",\"effect\":\"fade\",\"duration\":500,\"speed\":5,\"pause_on_hover\":\"enabled\",\"stop_rollover\":\"false\",\"cache_pages\":\"enabled\",\"preload_images\":\"enabled\",\"preload_pages\":\"enabled\",\"preload_reach\":1,\"spinner\":\"builtin\",\"spinner_image\":\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif\",\"callback_next\":\"\",\"manage_history\":\"enabled\",\"has_controls_in_form\":\"disabled\",\"infinite_tolerance\":\"0\",\"max_pages\":1,\"page\":1,\"base_permalink\":\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/60173?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRf836931728dcff17a38ca01c77e13c79&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM\",\"loop\":{\"type\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"data\":[],\"id\":0}}' data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/60173?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRf836931728dcff17a38ca01c77e13c79\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: January 15, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/313840223?app_id=122963\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Lives, Rodgers and Hammerstein\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Something-Wonderful-202x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Something-Wonderful-202x300.jpg 202w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Something-Wonderful.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\"><p>As creators of classic Broadway musicals such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were at the forefront of the great age of songwriting. Pioneering the new art form of serious musical plays, their song and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, constituting a sharp break from the past and creating the template on which all future musicals would be built.<\/p>\n<p>Though often distant from each other personally, the two men together became cultural icons whose work largely defined post-war America on stage, screen, television, and radio.  Even now, decades later, their classic songs retain their popularity and emotional power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Todd S. Purdum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Purdum-Todd-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Purdum-Todd-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Purdum-Todd-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/1_Purdum-Todd-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">\n<p>Todd S. Purdum is a graduate of Princeton University, who is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and senior writer at Politico. He worked previously at The New York Times for 20 years, where he served as White House Correspondent, Diplomatic Correspondent, and Los Angeles bureau chief.<\/p>\n<p>His publications include <cite>An Idea Whose Time Has Come<\/cite> and <cite>A Time of Our Choosing.<\/cite>  In 2018 he published <cite>Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein&rsquo;s Broadway Revolution<\/cite>, which attracted glowing reviews.<\/p>\n<p>No less an authority than Harold Prince wrote that &ldquo;<cite>Something Wonderful<\/cite> is a scrupulously researched and intimately fascinating history of the collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein&mdash;two giants who propelled the musical theater to uncharted heights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alec Baldwin called the book &ldquo;a piece of American history you should devour, as nothing tells us about our times and ourselves quite long like our songs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And James Kaplan, acclaimed biographer of Frank Sinatra, wrote that &ldquo;<cite>Something Wonderful<\/cite> is a reminder in these tribalized times that musical theater, once so central to our culture, is still vividly alive&mdash;and that the art&rsquo;s twin titans, Rodgers and Hammerstein, still matter deeply. Clear, precise, compassionate &ndash; this is a necessary book, and even better, one that is a joy to read.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[591],"class_list":{"0":"post-60173","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-591","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rodgers and Hammerstein - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/rodgers-and-hammerstein\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rodgers and Hammerstein\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/rodgers-and-hammerstein\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T17:19:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/rodgers-and-hammerstein\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/rodgers-and-hammerstein\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rodgers and Hammerstein - 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