FIRST -- Performance of musical "Oklahoma" on Broadway, Oklahoma State Capitol, OKC OK USA
N 35° 29.492 W 097° 30.185
14S E 635779 N 3928584
One of a series of lunettes in the OK Timeline Plaza on the south side of the Oklahoma State Capitol Building, this lunette records the first [event]
Waymark Code: WM185N5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2023
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This lunette is located in the corner of the plaza neat As Long As the Waters Flow statue in the Oklahoma Timeline Plaza at the Oklahoma State Capitol Building.
The lunette reads as follows:
"1943
The play Oklahoma first opens on Broadway"
From the Broadway Refocused: (
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"Oklahoma - 1943 Broadway Production
Integrated Musical - Storytelling is Paramount
“In “Oklahoma!” the musical found a new form. This “integrated musical” marked a revolution in American theater. “Oklahoma!” was the complete synthesis of music, libretto, lyrics, dancing and staging. The show had structure and a sense of dramatic build that until then had been present only in a straight non-musical play. Even the dance numbers became integral to moving the story and developing the characters. Certainly the great words and music had a lot to do with the success. The score was so popular that it became the first musical to have a complete original cast album by a major label, beginning the trend of recording original cast albums.”
- “Oklahoma!” a Historical Perspective"
and from the Broadway Musical Home website: (
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"Broadway Premiere
THEATRE
St. James Theatre
OPENING NIGHT
Mar 31, 1943
TOTAL PERFORMANCES
2,212
ORIGINAL CAST
Betty Garde, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Howard da Silva, Celeste Holm, Lee Dixon, Joseph Buloff
DIRECTOR
Rouben Mamoulian
CHOREOGRAPHER
Agnes de Mille
PRODUCER
The Theatre Guild
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Jacob Schwartzdorf
ORCHESTRATIONS
Russell Bennett
SCENIC DESIGN
Lemuel Ayers
COSTUME DESIGN
Miles White"
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