"Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and the template on which all future musicals would be built. [This is a portrait of that creative partnership]"--Amazon.com.

Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut in the first new production of the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein classic in over twenty years. This Tony Award-nominated production also includes Joshua Henry and Jessie Mueller.

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

Learning that his parents are in financial straits, the son of a famous vaudeville team rounds up all the stage kids and puts on a lavish show to raise money. The future looks rosy until a hurricane washes the whole enterprise away on opening night.

Cheated out of 15 suits by the deadbeat Viscount de Vareze, poor Parisian couturier Maurice Courtelin heads to the Chateau d'Artelines to collect the money that he is owed. Introduced as a Baron to hide the truth from de Vareze's uncle, Maurice woos the smitten Jeannette, a haughty princess who is unaware that the noble she has fallen for is just a common tailor.