OKLAHOMA! - 1975 SOUVENIR PROGRAM -JONES BEACH MARINE THEATRE

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OKLAHOMA! - 1975 SOUVENIR PROGRAM - JONES BEACH MARINE THEATRE
Copyright : 1975
Author: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, RICHARD RODGER3
Publisher : DUNETZ & LOVETT
Language : English
Format : PAPERBOUND.
Pages : 24
Illustrations :  COVER IN COLOR / ALL OTHER PHOTOS BLACK & WHITE
ISBN : NONE
Dimensions :  12” high - 9” wide - 1/8” thick
Shipping Weight : 6 OZ
[CONDITION :VINTAGE Excellent Condition FOR A 43 YEAR OLD PROGRAM, no tears, no writing inside, tight binding, no missing pages.  Please see photos.] PROGRAM COMES FROM A LARGE THEATRE ESTATE COLLECTION.  Shipped in Acid free plastic / with a hard backing - Note : Envelope marked with do not fold nor bend!
SYNOPSIS :
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II . The musical is based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play, Green Grow The Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
New York State power broker Robert Moses built an 8,200-seat Amphitheatre at Jones Beach in 1952. (Jones Beach was a Moses-sculpted state park on the South Shore of Long Island, midway between Manhattan and what would in later decades become that popular playground known as "the Hamptons.")  A man-made lagoon that separated the stage from the seats, Guy Lombardo — a popular bandleader based in the neighboring village of Freeport — was brought in to run the joint, producing shows and providing music for dancing after the show. He would also ride in on a speedboat before the show, to conduct the national anthem. After a decade of original shows, Jones Beach stopped producing them and contented themselves with revivals of standard Broadway hits.