Oklahoma!

Musical Theatre Research Assignment

Luke Welsh Slot C Ascension Collegiate

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 Questions and Answers

1. The music in Oklahoma! was written by Richard Rodgers.

2. The lyricist was Oscar Hammerstein.

3. This musical opened on Broadway on March 31st 1943.

4. It ran 2212 performances before it closed.

5. This musical closed on May 29th, 1948

6. This musical is based on the 1931 play by Lynn Riggs

called Green Grow the Lilacs

7. It is set in Oklahoma territory outside the town or

Claremore in 1906

8. The film version came out in 1955

9. It expanded on the book musical, where dance and lyrics

built on the story, and had a plot that appealed to the
audiences emotions with serious dramatic goals.
10. The producers casted singers that could act, instead of
actors that could sing.

11. Oklahoma! was choreographed by Agnes de Mille

12. She choreographed a 15 minute ballet finale, often

called the Dream Ballet

13. The musical had two acts.

14. Curly McLain - A cowboy in love with Laurey

Laurey Williams - Aunt Eller’s niece, an independent

young woman.

Jud Fry - A hired hand on Aunt Eller’s ranch, a

mysterious and dangerous loner.

Aunt Eller - Laurey’s aunt, a respected community

leader

Ado Annie Carnes - A flirtatious, gullible young woman.

Will Parker - A simple young man in love with Ado Annie

Andrew Carnes - Ado Annie’s father, eager to have her

marry

Ali Hakim - A Persian peddler, enamored to Ado Annie

Ike Skidmore - A local farm owner, hosting a box social

Gertie Cummings - A local farm girl, fond of Curly,

marries Ali Hakim

15. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’ - Curly

 The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Curley, Laurey, and
Aunt Eller

Kansas City - Will, Aunt Eller, Male Ensemble

16. The Farmer and the Cowman - Andrew Carnes, Aunt

Eller, Curley, Gertie

All Er Nuthin’ - Will and Ado Annie

Oklahoma - Curley, Laurey, Aunt Eller, and Ensemble

17. Jud dies at the end of the musical: He tries to stab Curley
with a knife, slips and misses and falls on it himself.

18. The New York Times said that the opening song changed
the history of musical theatre.

19. The two main characters are going to a box social, and the
antagonist, Jud, asks Laurey, who is going with Curley.
Everyone gets all upset, and Laurey goes to spite Curley,
and all the cowboys dance. Jud tries to kill Curley, but misses
and kills himself, and everyone lives happily ever after.