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The 23 pages that link to Richard Rodgers, each with the reason it gives.

• Broadway theatreRelated: His shows helped define Broadway musical composition across several decades.

• Musical theatreRelated: His long-running collaborations produced defining works across several musical styles.

• Oscar Hammerstein IIRelated: Together, Rodgers and Hammerstein created a long-running partnership that joined songs closely to dramatic action.

• Great American SongbookRelated: His collaborations produced songs that became core Songbook repertoire.

• Oklahoma!Related: His score gives the characters distinct musical voices and shapes the show’s dramatic arc.

• EGOTRelated: Rodgers became the first person to complete the four-award set, in 1962.

• Theatre GuildRelated: The Guild produced Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

• American musical theatreRelated: His collaborations produced landmark works across several stages in the form’s development.

• Jerome KernRelated: Rodgers belonged to the generation that extended the integrated musical form Kern helped advance.

• Rodgers and HammersteinBroader topic: Rodgers supplied the music and continued composing after Hammerstein’s death.

• Jule StyneCompared with: Rodgers built long lyricist partnerships, while Styne worked with many collaborators.

• Mary MartinRelated: Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the roles of Nellie Forbush and Maria, both performed by Martin.

• South PacificRelated: Rodgers composed the musical’s score, including its recurring romantic and military themes.

• The King and IRelated: He composed the songs that give the show its musical identity.

• Agnes de MilleRelated: His score for Oklahoma! gave de Mille’s choreography a closely integrated musical framework.

• Robert WiseRelated: His songs, written with Oscar Hammerstein II, form the basis of The Sound of Music.

• Tim RiceCompared with: His long partnership with Hammerstein provides a contrasting model for composer-lyricist collaboration.

• CarouselRelated: He composed Carousel’s music and helped shape its distinctive blend of song and drama.

• Diahann CarrollRelated: Rodgers wrote No Strings, the musical that won Carroll a Tony Award.

• Ferenc MolnárRelated: His score with Hammerstein recast Liliom as Carousel.

• Miyoshi UmekiRelated: Rodgers composed the music for Flower Drum Song, in which Umeki performed on Broadway.

• James A. MichenerRelated: Rodgers composed South Pacific, the musical adaptation of Michener's stories.

• Shirley JonesRelated: Rodgers noticed Jones during South Pacific auditions and helped launch her career.