Título: Oklahoma!
Seção: Reception
Background: 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 fiancee, Ado Annie.

Conteúdo: The original production of Oklahoma! was an unprecedented critical and popular success. John Anderson of the New York Journal American pronounced the musical "a beautiful and delightful show, fresh and imaginative, as enchanting to the eye as Richard Rodgers's music is to the ear. It has, at a rough estimate, practically everything". In the New York Herald Tribune, Howard Barnes wrote, "Songs, dances, and a story have been triumphantly blended.... The Richard Rodgers score is one of his best, and that is saying plenty. Oscar Hammerstein 2nd has written a dramatically imaginative libretto and a string of catchy lyrics; Agnes de Mille has worked small miracles in devising original dances to fit the story and the tunes, while Rouben Mamoulian has directed an excellent company with great taste and craftsmanship." Louis Kronenberger of PM opined that "Mr. Hammerstein's lyrics have less crispness and wit than Lorenz Hart's at their best, but the songs in Oklahoma! call for less sophisticated words, and Mr. Hammerstein has found very likeable ones."  In the New York Daily News, Burns Mantle declared that "Oklahoma! really is different - beautifully different. With the songs that Richard Rodgers has fitted to a collection of unusually atmospheric and intelligible lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, Oklahoma! seems to me to be the most thoroughly and attractively American musical comedy since Edna Ferber's Show Boat". New York World-Telegram critic Burton Rascoe particularly emphasized t

user: How was Oklahoma received?

assistant: The original production of Oklahoma! was an unprecedented critical and popular success.

user: What did critics say?

assistant: "a beautiful and delightful show, fresh and imaginative, as enchanting to the eye as Richard Rodgers's music is to the ear. It has, at a rough estimate, practically everything".

user: What other reviews did it receive?

assistant: Songs, dances, and a story have been triumphantly blended.... The Richard Rodgers score is one of his best, and that is saying plenty.

user: Did it have any other positive reviews?

assistant: but the songs in Oklahoma! call for less sophisticated words, and Mr. Hammerstein has found very likeable ones."

user: What else is significant about the reception?

assistant: In the New York Daily News, Burns Mantle declared that "Oklahoma! really is different - beautifully different.

user: Did anyone else give a notable review?

assistant: ". New York World-Telegram critic Burton Rascoe particularly emphasized the groundbreaking choreography,

user: Who else reviewed the production?

assistant: In The New York Sun, Ward Morehouse commented that "Oklahoma! is charming and leisurely.

user: Were all reviews positive?

assistant: The only negative review of the musical appeared in the New York Post: The critic wrote that "it all seemed just a trifle too cute",

user: What was the result of this?

assistant: She concluded that the show was "very picturesque in a studied fashion, reminding us that life on a farm is apt to become a little tiresome."