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Something Wonderful: Celebrating the Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on August 14, 2018

Where

New Jersey Performing Arts Center
36 Park Place
Newark, NJ
Map
888-GO-NJPAC

When

Tue, December 4, 2018
7:30 pm

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About

Todd S. Purdum, author of Something Wonderful, shares fascinating stories with R&H authority Ted Chapin about American theater's greatest and most beloved songwriting team. Jessica Molaskey and special guest John Pizzarelli, a pair of brilliant Songbook interpreters, provide the musical illustration. Singer Jessica Molaskey and special guest John Pizzarelli on guitar add to the magic of the evening by weaving the timeless music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II throughout anecdotes and recollections of the partners' lives inside and outside the theater. Favorite numbers performed from Rodgers & Hammerstein's groundbreaking shows; "Oklahoma!," "Carousel," "The Sound of Music," "The King and I" and more; transport audiences back to the time of the Golden Age musical and the duo whose compositions spoke to generations...

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