Editing Rodgers and Hammerstein (section)

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[[Image:Rodgers & Hammerstein 1948 NYWT&S.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Richard Rodgers|Rodgers]] (left) and [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]] (right) watching auditions at the [[St. James Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1948]]
'''Rodgers and Hammerstein''' was a theater-writing team of composer [[Richard Rodgers]] (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American [[musical theatre|musicals]]. Their musical theater writing partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th century.<ref name=Lubbock/>

Their popular [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] productions in the 1940s and 1950s initiated what is considered the "golden age" of musical theater.<ref name=Heritage>[[John Steele Gordon|Gordon, John Steele]]. [http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1993/1/1993_1_58.shtml ''Oklahoma!''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804175330/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1993/1/1993_1_58.shtml |date=August 4, 2010 }}. Retrieved June 13, 2010</ref> Five of their Broadway shows, ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'', ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', ''[[The King and I]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', were outstanding successes, as was the television broadcast of ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]'' (1957). Of the other four shows the pair produced on Broadway during their lifetimes, ''[[Flower Drum Song]]'' was well-received, and none was a critical or commercial flop. Most of their shows have received frequent revivals around the world, both professional and amateur. Among the many accolades their shows (and film versions of them) garnered were 34 [[Tony Award]]s,<ref>Rodgers and Hammerstein began writing together before the era of the Tonys. ''Oklahoma!'' opened in 1943 and ''Carousel'' in 1945, but the first Tonys were not awarded until 1947.</ref> fifteen [[Academy Awards]], two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s (for ''Oklahoma!'', 1944, and ''South Pacific'', 1950) and two [[Grammy Award]]s.