It’s Possible! The importance of Richard Rodgers
What does the sound of music, Oklahoma, South Pacific, and Cinderella have in common. They have the music written by the Richard Rodgers. Richard Rodgers helped change the face of Broadway musicals, he changed them by giving them each individual stories that made them both memorable and loveable. This essay will discuss how Richard Rodger early life affected his work, his legacy, and the importance of his work.
Richard Charles Rodgers was born on June 28, 1902, and the second son of physician Dr. William Rodgers and Mamie. He first lived in a friend’s summer home near Arverne in Queens New York. Then his family moved to upper Manhattan oddly this house was blocks away from Richard future songwriting partners Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. Richard Rodgers, when asked about his early life, says he remembers his family life as fraught and filled with bickering and tension. This was due to his grandmother’s forceful personality. But though his mother would have fits of hypochondria, but then have boundless affection for him. But Rodgers’s family was willing to put the …show more content…
He has received seven Tony’s, two Grammy’s, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, primetime Emmy, academy award, drama desk award, outer critics circle award, NY Drama critics circle award, Richard A. Cook Gold Medal Award and a Kennedy Center honors. Richard Rodgers was the first person to win an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Richard Rodger has also bestowed possibly the highest honor in musical theater. The Richard Rodgers Theatre opened in 1928 and is own by the Nederlander Organization it was named to honor him in 1990. This theatre helps add to his legacy because this theatre has housed famed musicals such as How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Guys and Dolls, Chicago and Anything Goes. The Richard Rodgers Theatre is now home to the smash hit musical
What does the sound of music, Oklahoma, South Pacific, and Cinderella have in common. They have the music written by the Richard Rodgers. Richard Rodgers helped change the face of Broadway musicals, he changed them by giving them each individual stories that made them both memorable and loveable. This essay will discuss how Richard Rodger early life affected his work, his legacy, and the importance of his work.
Richard Charles Rodgers was born on June 28, 1902, and the second son of physician Dr. William Rodgers and Mamie. He first lived in a friend’s summer home near Arverne in Queens New York. Then his family moved to upper Manhattan oddly this house was blocks away from Richard future songwriting partners Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. Richard Rodgers, when asked about his early life, says he remembers his family life as fraught and filled with bickering and tension. This was due to his grandmother’s forceful personality. But though his mother would have fits of hypochondria, but then have boundless affection for him. But Rodgers’s family was willing to put the …show more content…
He has received seven Tony’s, two Grammy’s, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, primetime Emmy, academy award, drama desk award, outer critics circle award, NY Drama critics circle award, Richard A. Cook Gold Medal Award and a Kennedy Center honors. Richard Rodgers was the first person to win an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Richard Rodger has also bestowed possibly the highest honor in musical theater. The Richard Rodgers Theatre opened in 1928 and is own by the Nederlander Organization it was named to honor him in 1990. This theatre helps add to his legacy because this theatre has housed famed musicals such as How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Guys and Dolls, Chicago and Anything Goes. The Richard Rodgers Theatre is now home to the smash hit musical