Incomparable and unique in their ability to write both libretti and lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner brought the musical theater to an artistic peak that remains unsurpassed. From Show Boat, Oklahoma and The Sound of Music to Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot,...
This is a lively and engrossing twin biography of two of the most important players in the musical theatre, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner. Between them they created the lyrics of shows such as The King and I, Oklahoma and My Fair Lady.