Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2018 lineup will include a 21st-century interpretation of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! featuring same-sex couples. The characters of Laurey and Curly will be played by women, while Ado Annie and Will Parker will be played by men.
TODAY IN THEATRE HISTORY: In 1949, Joshua Logan, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II travel to the South Pacific, as their new musical based on James Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific" opens on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza star. It will go on to win ten Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and run for 1,925 performances.