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Oklahoma! (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Meet the original Broadway cast of Oklahoma! on Broadway, and find out who was in the Original Cast, what parts they played and more.
Oklahoma!: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood. In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
The show featured a cast that included Alfred Drake as Curly, Howard Da Silva as Jud Fry, Joan Roberts as Laurey, Celeste Holm as Ado Annie Carnes, Betty Garde as Aunt Eller, Joseph Buloff as Ali...
Starring Betty Garde, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Celeste Holm and Howard da Silva, the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! went on to play a staggering 2,212 performances, running almost five years, holding the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for 15 years.
Oklahoma! (Original, Musical, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Mar 31, 1943 and played through May 29, 1948. The official database for Broadway theatre information
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
The original Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened on March 31, 1943, and had a record-setting run of five years on Broadway, closing on May 29, 1948.
This “integrated musical” marked a revolution in American theater. “Oklahoma!” was the complete synthesis of music, libretto, lyrics, dancing and staging. The show had structure and a sense of dramatic build that until then had been present only in a straight non-musical play.