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The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection

From Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music, discover dazzling, unforgettable musicals from the world-famous creative duo.

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Image: 2019 Broadway Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (Little Fang)
Image: 2019 Broadway Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (Little Fang)

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James Baldwin

James Arthur Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York City, on Aug. 2, 1924 and died on Nov. 30, 1987. He offered a vital literary voice during the era of...

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James Graham

James Graham is a playwright and screenwriter.His recent work includes the play Dear England, commissioned by the National Theatre, about Gareth South...

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Lorraine Hansberry

When Lorraine Hansberry’s (1930-1965) A Raisin in the Sun appeared on Broadway in 1959, the artist became, at 29, the youngest American playwright, th...

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Charlie Josephine

Charlie Josephine is a writer and actor. Currently under commission at Headlong Theatre and NT Connections, they are also writing a feature film for S...

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Planning your next theatre season? Find inspiration in this wide-ranging selection of upcoming show anniversaries, from West End musicals to groundbreaking contemporary plays.

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The Marvin Hamlisch Collection

Explore the works by the award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch

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    The Irving Berlin Collection

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    Featured British Playwrights

    Get to know these select British playwrights award-winning dramas and comedies.

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      The Matchmaker

      The Matchmaker

      by Thornton Wilder

      Full-Length Play, Comedy / 7f, 9m

      Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder's clerks, several lovely ladies, and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant, where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After everyone gets straightened out romantically, Vandergelder finds himself affianced to the astute Dolly Levi herself.

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