No Strings

No Strings

Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers
Book by Samuel Taylor

No Strings

No Strings

Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers
Book by Samuel Taylor

Overview

Richard Rodgers and Samuel Taylor’s sophisticated romantic musical broke new ground as the first Broadway musical to depict an interracial love story. In Paris, Barbara, a successful Black American fashion model, meets and falls in love with David, a Pulitzer Prize-winning white American writer. Fighting a prolonged case of writer’s block, David has assumed the dubious role of charming intellectual-in-residence at some of the Continent’s more luxurious watering holes. As Barbara’s work takes them on a whirlwind tour of the most exclusive European playgrounds, their romance develops into the first deeply-felt, honest relationship either has ever known. Eventually, however, they ruefully come to realize that, if he’s ever to fulfill the promise of his earlier work, David must take responsibility for himself, go home and write, while Barbara must remain in Europe, where she has built her career. Reluctantly, but with no strings, they part, each having discovered anew their capacity to love.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Romantic Comedy
  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Cast Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Authors

Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers' contribution to the musical theatre of his day was extraordinary, and his influence on the musical theatre of today and tomorrow is legendary. His career spanned more than six decades, his hits ranging from the silver screens of Hollywood to the bright light ...

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Samuel Taylor

Samuel Taylor (1912-2000) wrote the Broadway plays The Happy Time, based on the book of the same name by Robert Fontaine, Sabrina Fair, The Pleasure of His Company (with C.O. Skinner), First Love (adapted from Romain Gray's memoir, Promise at Dawn), Beekman Place, Avanti!, A ...

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