Richard Rodgers

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro Richard Rodgers

Winner! Three 1947 Donaldson Awards, for Best Book, Best Lyrics and Best ScoreNominee: Seven 2005 Helen Hayes AwardsWinner! Two 2005 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical and Outstanding Director




This ensemble musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an Everyman, Joseph Taylor, Jr., from cradle through a mid-life discovery of who he is and what his life is truly about. The first musical to be staged by a director who also served as choreographer (the legendary Agnes de Mille), Allegro followed a unique structural format traveling from Joe's birth through his childhood, from college dorm to marriage altar, and on to his career; from the tranquility of his small Midwestern hometown to the hectic din of big city life, in a series of vignettes and musical sequences dazzling in their simplicity and stunning in their impact. Ahead of its time theatrically, Allegro remains timeless in its appeal.