How a Hurricane Led to a Historic Collaboration in Houston

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic 1943 musical Oklahoma!, now celebrating its 75th anniversary, brought a bounty of firsts: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration, Agnes de Mille’s first dream ballet, the first time that a Broadway choreographer got a credit as a choreographer. This week, there will be another first: the first time Houston Ballet and Theatre […]

Choreography's Constantly Shifting Role on Broadway

I first got hooked on Broadway musicals as a preteen at Gypsy, with its tapping moppets, gyrating burlesque queens and Tulsa, the dancing heartthrob. I’ve been going ever since, but Dance Magazine has been at it even longer. The 1926-27 Broadway season was just ending when DM began publication, and of its 200-plus shows, dozens […]