Highland Farm in Doylestown, once home to Oscar Hammerstein II and his family, will become a museum and theater education center, honoring Hammerstein's work as a lyricist, librettist, mentor and ...

Incomparable and unique in their ability to write both libretti and lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner brought the musical theater to an artistic peak that remains unsurpassed.

A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances.

DOYLESTOWN, PA — The nonprofit Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center has been awarded a second $500,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP).

"Diving deep into Hammerstein’s life, examining his papers and his lyrics, critic Laurie Winer shows how he orchestrated a collective reimagining of America, urging it forward with a subtly ...

Following years of fundraising and planned development, the future Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center has received a $500,000 grant from the state of Pennsylvania. The museum is ...

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“Show Boat” was a testament to the courage of composer Jerome Kern, lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, and producer Florenz Ziegfeld. In an era of “willful nonsense,” they ...

Grandson of the librettist and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein; adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate level New York City theatre history. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres ...