All Kinds of People
All Kinds of People
Exploring Issues of Prejudice Through the Words of Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers
Conceived By Michael Presser and The Midtown Management Group, Inc.
Written by Bruce D. Taylor
ISBN: DIG0000000347
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Overview
Throughout a career that spanned four decades, Oscar Hammerstein II used the theatre to promote human understanding. He continually tackled themes of racism and cultural bias, changing the very course of musical theatre in the process. All Kinds of People is a musical revue developed especially for schools (running time: 50 minutes) that addresses the dangers of prejudice, the importance of tolerance and the empowerment of self-esteem.
These issues are considered through such songs as “Ol’ Man River” from Hammerstein’s 1927 masterpiece Show Boat, “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” from his Pulitzer Prize-winning South Pacific, and many others from such beloved musicals as The King and I, Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music and Carousel. Oscar Hammerstein believed wholeheartedly in celebrating our differences instead of fearing them, as simply and eloquently expressed in his musical Pipe Dream – “It takes all kinds of people to make up a world.”
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- Genre: Not Applicable
- Time Period: Not Applicable
- Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting, Multicultural Casting, Roles for Children
- Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences, Pre-Teen (Age 11-13), Teen (Age 14-18)
Authors
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City. His father, William, was a theatre manager and for many years director of Hammerstein's Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theatre of its day. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer ...
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern (1885-1945) composed his first complete show, The Red Petticoat, in 1912. Between 1915 and 1919, he composed a series of intimate chamber musicals, mostly in collaboration with Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, known as the Princess Theatre shows. These works — Very ...
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 ...
Michael Presser