Me and Juliet is a musical comedy written by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and book). Along with Allegro and Pipe Dream, it comprises the second of their three least commercially successful collaborations. To date, no major commercial revival of the show has ever been attempted and the original cast album is out of print in the United States (The cast album was briefly available in the United States in 1993 and the Brit...
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Me and Juliet is a musical comedy written by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and book). Along with Allegro and Pipe Dream, it comprises the second of their three least commercially successful collaborations. To date, no major commercial revival of the show has ever been attempted and the original cast album is out of print in the United States (The cast album was briefly available in the United States in 1993 and the British-based Flare label reissued the cast recording in 2007.)
As many writers have noted, Rodgers and Hammerstein found their greatest success in eschewing social and theatrical convention. Me and Juliet, however, lacked these dramatic innovations. Only one song from the show, "No Other Love", has become a standard. The melody of this hit did not originate with this musical, but had been a theme for an episode of Rodgers' soundtrack to the television series Victory at Sea. Some critics have judged the score of Me and Juliet harshly, calling it ...
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