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'''Richard Charles Rodgers''' (June 28, 1902&nbsp;– December 30, 1979) was an American [[Musical composition|compose]]r who worked primarily in [[musical theater]]. With 43 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best-known American composers of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music.

Rodgers is known for his songwriting partnerships, first with lyricist [[Lorenz Hart]] and then with [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]. With Hart he wrote musicals throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'', ''[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]'', ''[[On Your Toes]]'' and ''[[Babes in Arms]].'' With Hammerstein he wrote musicals through the 1940s and 1950s, such as ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', ''[[Flower Drum Song]]'', ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'', ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', ''[[The King and I]]'', and ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. His collaborations with Hammerstein, in particular, are celebrated for bringing the Broadway musical to a new maturity by telling stories that were focused on characters and drama rather than the earlier light-hearted entertainment of the genre.

Rodgers was the first person to win all four of the top American entertainment awards in theater, film, recording, and television{{snd}}an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]], a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]], an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], and a [[Tony Awards|Tony]]{{snd}}now known collectively as an [[EGOT]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8511880/richard-rodgers-egot-winner-first-flashback|title= In 1962, Richard Rodgers Became the First EGOT (Before That Was Even a Thing)|website= billboard.com|date= May 19, 2019|access-date= April 25, 2020}}</ref> In addition, he was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize]], making him the first ever to receive all five awards (later joined by [[Marvin Hamlisch]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/richard-rodgers-and-oscar-hammerstein-ii|title= Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II|website= pulitzer.org|access-date= April 25, 2020}}</ref> In 1978, Rodgers was in the inaugural group of [[The Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honorees]] for lifetime achievement in the arts.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=cbs&p=761&item=100561|title= KENNEDY CENTER HONORS 1978|website= paleycenter.org|access-date= April 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:Fly_With_Me_poster.jpg|thumb|The poster for ''[[Fly With Me (musical)|Fly With Me]]'', the 1920 Columbia University [[Varsity Show]]. The music was co-written by Rodgers and [[Lorenz Hart]], and also included songs by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], making the show one of the first collaborations between the two men.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Sing a Song of Morningside|url=https://www.thevarsityshow.com/about-sing-a-song-of-morningside|access-date=August 28, 2021|website=The Varsity Show|language=en-US}}</ref>]]

Rodgers was born into a [[Jewish]] family in Queens, New York, the son of Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers, a prominent physician who had changed the family name from Rogazinsky, and his wife Mamie ({{née}} Levy). Rodgers began playing the piano at the age of six. He attended P.S. 166, Townsend Harris Hall and [[DeWitt Clinton High School]]. Rodgers spent his early teenage summers in Camp Wigwam ([[Waterford, Maine]]) where he composed some of his first songs.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hyland-rodgers.html Hyland, William G: ''Richard Rodgers''] ''The New York Times'', Chapter 1. Yale University Press, 1998, {{ISBN|0-300-07115-9}}</ref>

Rodgers, [[Lorenz Hart]], and later collaborator [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] all attended [[Columbia University]]. At Columbia, Rodgers joined the [[Pi Lambda Phi]] fraternity. In 1921, Rodgers shifted his studies to the Institute of Musical Art (now the [[Juilliard School]]).<ref>Richard Rodgers, ''Musical Stages: An Autobiography'' (2002 Reissue), pp. 12,20–21,44, DaCapo Press, {{ISBN|0-306-81134-0}}</ref> Rodgers was influenced by composers such as [[Victor Herbert]] and [[Jerome Kern]], as well as by the [[operetta]]s his parents took him to see on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] when he was a child.

==Career==
===Rodgers and Hart===
{{Main|Rodgers and Hart}}
[[File:Rodgers and Hart NYWTS.jpg|thumb|right|Richard Rodgers (seated) with [[Lorenz Hart]] in 1936]]
In 1919, Richard met [[Lorenz Hart]], thanks to Phillip Levitt, a friend of Richard's older brother. [[Rodgers and Hart]] struggled for years in the field of musical comedy, writing several amateur shows. They made their professional debut with the song "Any Old Place With You", featured in the 1919 Broadway musical comedy ''A Lonely Romeo''. Their first professional production was the 1920 ''[[Poor Little Ritz Girl]]'', which also had music by [[Sigmund Romberg]]. Their next professional show, ''The Melody Man'', did not premiere until 1924.

When he was just out of college Rodgers worked as musical director for [[Lew Fields]]. Among the stars he accompanied were [[Nora Bayes]] and [[Fred Allen]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VVpeiKxbHk Rodgers & Hammerstein as mystery guests on What's My Line?], February 19, 1956, video on YouTube</ref> Rodgers was considering quitting show business altogether to sell children's underwear, when he and Hart finally broke through in 1925. They wrote the songs for a benefit show presented by the prestigious [[Theatre Guild]], called ''[[The Garrick Gaieties]]'', and the critics found the show fresh and delightful. Although it was meant to run only one day, the Guild knew they had a success and allowed it to re-open later. The show's biggest hit—the song that Rodgers believed "made" Rodgers and Hart—was "[[Manhattan (song)|Manhattan]]". The two were now a Broadway songwriting force.

Throughout the rest of the decade, the duo wrote several hit shows for both Broadway and London, including ''[[Dearest Enemy]]'' (1925), ''[[The Girl Friend]]'' (1926), ''[[Peggy-Ann]]'' (1926), ''[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]'' (1927), and ''[[Present Arms (musical)|Present Arms]]'' (1928). Their 1920s shows produced standards such as "[[Here in My Arms]]", "[[Mountain Greenery]]", "[[Blue Room (1926 song)|Blue Room]]", "[[My Heart Stood Still]]" and "[[You Took Advantage of Me]]".

With the [[Great Depression|Depression]] in full swing during the first half of the 1930s, the team sought greener pastures in Hollywood. The hardworking Rodgers later regretted these relatively fallow years, but he and Hart did write some classic songs and film scores while out west, including ''[[Love Me Tonight]]'' (1932) (directed by [[Rouben Mamoulian]], who would later direct Rodgers's ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' on Broadway), which introduced three standards: "[[Lover (Rodgers and Hart song)|Lover]]", "[[Mimi (song)|Mimi]]", and "[[Isn't It Romantic?]]". Rodgers also wrote a melody for which Hart wrote three consecutive lyrics which were either cut, not recorded or not a hit. The fourth lyric resulted in one of their most famous songs, "[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]". Other film work includes the scores to ''[[The Phantom President]]'' (1932), starring [[George M. Cohan]], ''[[Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (film)|Hallelujah, I'm a Bum]]'' (1933), starring [[Al Jolson]], and, in a quick return after having left Hollywood, ''Mississippi'' (1935), starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[W. C. Fields]].

In 1935, they returned to Broadway and wrote an almost unbroken string of hit shows that ended shortly before Hart's death in 1943. Among the most notable are ''[[Jumbo (musical)|Jumbo]]'' (1935), ''[[On Your Toes]]'' (1936, which included the ballet "[[Slaughter on Tenth Avenue]]", choreographed by George Balanchine), ''[[Babes in Arms]]'' (1937), ''[[I Married an Angel]]'' (1938), ''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]'' (1938), ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' (1940), and their last original work, ''[[By Jupiter]]'' (1942). Rodgers also contributed to the book on several of these shows.

Many of the songs from these shows are still sung and remembered, including "[[The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1935 song)|The Most Beautiful Girl in the World]]", "[[My Romance (song)|My Romance]]", "[[Little Girl Blue (song)|Little Girl Blue]]", "[[I'll Tell the Man in the Street]]", "[[There's a Small Hotel]]", "[[Where or When]]", "[[My Funny Valentine]]", "[[The Lady Is a Tramp]]", "[[Falling in Love with Love]]", "[[Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered]]", and "[[Wait till You See Her]]".

In 1939, Rodgers wrote the ballet ''Ghost Town'' for the [[Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]], with choreography by [[Marc Platt (dancer)|Marc Platoff]].<ref>Anna Kisselgoff, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E1D9173CF930A15753C1A9649C8B63 "DANCE REVIEW; Rodgers As Ideal Dance Partner"], ''The New York Times'', October 23, 2002.</ref>

===Rodgers and Hammerstein===
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[[File:Rodgers and Hammerstein at piano-original.jpg|thumb|Rodgers (seated) with Hammerstein, 1945]]

Rodgers' partnership with Hart began having problems because of the lyricist's unreliability and declining health from [[alcoholism]]. Rodgers began working with [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], with whom he had previously written songs (before ever working with Lorenz Hart). Their first musical, the groundbreaking hit ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (1943), is a notable example of a "[[book musical]]", a musical play in which the songs and dances are fully integrated into the plot. What was once a collection of songs, dances and comic turns held together by a tenuous plot became a fully integrated narrative. Even though ''[[Show Boat]]'' is considered to be the earliest example of a book musical, ''Oklahoma!'' epitomized the innovations for which ''Show Boat'' had laid the groundwork and is considered the first production in American history to be intentionally marketed as a fully integrated musical.<ref>O'Leary, J. (2014). Oklahoma!, "lousy publicity," and the politics of formal integration in the American Musical Theater. Journal of Musicology, 31(1), 139–182. https://doi.org/10.1525/jm.2014.31.1.139</ref>

In 1943, Richard Rodgers became the ninth president of the [[Dramatists Guild of America]].  In November that year he and Hart mounted a revival of ''[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]''; Hart died from alcoholism and pneumonia just days after its opening.

Rodgers and Hammerstein went on to create four more hits that are among the most popular in musical history. Each was made into a successful film: ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' (1945), ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' (1949, winner of the 1950 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Drama), ''[[The King and I]]'' (1951), and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' (1959). Other shows include the minor hit ''[[Flower Drum Song]]'' (1958), as well as relative failures ''[[Allegro (musical)|Allegro]]'' (1947), ''[[Me and Juliet]]'' (1953), and ''[[Pipe Dream (musical)|Pipe Dream]]'' (1955). They also wrote the score to the film ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'' (1945) (which was remade in 1962 with [[Pat Boone]]) and a special TV musical of ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]'' (1957).

Their collaboration produced many well-known songs, including "[[Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin']]", "[[People Will Say We're in Love]]", "[[Oklahoma (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Oklahoma]]" (which also became the state song of Oklahoma), "It's A Grand Night For Singing", "[[If I Loved You]]", "[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]", "[[It Might as Well Be Spring]]", "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", "[[Younger Than Springtime]]", "[[Bali Hai]]", "[[Getting to Know You (song)|Getting to Know You]]", "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]", "[[The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music]]", "[[Sixteen Going on Seventeen]]", "[[Climb Ev'ry Mountain]]", "[[Do-Re-Mi]]", and "[[Edelweiss (song)|Edelweiss]]", Hammerstein's last song.

[[File:Richard Rodgers Ed Sullivan 1952.JPG|thumb|Rodgers was the subject of a two-part special on [[Ed Sullivan]]'s ''Toast of the Town'' television show in 1952]]

Much of Rodgers' work with both Hart and Hammerstein was orchestrated by [[Robert Russell Bennett]]. Rodgers composed twelve themes, which Bennett used in preparing the orchestra score for the 26-episode [[World War II]] television documentary ''[[Victory at Sea]]'' (1952–53). This [[NBC]] production pioneered the "compilation documentary"—programming based on pre-existing footage—and was eventually broadcast in dozens of countries. The melody of the popular song "[[No Other Love (1953 song)|No Other Love]]" was later taken from the ''Victory at Sea'' theme entitled "Beneath the Southern Cross". Rodgers won an [[Emmy]] for the music for the ABC documentary ''[[The Valiant Years|Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years]]'', scored by [[Eddie Sauter]], [[Hershy Kay]], and [[Robert Emmett Dolan]]. Rodgers composed the theme music, "[[March of the Clowns]]", for the 1963–64 television series ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'', which ran for 30 episodes. He also contributed the main title theme for the 1963–64 historical anthology television series [[The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)|''The Great Adventure'']].

In 1950, [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] received [[The Hundred Year Association of New York]]'s Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York." Rodgers, Hammerstein, and [[Joshua Logan]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''South Pacific''.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Drama "Drama"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 3, 2013.</ref> Rodgers and Hammerstein had won a [[Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards|special Pulitzer Prize]] in 1944 for ''Oklahoma!''.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Special-Awards-and-Citations "Special Awards and Citations"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 3, 2013.</ref>

In 1954, Rodgers conducted the [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra]] in excerpts from ''Victory at Sea'', ''[[Slaughter on Tenth Avenue]]'' and the ''[[Carousel Waltz]]'' for a special LP released by [[Columbia Records]].

[[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musicals earned a total of 37 [[Tony Award]]s, 15 [[Academy Awards]], two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s, two [[Grammy Award]]s, and two [[Emmy Award]]s.

===After Hammerstein===
Rodgers composed five new musicals between Hammerstein's death in 1960 and his own in 1979. In chronological order, they are: ''[[No Strings]]'' (1962), ''[[Do I Hear a Waltz?]]'' (1965), ''[[Two by Two (musical)|Two by Two]]'' (1970), ''[[Rex (musical)|Rex]]'' (1976), and ''[[I Remember Mama (musical)|I Remember Mama]]'' (1979).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Block |first=Geoffrey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npq43 |title=Richard Rodgers |date=2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-09747-4 |pages= |chapter=After Hammerstein|jstor=j.ctt1npq43 }}</ref>

Rodgers wrote both words and music for his first new Broadway project ''No Strings'', which earned two Tony Awards and played 580 shows. The show was a minor hit and featured the song, "[[The Sweetest Sounds (song)|The Sweetest Sounds]]".

Rodgers also wrote both the words and music for two new songs used in the film version of [[The Sound of Music (film)|''The Sound of Music'']]. (Other songs in that film were from Rodgers and Hammerstein.)

Each of his final Broadway musicals faced a declining level of success as Rodgers was overshadowed by up-and-coming composers and lyricists. This was evident by the steady drop in run times and critic reviews. ''Do I Hear a Waltz?'' ran 220 performances; ''Two by Two,'' 343 performances; ''Rex'' only 49 performances; and ''I Remember Mama,'' 108 performances.<ref name=":0" />

While Rodgers went on to work with lyricists: [[Stephen Sondheim]] (''Do I Hear a Waltz?''), who was a protégé of Hammerstein, [[Martin Charnin]] (''Two by Two,'' ''I Remember Mama'') and [[Sheldon Harnick]] (''Rex''), he never found another permanent partner. These partnerships proved to be unsuccessful as a result of issues of collaboration. Sondheim's reluctance to participate in ''Do I Hear a Waltz?'' led to tension between the two. In addition, Charnin and Rodgers were met with opposing ideas when creating ''Two by Two''.<ref name=":0" />

Nevertheless, his overall successful lifetime career did not go unrecognized. At its 1978 commencement ceremonies, [[Barnard College]] awarded Rodgers its highest honor, the [[List of Barnard College people#Recipients of the Medal of Distinction|Barnard Medal of Distinction]].

Rodgers was an honoree at the first [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1978. At the 1979 Tony Awards ceremony—six months before his death—Rodgers was presented the Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre.

One of Rodger's final works was a revival of ''Fly With Me'' for the 1980 Varsity Show, to which he added several new songs. He died less than four months before its premiere in April 1980.<ref name=":1" />

==Personal life==
In 1930, Rodgers married [[Dorothy Rodgers|Dorothy Belle Feiner]] (1909–92).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rnh.com/bio/46/Rodgers-Dorothy|title=Dorothy Rodgers|website=Rodgers and Hammerstein|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> Their daughter, [[Mary Rodgers|Mary]] (1931–2014), was the composer of ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' and an author of children's books.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/mary-rodgers-composer-of-once-upon-a-mattress-and-daughter-of-broadway-royalty-dies-at-83-com-322981| title=Mary Rodgers, Composer of Once Upon a Mattress and Daughter of Broadway Royalty, Dies at 83| journal=[[Playbill]]|author-link1=Robert Simonson| last=Simonson| first=Robert| date=June 26, 2014| access-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> The Rodgers later lost a daughter at birth. Another daughter, Linda (1935–2015), also had a brief career as a [[songwriter]]. Mary's son and Richard Rodgers's grandson, [[Adam Guettel]] (b. 1964), also a musical theater composer, won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for ''[[The Light in the Piazza (musical)|The Light in the Piazza]]'' in 2005. [[Peter Melnick]] (b. 1958), Linda Rodgers's son, is the composer of ''Adrift In Macao,'' which debuted at the Philadelphia Theatre Company in 2005 and was produced [[Off-Broadway]] in 2007. Mary Rodgers' book ''Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers'' was published posthumously in 2022, and included her frank revelations and assessments of her father, family and herself.<ref>Rodgers, Mary & Green, Jesse,''Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers'' (2022). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0374298623</ref>

Rodgers was an [[atheist]].<ref>Rodgers' biographer William G Hyland states: "That Richard Rodgers would recall, at the very beginning of his memoirs, his great-grandmother's death and its religious significance for his family suggests his need to justify his own religious alienation. Richard became an atheist, and as a parent, he resisted religious instruction for his children. According to his wife, Dorothy, he felt that religion was based on "fear" and contributed to "feelings of guilt." " ''Richard Rodgers'', Yale University Press 1998, {{ISBN|0-300-07115-9}}. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hyland-rodgers.html Chapter 1] at ''The New York Times'' Books (accessed April 30, 2008).</ref> He was prone to depression and alcohol abuse and was at one time hospitalized.

Rodgers was portrayed by [[Tom Drake]] in the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] film [[Words and Music (1948 film)|''Words and Music'']], a semi-fictionalized depiction of the partnership of Rodgers and Hart. In [[Richard Linklater]]'s 2025 film [[Blue Moon (2025 film)|''Blue Moon'']], he is played by [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]], who won the [[Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance]] at the [[75th Berlin International Film Festival]].

==Death==
Rodgers died in 1979, aged 77, after surviving cancer of the jaw, a heart attack, and a [[laryngectomy]]. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at sea.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

==Legacy==
In 1990, the 46th Street Theatre was renamed the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]] in his memory. In 1999, Rodgers and Hart were each commemorated on United States postage stamps. In 2002, the centennial year of Rodgers' birth was celebrated worldwide with books, retrospectives, performances, new recordings of his music, and a Broadway revival of ''Oklahoma!''. The [[BBC Proms]] that year devoted an entire evening to Rodgers' music, including a concert performance of ''Oklahoma!'' The [[Boston Pops Orchestra]] released a new CD that year in tribute to Rodgers, entitled ''My Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers Celebration''.

[[Alec Wilder]] wrote the following about Rodgers:

{{blockquote|Of all the writers whose songs are considered and examined in this book, those of Rodgers show the highest degree of consistent excellence, inventiveness, and sophistication ... [A]fter spending weeks playing his songs, I am more than impressed and respectful: I am astonished.<ref>Wilder, Alec, 1973. ''American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950'', Oxford University Press: 163. {{ISBN|0-19-501445-6}}.</ref>}}

Rodgers is a member of the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html|title=Theater Hall of Fame members|access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref>

Along with the Academy of Arts and Letters, Rodgers also started and endowed an award for non-established musical theater composers to produce new productions either by way of full productions or staged readings. It is the only award for which the Academy of Arts and Letters accepts applications and is presented every year. Below are the previous winners of the award:<ref name="Academy of Arts and Letters">{{cite web| title=Awards| url=https://artsandletters.org/awards/#| website=American Academy of Arts and Letters}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
!Year
!Show
!Awardee
|-
|rowspan=6|2018<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://artsandletters.org/pressrelease/two-musicals-win-richard-rodgers-awards/| title=Two Musicals Win Richard Rodgers Awards| date=March 23, 2018| publisher=American Academy of Arts and Letters| access-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|Gun and Powder
|Ross Baum
|-
|Angelica Chéri
|-
|rowspan=4|KPOP
|Jason Kim
|-
|Helen Park
|-
|Max Vernon
|-
|Woodshed Collective
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan=2|What I Learned from People
|[[Will Aronson]]
|-
|[[Hue Park]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2016
|rowspan=2|We Live in Cairo
|Patrick Lazour
|-
|Daniel Lazour
|-
|Costs of Living
|[[Timothy Huang]]
|-
|[[Hadestown (musical)|Hadestown]]
|[[Anaïs Mitchell]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|rowspan=2|String
|Adam Gwon
|-
|Sarah Hammond
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|[[Witness Uganda]]
|Matthew Gould
|-
|Griffin Matthews
|-
|rowspan=3|2013
|[[Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812]]
|[[Dave Malloy]]
|-
|rowspan=2|The Kid Who Would Be Pope
|Tom Megan
|-
|Jack Megan
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|rowspan=2|[[Witness Uganda]]
|Matthew Gould
|-
|Griffin Matthews
|-
|rowspan=4|2011
|rowspan=3|[[Dogfight (musical)|Dogfight]]
|[[Peter Duchan]]
|-
|[[Pasek and Paul|Benj Pasek]]
|-
|[[Pasek and Paul|Justin Paul]]
|-
|Gloryana
|[[Andrew Gerle]]
|-
|rowspan=6|2010
|rowspan=3|Buddy's Tavern
|[[Raymond De Felitta]]
|-
|Alison Louise Hubbard
|-
|[[Kim Oler]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Rocket Science
|Patricia Cotter
|-
|Jason Rhyne
|-
|Stephen Weiner
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|rowspan=2|Cheer Wars
|Karlan Judd
|-
|Gordon Leary
|-
|rowspan=2|Rosa Parks
|Scott Ethier
|-
|Jeff Hughes
|-
|rowspan=6|2008
|rowspan=2|Alive at Ten
|Kirsten A. Guenther
|-
|[[Ryan Scott Oliver]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Kingdom
|Aaron Jafferis
|-
|Ian Williams
|-
|rowspan=2|See Rock City and Other Destinations
|[[Brad Alexander]]
|-
|Adam Mathias
|-
|rowspan=3|2007
|[[Calvin Berger]]
|Barry Wyner
|-
|rowspan=2|Main-Travelled Roads
|Dave Hudson
|-
|Paul Libman
|-
|rowspan=8|2006
|rowspan=3|[[Grey Gardens (musical)|Grey Gardens]]
|[[Scott Frankel]]
|-
|[[Michael Korie]]
|-
|[[Doug Wright]]
|-
|rowspan=3|True Fans
|Chris Miller
|-
|Bill Rosenfield
|-
|[[Nathan Tysen]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Yellow Wood
|Michelle Elliott
|-
|Danny Larsen
|-
|rowspan=6|2005
|rowspan=2|Broadcast
|Nathan Christensen
|-
|Scott Murphy
|-
|rowspan=2|Dust & Dreams: Celebrating Sandburg
|David Hudson
|-
|Paul Libman
|-
|rowspan=2|Red
|[[Brian Lowdermilk]]
|-
|Marcus Stevens
|-
|rowspan=6|2004
|rowspan=2|To Paint the Earth
|Daniel Frederick Levin
|-
|Jonathan Portera
|-
|rowspan=2|The Tutor
|[[Andrew Gerle]]
|-
|Maryrose Wood
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Unlock'd|Unlocked]]
|[[Carner and Gregor|Sam Carner]]
|-
|[[Carner and Gregor|Derek Gregor]]
|-
|rowspan=6|2003
|rowspan=2|The Devil in the Flesh
|Jeffrey Lunden
|-
|Arthur Perlman
|-
|rowspan=2|Once Upon a Time in New Jersey
|Susan DiLallo
|-
|Stephen A. Weiner
|-
|rowspan=2|The Tutor
|Andrew Gerle
|-
|Maryrose Wood
|-
|rowspan=4|2002
|rowspan=2|The Fabulist
|David Spencer
|-
|Stephen Witkin
|-
|rowspan=2|The Tutor
|Andrew Gerle
|-
|Maryrose Wood
|-
|rowspan=4|2001
|rowspan=2|Heading East
|[[Leon Ko]]
|-
|Robert Lee
|-
|rowspan=2|[[The Spitfire Grill]]
|[[Fred Alley]]
|-
|[[James Valcq]]
|-
|rowspan=6|2000
|rowspan=3|[[Bat Boy: The Musical|Bat Boy]]
|[[Kaythe Farley]]
|-
|[[Brian Flemming]]
|-
|[[Laurence O'Keefe (composer)|Laurence O'Keefe]]
|-
|[[The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin]]
|[[Kirsten Childs]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Suburb
|Robert S. Cohen
|-
|[[David Javerbaum]]
|-
|rowspan=9|1999
|rowspan=3|[[Bat Boy: The Musical|Bat Boy]]
|[[Kaythe Farley]]
|-
|[[Brian Flemming]]
|-
|[[Laurence O'Keefe (composer)|Laurence O'Keefe]]
|-
|Blood on the Dining Room Floor
|Jonathan Sheffer
|-
|The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
|Kirsten Childs
|-
|rowspan=2|Dream True: My Life with Vernon Dexter
|[[Ricky Gordon|Ricky Ian Gordon]]
|-
|[[Tina Landau]]
|-
|rowspan=2|The Singing
|[[Lenora Champagne]]
|-
|Daniel Levy
|-
|rowspan=5|1998
|rowspan=3|[[Little Women (musical)|Little Women]]
|Alison Hubbard
|-
|[[Allan Knee]]
|-
|[[Kim Oler]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Summer
|Erik Haagensen
|-
|Paul Schwartz
|-
|rowspan=6|1997
|rowspan=2|The Ballad of Little Jo
|[[Mike Reid (singer)|Mike Reid]]
|-
|Sarah Schlesinger
|-
|rowspan=2|Barrio Babies
|Fernand Rivas
|-
|[[Luis Santeiro]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Violet (musical)|Violet]]
|Brian Crawley
|-
|[[Jeanine Tesori]]
|-
|rowspan=6|1996
|rowspan=2|Bobos
|[[James McBride (writer)|James McBride]]
|-
|Ed Shockley
|-
|rowspan=2|The Hidden Sky
|Kate Chisholm
|-
|Peter Foley
|-
|rowspan=2|The Princess & the Blac
|Andy Chuckerman
|-
|Karole Foreman
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
|rowspan=3|Spendora
|Mark Campbell
|-
|Stephen Hoffman
|-
|Peter Webb
|-
|rowspan=7|1994
|rowspan=2|Doll (not produced)
|[[Scott Frankel]]
|-
|[[Michael Korie]]
|-
|The Gig
|[[Douglas J. Cohen|Douglas Cohen]]
|-
|[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]
|[[Jonathan Larson]]
|-
|rowspan=3|The Sweet Revenge of ... 
|Mark Campbell
|-
|Burton Cohen
|-
|Stephen Hoffman
|-
|rowspan=8|1993
|rowspan=3|Allos Makar
|[[Scott Frankel]]
|-
|[[Michael Korie]]
|-
|Valeria Vasilevsky
|-
|rowspan=2|Avenue X
|John Jiler
|-
|Ray Leslee
|-
|Christina Alberta's
|Polly Pen
|-
|rowspan=2|They Shoot Horses ... 
|Nagle Jackson
|-
|Robert Sprayberry
|-
|rowspan=4|1992
|rowspan=2|Avenue X
|John Jiler
|-
|Ray Leslee
|-
|rowspan=2|The Molly Maquires
|Sid Cherry
|-
|William Strempek
|-
|rowspan=3|1991
|Opal
|Robert N. Lindsey
|-
|rowspan=2|The Times
|[[Joe Keenan (writer)|Joe Keenan]]
|-
|Brad Ross
|-
|rowspan=7|1990
|Down the Stream
|Michael Goldenberg
|-
|rowspan=3|Swamp Gas and Shallow Feelings
|Randy Buck
|-
|Shirlee Strother
|-
|Jack E. Williams
|-
|rowspan=3|Whatnot
|Howard Crabtree
|-
|[[Dick Gallagher]]
|-
|Mark Waldrop
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|rowspan=2|[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass|Juan Darien]]
|[[Elliot Goldenthal]]
|-
|[[Julie Taymor]]
|-
|rowspan=5|1988
|rowspan=2|[[Lucky Stiff]]
|[[Lynn Ahrens]]
|-
|[[Stephen Flaherty]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Sheila Levine is Dead ... 
|Michael Devon
|-
|Todd Graff
|-
|[[Superbia (musical)|Superbia]]
|[[Jonathan Larson]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1987
|Henry and Ellen
|[[Michael John LaChiusa]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Lucky Stiff]]
|[[Lynn Ahrens]]
|-
|[[Stephen Flaherty]]
|-
|No Way to Treat A Lady
|[[Douglas J. Cohen]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1986
|Break/Agnes/Eulogy
|[[Michael John LaChiusa]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Juba
|Wendy Lamb
|-
|Russell Walden
|-
|rowspan=4|1984
|rowspan=3|[[Brownstone (musical)|Brownstone]]
|Andrew Cadiff
|-
|Peter Larson
|-
|Josh Rubens
|-
|Papushko
|Andrew Teirstein
|-
|rowspan=3|1982
|rowspan=3|Portrait of Jennie
|Enid Futterman
|-
|Howard Marren
|-
|Dennis Rosa
|-
|1981
|Child of the Sun
|Damien Leake
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
|rowspan=2|Nine (not produced)
|Maro Fratti
|-
|[[Maury Yeston]]
|-
|}

===Relationship with performers===
[[File:Rodgers and Hammerstein and Berlin and Tamiris NYWTS.jpg|right|thumb|Richard Rodgers, [[Irving Berlin]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], and [[Helen Tamiris]] watching hopefuls who are being auditioned on stage of the St. James Theatre.]]
[[Rosemary Clooney]] recorded a version of "[[Falling in Love with Love]]" by Rodgers, using a swing style. After the recording session Richard Rodgers told her pointedly that it should be sung as a waltz.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Fine Romance|last=Lehman |first=David |year=2009|publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8052-4250-8|page=140,249 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-nYWq-8qjHMC&q=A+Fine+Romance}}</ref> After [[Doris Day]] recorded "[[I Have Dreamed (song)|I Have Dreamed]]" in 1961, he wrote to her and her arranger, Jim Harbert, that theirs was the most beautiful rendition of his song he had ever heard.

After [[Peggy Lee]] recorded her version of "[[Lover (Rodgers and Hart song)|Lover]]", a Rodgers song, with a dramatically different arrangement from that originally conceived by him, Rodgers said, "I don't know why Peggy picked on me, she could have fucked up [[Silent Night]]".<ref>Lehman, p. 140.</ref> [[Mary Martin]] said that Richard Rodgers composed songs for her for ''South Pacific'', knowing she had a small vocal range, and the songs generally made her look her best. She also said that Rodgers and Hammerstein listened to all her suggestions and she worked extremely well with them.<ref>Lehman, p. 142–43.</ref> Both Rodgers and Hammerstein wanted Doris Day for the lead in the film version of ''South Pacific'' and she reportedly wanted the part. They discussed it with her, but after her manager/husband [[Martin Melcher]] would not budge on his demand for a high salary for her, the role went to [[Mitzi Gaynor]].

==Awards and nominations==
Rodgers is the first entertainer to have won the [[List of EGOT winners|EGOT]] ([[Emmy Awards|Emmy]], [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], and [[Tony Awards|Tony]]).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award 
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! Ref.
|-
| [[18th Academy Awards|1945]]
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]]
| "[[It Might as Well Be Spring]]" {{small|(from ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946 |title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|1958]]
| rowspan="10"| [[Grammy Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)]]
| ''[[Flower Drum Song]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/richard-rodgers/17311 |title=Richard Rodgers |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Victory at Sea|Victory at Sea: Vol II]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (Over 5 Minutes Duration)]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[3rd Annual Grammy Awards|1960]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Show Album (Original Cast)]]
| ''[[The Sound of Music]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[5th Annual Grammy Awards|1962]]
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| "[[The Sweetest Sounds (song)|The Sweetest Sounds]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Original Cast Show Album]]
| ''[[No Strings]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[8th Annual Grammy Awards|1965]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album]]
| ''[[Do I Hear a Waltz?]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[14th Annual Grammy Awards|1971]]
| ''[[Two by Two (musical)|Two by Two]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[19th Annual Grammy Awards|1976]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Cast Show Album]]
| ''[[Rex (musical)|Rex]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1989
| [[Grammy Trustees Award|Trustees Award]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/trustee-awards |title=Trustees Award |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1978
| [[Kennedy Center Honors]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/r/ro-rz/richard-rodgers/ |title=Richard Rodgers |publisher=[[Kennedy Center Honors]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Primetime Emmy Awards|1958]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| Best Musical Contribution for Television
| ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/richard-rodgers |title=Richard Rodgers |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[14th Primetime Emmy Awards|1962]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special|Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television]]
| ''[[The Valiant Years|Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1944 Pulitzer Prize|1944]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Pulitzer Prize]]
| [[Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards|Special Citations and Awards]]
| ''[[Oklahoma!]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/richard-rodgers-and-oscar-hammerstein-ii |title=Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II |publisher=[[Pulitzer Prize]] |access-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[1950 Pulitzer Prize|1950]]
| [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Drama]]
| rowspan="4"| ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1950 |title=1950 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists |publisher=[[Pulitzer Prize]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[4th Tony Awards|1950]]
| rowspan="14"| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1950/category/any/show/any/ |title=1950 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Producers (Musical)
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[6th Tony Awards|1952]]
| rowspan="5"| Best Musical
| ''[[The King and I]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1952/category/any/show/any/ |title=1952 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Tony Awards|1956]]
| ''[[Pipe Dream (musical)|Pipe Dream]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1956/category/any/show/any/ |title=1956 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Tony Awards|1959]]
| ''Flower Drum Song''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1959/category/any/show/any/ |title=1959 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[14th Tony Awards|1960]]
| ''The Sound of Music''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Fiorello!]]''.}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1960/category/any/show/any/ |title=1960 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[16th Tony Awards|1962]]
| rowspan="3"| ''No Strings''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1962/category/any/show/any/ |title=1962 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Composer]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Special Tony Award]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/special-awards/year/1962/category/any/show/any/ |title=1962 Special Tony Award |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th Tony Awards|1965]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Composer and Lyricist]]
| ''Do I Hear a Waltz?''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1965/category/any/show/any/ |title=1965 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[26th Tony Awards|1972]]
| Special Tony Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/special-awards/year/1972/category/any/show/any/ |title=1972 Special Tony Award |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[33rd Tony Awards|1979]]
| [[Special Tony Award|Lawrence Langner Memorial Award]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/special-awards/year/1979/category/any/show/any/ |title=1979 Special Tony Award |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[50th Tony Awards|1996]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| ''[[State Fair (musical)|State Fair]]''
| {{nom}} 
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1996/category/any/show/any/ |title=1996 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|}

==Shows with music by Rodgers==
===Lyrics by Lorenz Hart===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*''One Minute Please'' (1917)
*''[[Fly With Me (musical)|Fly with Me]]'' (1920)
*''[[Poor Little Ritz Girl]]'' (1920)
*''The Melody Man'' (1924)
*''[[The Garrick Gaieties]]'' (1925–26)
*''[[Dearest Enemy]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Girl Friend]]'' (1926)
*''[[Peggy-Ann]]'' (1926)
*''Betsy'' (1926)
*''[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]'' (1927)
*''She's My Baby'' (1928)
*''[[Present Arms (musical)|Present Arms]]'' (1928)
*''Chee-Chee'' (1928)
*''Spring Is Here'' (1929)
*''Heads Up!'' (1929)
*''[[Ever Green]]'' (1930)
*''[[Simple Simon (musical)|Simple Simon]]'' (1930)
*''[[America's Sweetheart (musical)|America's Sweetheart]]'' (1931)
*''[[Love Me Tonight]]'' (1932)
*''[[Jumbo (musical)|Jumbo]]'' (1935)
*''[[On Your Toes]]'' (1936)
*''[[Babes in Arms]]'' (1937)
*''[[I'd Rather Be Right]]'' (1937)
*''[[I Married an Angel]]'' (1938)
*''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]'' (1938)
*''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]'' (1939)
*''[[Higher and Higher (musical)|Higher and Higher]]'' (1940)
*''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' (1940–41)
*''[[By Jupiter]]'' (1942)
*''[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]'' Revival (1943)
*''Rodgers & Hart'' (1975), Rodgers and Hart revue musical
}}

===Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (1943)
*''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' (1945)
*''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'' (1945) (film)
*''[[Allegro (musical)|Allegro]]'' (1947)
*''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' (1949)
*''[[The King and I]]'' (1951)
*''[[Me and Juliet]]'' (1953)
*''[[Pipe Dream (musical)|Pipe Dream]]'' (1955)
*''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]'' (1957) (television)
*''[[Flower Drum Song]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Sound of Music]]'' (1959)
*''[[A Grand Night for Singing]]'' (1993), Rodgers and Hammerstein revue musical
*''[[State Fair (musical)|State Fair]]'' (1996) (stage musical)
}}

===Other lyricists and solo works===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*''Ghost Town'' (1939) (ballet)
*''[[Victory at Sea]]'' (1952) (arrangements and orchestration by [[Robert Russell Bennett]])
*''[[The Valiant Years]]'' (1960) 
*''[[No Strings]]'' (1962) (lyrics also by Rodgers)
*''[[Do I Hear a Waltz?]]'' (1965) (lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]])
* ''[[Androcles and the Lion (1967 film)|Androcles and the Lion]]'' (TV) (1967) (lyrics also by Rodgers)
*''[[Two by Two (musical)|Two by Two]]'' (1970) (lyrics by [[Martin Charnin]])
*''[[Rex (musical)|Rex]]'' (1976) (lyrics by [[Sheldon Harnick]])
*''[[I Remember Mama (musical)|I Remember Mama]]'' (1979) (lyrics by [[Martin Charnin]]/Raymond Jessel)
}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book | author=Secrest, Meryle | title=Somewhere For Me | publisher=Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. | year=2001 | isbn=1-55783-581-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/somewhereformebi00secr }}

==External links==
{{Archival records|title=Richard Rodgers collection|location= [[Music Division, Library of Congress]]|description_URL=https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002002}}
{{Portal|Biography}}
*{{IBDB name|8323}}
*{{IMDb name|6256|Richard Rodgers}}
* {{Playbill person|richard-rodgers-vault-0000005467}}
*[http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_4_urbanities-richard_rodgers.html City Journal article on Rodgers]
*[https://www.npr.org/programs/specials/rr100/npraudio.html Centennial features on Rodgers]
*[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002002.3 The Richard Rodgers Collection at the Library of Congress]
*[http://www.nypl.org/archives/4633 Richard Rodgers papers, 1914–1989], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051230152641/http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/composers/rodg-hamm.html Musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein]
*[https://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/rodgers/about_timeline.html TimeLine of Rodgers' Life]
*[http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~msyfalk/RodgersLater.html Review and analysis of Rodgers' later plays]
*{{cite web| url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/richard-rodgers-about-richard-rodgers/690/ | title=American Masters: Richard Rodgers Biography | date=February 1999 | publisher=PBS | access-date=March 28, 2007}}
*[http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/rodgers_hammerstein.html A feature on Rodgers and Hammerstein.]
* {{LCAuth|n50048058|Richard Rodgers||}}
* [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102086 Richard Rodgers recordings] at the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]].

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