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Hi there, welcome to the Bowery Boys. This is Greg Young. Last week I saw this new Richard

Linklitter movie called Blue Moon, starring Ethan Hawke as the lyricist Lauren's Heart, who partnered

with composer Richard Rogers to write some of the greatest songs of the early 20th century,

including My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, and Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.

The movie takes place entirely inside Sardi's restaurant, that legendary Broadway eatery, which has

been a subject of a past Bowery Boys podcast. And with a new lineup of Broadway shows opening this month and next month,

this all kind of put me in mind of another show that Tom and I did a few years ago on Richard

Rogers, but with his second song partner, Oscar Hammerstein, the second.

So I present that show in a re-edited, remastered version to you today with a song in my hearts.

Enjoy.

Hey, it's the Bowery Boys.

Hey. Hi there, welcome to the Bowery Boys. This is Greg Young.

And this is Tom Myers.

You know how we love our Broadway history on this show. So today we're going to just jump right

into the golden age of the Broadway musical in the mid-20th century

to discuss certainly the most famous and successful songwriting team in the history of Broadway,

the gentleman Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein.

These two men both had really successful theater careers even before they started collaborating with each other.

So their partnership was really like their second act.

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