11-page book included. Shipping includes insurance because these are very fragile. Record 1 is MISSING; Record 6 has a chip along the edge so the very beginning of both songs are missing the lead-in. . Vinyl plays with crackles and some clicks (play-graded). Hard-cover binder with six record sleeves looks good; light-scuffing (front/back); small surface abrasions and discoloration spots on front; small tears near top-right on back. Sleeves are attached and have no splits. Spine is easy-to-read and shows mild-wear and partial split. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. (Not a cut-out.)
Oklahoma! Original NY Production is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancee, Ado Annie. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box office hit and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Oscar-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma! in 1944.