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No Strings is a musical drama with book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers. No Strings is the only Broadway score for which Rodgers wrote both lyrics and music, and the first musical he composed after the death of his long-time collaborator, Oscar Hammerstein II .
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Directed and choreographed by Joe Layton, the musical starred Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, with Noëlle Adam, Paul Cambeilh, Don Chastain, Alvin Epstein, Mitchell Gregg, Bernice Massi and Polly Rowles rounding out the cast.
With a book by Samuel A. Taylor, this 1962 musical comedy twinkled with a Parisian flair when it debuted on Broadway at the 54 th Street Theatre on March 15, 1962. In a nod to the title, Rodgers and orchestrator Ralph Burns chose to arrange the score without any string instruments.
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Musical Information. Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962) Cast Size: 12+ Genre: Romantic Drama. Setting: 1960s / France, Monte Carlo