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Rodgers and Hammerstein bio coming in 2018, 75th anniversary of ‘Oklahoma!’

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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1956, file photo, composer Richard Rodgers, left, and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, pose for a photo. A biography of Rodgers and Hammerstein, written with the cooperation of the late Broadway team\'s publishing arm, will be come out in 2018. Henry Holt and Company announced Monday, June 29, 2015, that Todd S. Purdum\'s book, ”Rogers and Hammerstein,” also will draw upon materials recently made available at the Library of Congress. (AP Photo/File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – A biography of Rodgers and Hammerstein, written with the co-operation of the late Broadway team’s publishing arm, will be come out in 2018.

Henry Holt and Company announced Monday that Todd S. Purdum’s book, “Rodgers and Hammerstein,” also will draw upon materials recently made available at the Library of Congress.

The book’s release is timed for the 75th anniversary of Richard Rodgers’ and Oscar Hammerstein II’s first collaboration, “Oklahoma!” Their other musicals included “The Sound of Music” and “South Pacific.”

Purdum is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a senior writer at Politico.

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