... Laurie Winer sees many sides to the icon, with her own eyes wide open rather than with myopic wide-eyed fandom, and with the advantage of 20/20 hindsight fueled by modern-day perspectives on stage representations of race, gender roles, class, and politics. In her book Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical she offers a well-considered, well-rounded look at the man who roundly rejected the notion t…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:46AM on February 20, 2023