No Strings

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

No Strings (1962), a musical play by Samuel Taylor (book), Richard Rodgers (music, lyrics). [54th Street Theatre, 580 perf.] In Paris, David Jordan ( Richard Kiley), a prize‐winning American writer who has been suffering a long dry spell, meets the African‐American model Barbara Woodruff ( Diahann Carroll) and their romantic affair brings them all over Europe. But when David realizes he must return to his native country if he hopes to write again, the two realize that an interracial marriage in the States would be doomed, so they go their separate ways. Notable songs: No Strings; The Sweetest Sounds; Nobody Told Me; Loads of Love. Rodgers's first musical following the death of his longtime partner, Oscar Hammerstein, it offered one of his best scores as well as some excellent lyrics.

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