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Allegro
Allegro (1947), a musical play by Oscar Hammerstein (book, lyrics), Richard Rodgers (music). [Majestic Theatre, 315 perf.] Joseph Taylor Jr. ( John Battles) is born in a typical American town in 1905, the son of a general practitioner who is happily married and content with his lot in life. When Joe grows up and goes off to college and medical school, he remembers to return and marry his high school sweetheart Jenny ( Roberta Jonay). But Jenny is the pushy kind, demanding Joe do something more than remain a small‐town doctor. She pushes him right into a big‐city medical practice, where everything moves at a fast pace, and Joe grows more unhappy the higher he rises in the world. Only his loyal, affectionate nurse Emily ( Lisa Kirk) sees how miserable he is. After he discovers that Jenny has been unfaithful, Joe gives up his large city practice and returns to his small‐town roots with Emily. Notable songs: So Far; The Gentleman Is a Dope; A Fellow Needs a Girl; Allegro. A sentimental chronicle, its action was commented on by a singing chorus and some innovative staging by director Agnes De Mille. The most venturesome departure from tradition by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the Theatre Guild production was also the team's first commercial failure. Coming after Oklahoma! and Carousel, it consolidated their reputation as musical theatre experimenters, but it was their last truly off‐beat musical.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Allegro." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Allegro." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Allegro.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Allegro." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Allegro.html |
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al·le·gro / əˈlegrō/ Mus. • adj. & adv. (esp. as a direction) at a brisk tempo. • n. (pl. -gros) a passage or movement in an allegro tempo. |
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"allegro." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "allegro." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-allegro.html "allegro." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-allegro.html |
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allegro (It.). Merry, i.e. quick, lively, bright. Often used as the title of a comp. or movement in that style. The superlative is allegrissimo.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "allegro." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "allegro." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-allegro.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "allegro." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-allegro.html |
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allegro XVII. — It., repr. L. alacer brisk (see ALACRITY).
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T. F. HOAD. "allegro." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "allegro." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-allegro.html T. F. HOAD. "allegro." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-allegro.html |
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allegro
•arrow, barrow, farrow, harrow, Jarrow, marrow, narrow, sparrow, taro, tarot, Varro, yarrow
•gabbro • Avogadro • Afro • aggro
•macro • cilantro • Castro
•wheelbarrow
•Faro, Kilimanjaro, Pissarro, Pizarro, Tupamaro
•Pedro • allegro • hedgerow • velcro
•escrow
•metro, retro
•electro • Jethro
•bolero, caballero, dinero, Faeroe, pharaoh, ranchero, sombrero, torero
•scarecrow • Ebro
•Montenegro, Negro
•repro • in vitro • Pyrrho • synchro
•windrow • impro • intro • bistro
•Babygro • McEnroe
•biro, Cairo, giro, gyro, tyro
•fibro • micro • maestro
•borrow, Corot, morrow, sorrow, tomorrow
•cockcrow • cointreau
•Moro, Sapporo, Thoreau
•Mindoro • Yamoussoukro
•Woodrow
•burro, burrow, furrow
•upthrow
•De Niro, hero, Nero, Pierrot, Pinero, Rio de Janeiro, sub-zero, zero
•bureau, chiaroscuro, Douro, enduro, euro, Ishiguro, Oruro, Truro
•Politburo • guacharo • Diderot
•vigoro • Prospero • Cicero • in utero
•Devereux • Jivaro • overthrow
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"allegro." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "allegro." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-allegro.html "allegro." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-allegro.html |
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