Before Rodgers and Hammerstein earned praise as the greatest musical theater duo of the 20th century, there was Rodgers and Hart. Dick Rodgers composed, and Lorenz Hart wrote the lyrics to around a ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the new movie "Blue Moon," Ethan Hawke stars as lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night his former writing partner, Richard Rodgers, scores his greatest hit with the musical "Oklahoma!

"Blue Moon" examines the real-life partnership of Broadway legends Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The movie, based on a tragic true story, reunites Ethan Hawke (as Hart) with director Richard ...

The rise of suburbia. The start of the Cold War. The transition from big band to bebop. Those are some 1940s cultural trends everyone recalls. But there's another one, revisited in the new film "Blue ...

Before Richard Rodgers revolutionized Broadway with songwriting partner Oscar Hammerstein, he and Lorenz Hart crafted some of the most indelible showtunes of the 1920s and 30s. The duo has again ...

Ethan Hawke stars as lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night his former writing partner, Richard Rodgers, debuts his hit musical Oklahoma!. Blue Moon offers a canny take on professional jealousy. This is ...