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Events on Wednesday 31 March 1943 1
1943Oklahoma! opens on BroadwayRodgers and Hammerstein's first musical premieresOklahoma!, the first musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at the St. James Theatre in New York. It wove its songs and dance into the story and ran for 2,212 performances. It is regarded as the start of the golden age of the Broadway book musical.