Oklahoma! The Original London Cast (1998) - Dream Ballet (Part 1) 

'Out Of My Dreams' is an absolutely exquisite melody.

Years ago, in Birmingham, Alabama of all places, the great Agnes de Mille came and choreographed Oklahoma for The Little Theater, a community theater with a lot of talent.

Glorious is not too strong a word.

I remember seeing this in London, knowing what happened--and I still gasped when Hugh Jackman walked out across the stage.

R&H loved inserting dream scenes into their musicals ; I like them but can understand why they would not appeal to everyone.

Hugh Jackman did a good job dancing with Josefina.

Who created the score? Is this done by Trude Ritman, who usually did the dance music in R&H shows? this is certainly different music than is heard, for instance, in the Film.

Where's the rest of the ballet?

Oklahoma was created in the darkest days of WWII. Americans looked to the Heartland, their Midwest, to rekindle a belief in the basic strength and willfulness of its rural roots. The brand new battleships Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin would also be named for heartland states. Hitler and Tojo had sewn the wind. Very soon, they would reap the whirlwind as the United States would salute its core values, looking within, and then turn to wage colossal war on its foes. Yes, Oklahoma was part of it.