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Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906 it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée Ado Annie.The original Broadway production opened on March 31 1943.