No Strings

No Strings
Original London Cast Recording
MusicRichard Rodgers
LyricsRichard Rodgers
BookSamuel A. Taylor
Productions1962 Broadway
1963 West End
2003 Concert Production
AwardsTony Award for Best Composer

No Strings is a musical drama with book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers. No Strings is the only Broadway score for which Rodgers wrote both lyrics and music, and the first musical he composed after the death of his long-time collaborator, Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical opened on Broadway in 1962 and ran for 580 performances. It received six Tony Award nominations, winning three, for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Original Score and Best Choreography.