Gertrude Lawrence inspired by Gertrude Lawrence. Lawrence's recording of the song "Getting to Know You" from "The King and I" was featured on the soundtrack of the sitcom "The King of Queens" in the episode "Arthur, Spooner." It was originally telecast in the United States on CBS on 23 September 2002 as the season premiere. It has been repeated many times in syndication, on TBS (US TV channel) in the United States and is available on the DVD for the Complete Fifth Season. Gertrude Lawrence Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical
Rodgers and Hammerstein was one of the first musicals to contain a tragic plot about an antihero; it also contained an extended ballet that was crucial to the plot, and several extended musical scenes containing both sung and spoken material, as well as dance. The 1956 film version of "Carousel", made in CinemaScope 55, again starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, the same leads as the film version of "Oklahoma!" "Carousel" is also unique among the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals for not having an overture; both the stage and film versions began with the familiar "Carousel Waltz". This music was included in John