Rodgers

American  

[roj-erz] / ˈrɒdʒ ərz /

noun

1. James Charles Jimmie, 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. Richard, 1902–79, U.S. composer of popular music.

3. William Henry Bill, born 1947, U.S. distance runner.

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Rodgers British  

/ ˈrɒdʒəz /

noun

1. Richard . 1902–79, US composer of musical comedies. He collaborated with the librettist Lorenz Hart on such musicals as A Connecticut Yankee (1927), On Your Toes (1936), and Pal Joey (1940). After Hart's death his librettist was Oscar Hammerstein II. Two of their musicals, Oklahoma! (1943) and South Pacific (1949), received the Pulitzer Prize

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Rodgers

Rodgers said something about the state of the pitch.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Unlike some recent stagings that have emphasized the dark undercurrents in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma,” Francesca Zambello’s slick new production was all primary colors, a paean to American frontier boosterism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

In early November 2021, Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted he had “misled people about my status.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Aaron Rodgers recently posted photos to Instagram of himself bonding with his parents and one of his brothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

In 1995, I met Dr. Marilyn Harran, a professor and the founding director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University in Orange, California.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson