Broadway Show History: Oklahoma! The Musical that Many Doubted
…f Oklahoma! during a New Haven tryout, producer Mike Todd is credited with commenting, “No legs, no jokes, no chance.” (Actually, Todd referenced a different part of the female anatomy and not “legs” in his comment, but it has been sanitized over the years.) However, the show, which was originally entitled Away We Go!, garnered good reactions in New Haven and Boston before it made its way to Broadway. There were a few changes made prior to the New…