Joan Roberts, of 'Oklahoma!' fame, dies
Photo credit: Newsday, 2002 / Ari Mintz | Joan Roberts, who originated the role of Laurey in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 musical "Oklahoma!" died Aug. 13, 2012. She was 95. (2002)
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Joan Roberts, who originated the role of Laurey in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 musical "Oklahoma!" died Monday at age 95.
Roberts, who lived in Rockville Centre since 1946, auditioned for the role of Ado Annie in the first Broadway musical that teamed composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. (The role went to Celeste Holm, who died last month, also at 95.) Hammerstein...
