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Oklahoma i / ˌ oʊ k l ə ˈ h oʊ m ə / ( Cherokee : Asgaya gigageyi / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎩᎦᎨᏱ; or translated ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎹ ( òɡàlàhoma ), Pawnee : Uukuhuúwa , Cayuga : Gahnawiyoˀgeh ) is a state located in the South Central United States . Oklahoma is the 20th most extensive and the 28th most populous of the 50 United States . The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma , meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State , in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked th
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II . The musical is based on Lynn Riggs ' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs . Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box-office smash and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Academy Award -winning 1955 film adaptation . It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma! in 1944.