Oscar hammerstein wife

American theatre director and producer

James Blanchard Hammerstein^[1][2] (March 23, 1931 – January 7, 1999) was an American theatre director and producer.

Life and career

Hammerstein was the son of interior designer Dorothy Hammerstein (née Blanchard) and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. He had four half-siblings, two through each of his parents' earlier marriages: William and Alice Hammerstein from his father's side, and Henry Jacobson and Susan Blanchard from his mother's side.

Hammerstein attended George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania, where he met fellow student Stephen Sondheim.^[3] He began his Broadway career as a stage manager, notably for shows such as South Pacific, Me and Juliet, and Flower Drum Song, all co-written by his father Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers. The first play he produced was Blue Denim, by James Leo Herlihy and William Noble, and the first play he directed was the comedy Dorothy hammerstein biography.