No Strings is a musical drama with book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers. No Strings is the only Broadway score for which Rodgers wrote both lyrics and music, and the first m
Original London Cast Recording
Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a Tony Award in 1962
No Strings
…it continued until August of the following year, for a total of 580 performances and one preview. Joe Layton was both director and choreographer, with Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley starring. Carroll won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, a first for an African-American. Barbara McNair and Howard Keel…
Carroll, by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
Carroll and Sammy Davis Jr. on The Hollywood Palace, 1968
Carroll with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and other stars at NBC's taping of its "Christmas in Washington" in Washington, D.C.