Editing Richard Rodgers (section)

===After Hammerstein===
Rodgers composed five new musicals between Hammerstein's death in 1960 and his own in 1979. In chronological order, they are: ''[[No Strings]]'' (1962), ''[[Do I Hear a Waltz?]]'' (1965), ''[[Two by Two (musical)|Two by Two]]'' (1970), ''[[Rex (musical)|Rex]]'' (1976), and ''[[I Remember Mama (musical)|I Remember Mama]]'' (1979).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Block |first=Geoffrey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npq43 |title=Richard Rodgers |date=2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-09747-4 |pages= |chapter=After Hammerstein|jstor=j.ctt1npq43 }}</ref>

Rodgers wrote both words and music for his first new Broadway project ''No Strings'', which earned two Tony Awards and played 580 shows. The show was a minor hit and featured the song, "[[The Sweetest Sounds (song)|The Sweetest Sounds]]".

Rodgers also wrote both the words and music for two new songs used in the film version of [[The Sound of Music (film)|''The Sound of Music'']]. (Other songs in that film were from Rodgers and Hammerstein.)

Each of his final Broadway musicals faced a declining level of success as Rodgers was overshadowed by up-and-coming composers and lyricists. This was evident by the steady drop in run times and critic reviews. ''Do I Hear a Waltz?'' ran 220 performances; ''Two by Two,'' 343 performances; ''Rex'' only 49 performances; and ''I Remember Mama,'' 108 performances.<ref name=":0" />

While Rodgers went on to work with lyricists: [[Stephen Sondheim]] (''Do I Hear a Waltz?''), who was a protégé of Hammerstein, [[Martin Charnin]] (''Two by Two,'' ''I Remember Mama'') and [[Sheldon Harnick]] (''Rex''), he never found another permanent partner. These partnerships proved to be unsuccessful as a result of issues of collaboration. Sondheim's reluctance to participate in ''Do I Hear a Waltz?'' led to tension between the two. In addition, Charnin and Rodgers were met with opposing ideas when creating ''Two by Two''.<ref name=":0" />

Nevertheless, his overall successful lifetime career did not go unrecognized. At its 1978 commencement ceremonies, [[Barnard College]] awarded Rodgers its highest honor, the [[List of Barnard College people#Recipients of the Medal of Distinction|Barnard Medal of Distinction]].

Rodgers was an honoree at the first [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1978. At the 1979 Tony Awards ceremony—six months before his death—Rodgers was presented the Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre.

One of Rodger's final works was a revival of ''Fly With Me'' for the 1980 Varsity Show, to which he added several new songs. He died less than four months before its premiere in April 1980.<ref name=":1" />