Editing Richard Rodgers (section)

==Personal life==
In 1930, Rodgers married [[Dorothy Rodgers|Dorothy Belle Feiner]] (1909–92).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rnh.com/bio/46/Rodgers-Dorothy|title=Dorothy Rodgers|website=Rodgers and Hammerstein|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> Their daughter, [[Mary Rodgers|Mary]] (1931–2014), was the composer of ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' and an author of children's books.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/mary-rodgers-composer-of-once-upon-a-mattress-and-daughter-of-broadway-royalty-dies-at-83-com-322981| title=Mary Rodgers, Composer of Once Upon a Mattress and Daughter of Broadway Royalty, Dies at 83| journal=[[Playbill]]|author-link1=Robert Simonson| last=Simonson| first=Robert| date=June 26, 2014| access-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> The Rodgers later lost a daughter at birth. Another daughter, Linda (1935–2015), also had a brief career as a [[songwriter]]. Mary's son and Richard Rodgers's grandson, [[Adam Guettel]] (b. 1964), also a musical theater composer, won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for ''[[The Light in the Piazza (musical)|The Light in the Piazza]]'' in 2005. [[Peter Melnick]] (b. 1958), Linda Rodgers's son, is the composer of ''Adrift In Macao,'' which debuted at the Philadelphia Theatre Company in 2005 and was produced [[Off-Broadway]] in 2007. Mary Rodgers' book ''Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers'' was published posthumously in 2022, and included her frank revelations and assessments of her father, family and herself.<ref>Rodgers, Mary & Green, Jesse,''Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers'' (2022). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0374298623</ref>

Rodgers was an [[atheist]].<ref>Rodgers' biographer William G Hyland states: "That Richard Rodgers would recall, at the very beginning of his memoirs, his great-grandmother's death and its religious significance for his family suggests his need to justify his own religious alienation. Richard became an atheist, and as a parent, he resisted religious instruction for his children. According to his wife, Dorothy, he felt that religion was based on "fear" and contributed to "feelings of guilt." " ''Richard Rodgers'', Yale University Press 1998, {{ISBN|0-300-07115-9}}. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hyland-rodgers.html Chapter 1] at ''The New York Times'' Books (accessed April 30, 2008).</ref> He was prone to depression and alcohol abuse and was at one time hospitalized.

Rodgers was portrayed by [[Tom Drake]] in the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] film [[Words and Music (1948 film)|''Words and Music'']], a semi-fictionalized depiction of the partnership of Rodgers and Hart. In [[Richard Linklater]]'s 2025 film [[Blue Moon (2025 film)|''Blue Moon'']], he is played by [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]], who won the [[Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance]] at the [[75th Berlin International Film Festival]].