Lift off
Lyric takes to the skies with ‘Boeing Boeing,’ a comedy that initially idles on the Tarmac.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Boeing Boeing
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday, through April 16
Lyric at the Plaza, 1725 N.W. 16th
524-9312
$40
In the Army now
Everything falls in line for Neil Simon’s ‘Biloxi Blues.’
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Biloxi Blues
8 p.m. Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through March 20
Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre
Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker
OKCCivicCenter.com, 297-2264
$25, $30, $8 students and military
Bible stories
Judas goes on trial in an effective dramedy that calls a host of characters throughout history to the stand.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday through March 19
Ghostlight Theatre Club, 3110 N. Walker
GhostlightTheatreClub.com, 286-9412
$15, $10 seniors
Look ‘Deep’er
Adept performances elevate an average play
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Skin Deep
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8
p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through March 12
Carpenter Square
Theatre, Bricktown Hotel & Convention Center, 2001 E. Reno
CarpenterSquare.com, 232-6500
$19, $16 seniors, $5 student rush
‘Nerd’ humor
An early-’80s comedy has a hard time translating to the 21st century.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
The Nerd
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through March 5
Pollard Theatre
120 W. Harrison, Guthrie
282-2800
$15-$20
Not too ‘Much’
Shakespeare’s screwball comedy becomes contemporary with Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s somewhat successful staging of ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Much Ado About Nothing
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through Feb. 20
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker 297-2264
$19, $16 students and seniors
‘Crazy’ good
Lyric’s ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ is a stage success.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Always … Patsy Cline
7:30 p.m. tonight, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday
Through Feb. 12
Lyric at the Plaza, 1725 N.W. 16th
524-9312
$40
Enter stage left
New plays and musicals are a rare thing for Central Oklahoma. What can be done to change that?
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Central Oklahoma professional, semipro, collegiate and amateur theater companies — along with touring shows and performance-art events — will stage nearly 100 productions this season. But rarely will the presentations be new plays and musicals.
The year in theater
‘Rum’ punch
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
For the second year, Ghostlight stages ‘Screw the Eggnog, Pass the Rum,’ a variety show with a different take on the holidays.
