This weekend and the next are your last chances for catching 3rd Act Theatre Company’s Drunk Classics: Much Ado About Drinkin’. A Shakespearean comedy with a drunken twist adapted by Kate Adams and directed by Dakota Lee Bryant, the cast of eight is ready to engage. The rules are simple: patrons vote on one cast […]
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Rise up
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical tells the story of a man that history almost forgot. Alexander Hamilton, an American Revolution-era immigrant, self-taught scholar and the first Secretary of Treasury, died in a duel with Aaron Burr, a political rival, foe and future vice president. The musical explores the intertwined history of these two figures […]
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Ice queen
Frozen, the latest production in the Disney Theatricals series, makes its OKC tour stop this month. An expanded version of the popular animated movie musical from 2013 adapted for the stage by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and the movie’s original writer Jennifer Lee, Frozen features all the characters and songs you know and love plus […]
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Heavenly beings
Jesus Christ Superstar, the controversial rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, makes its 50th anniversary tour stop in Oklahoma City this month. It runs Feb. 14 through 19 at the Civic Center as part of the 2023 OKC Broadway series. A reimagined account of the Christian gospels told from Judas’ point of […]
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Something jolly this way comes
There’s a new holiday tradition in Oklahoma City. 3rd Act Theatre Company’s bi-annual tour, Drunk Classics, combines Shakespeare, improv, and alcohol for an entertaining evening at local watering holes. This season’s Christmas offering is A Very Merry Macbeth. A Very Merry Macbeth is at its core the traditional story of Macbeth, and will be presented, […]
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Christmas future
The Territorial Christmas Celebration, with the Pollard Theatre sitting right in the middle of historic downtown Guthrie, is the highlight of the city’s holiday season. In 1987, The Pollard Theatre’s original company sought to produce a Christmas play that would align with the territorial timeframe and Christmas festivities. They commissioned Oklahoma-based playwright Stephen P. Scott […]
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To Hades and back
“Come see how the world could be, in spite of the way that it is,” croons Hermes, luring the audience in with flowery promises. Hadestown, conceived and written by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, makes its much-anticipated tour stop at the Civic Center the last week of the month. Originally produced in 2007, Hadestown was an off-Broadway […]
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Mistresses of mayhem
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show has never left theatres. The 1975 cult-hit movie has remained in limited release for the past 47 years, making it the longest consistently-running movie in cinematic history. Before the movie became an underground classic and the pillar of the midnight screening phenomenon, there was the 1973 play, The […]
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Safe in sound
Legendary rock guitarist and composer Steve Vai relaunched his 54-city tour this fall — with an Oct. 7 stop in OKC — after it was waylaid by the omicron variant of COVID-19 earlier this year. He spoke with the Oklahoma Gazette over Zoom to discuss the upcoming tour and what it’s like playing for live […]
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Puppet masters
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater is back with its most ambitious season yet. Continuing their commitment to providing unique works to Oklahoma City audiences, the company will present two touring productions and three original works this season. OKCRep kicks off with an unconventional puppetry play, the comedic farce Bill’s 44th. “For this season, I sought out […]