A group of independent Oklahoma theater artists are staging a production of the musical “Falsettos” to benefit RAIN Oklahoma, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Oklahomans living with HIV/AIDS. “Falsettos” pairs “March of the Falsettos” and “Falsettoland,” two off- Broadway musicals produced nearly a decade apart. “Falsettos” won Tony Awards for best book and musical […]
Eric Webb
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Con men
Now in its 25th year, SoonerCon is Oklahoma City’s longest running convention celebrating science fiction, fantasy and pop culture. A lot has changed since its inception. “Much of what was once considered ‘geekdom’ is now mainstream,” said Jerry Wall, SoonerCon chairman. “This summer’s major movie releases reinforce the fact.” The three-day convention plays host to […]
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Slow connection
“You’ve Got Hate Mail” is a comedy about infidelity in the computer age. Written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, the play is told entirely through emails, chat messages and texts between five characters who read aloud and react to the correspondence. There’s the appropriately named Richard, a lawyer who can’t keep his little […]
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Beautiful, long ‘Hair’
Developed in 1967, “Hair” is more experience than narrative, immersing the audience in the culture and conflicts of the 1960s through mostly great songs and loosely connected scenes. It bravely tackled taboo issues of the time, including the hippie lifestyle, civil rights, drug use, the sexual revolution and the antiwar movement. What story there is […]
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Man in motion
Bonds. James Bonds. On Thursday night, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery hosts the world premiere of “Battle of the Bonds,” the most recent in a series of popular shorts by Oklahoma filmmaker Kyle Roberts, whose previous pop culture mash-ups have garnered hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. Those also will be screened. Growing up […]
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Theater on wheels
Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre has partnered with the University of Central Oklahoma’s Broadway Tonight Series and the college’s Department of Opera and Music Theatre for “The Great American Trailer Park Musical.” It’s the Oklahoma premiere of a one-of-kind music experience celebrating a true icon of American life, the trailer park, and the strange and wonderful […]
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Grim rapier
Oklahoma City Theatre Company is staging two original plays in its “New Voices” festival, including the semiautobiographical “Family Funeral,” written by actor, playwright, director and Oklahoma City University professor David Pasto. The program got its start during OCTC’s second season in 2001, and according to Rachel Irick, associate artistic director, “helps fulfill the company’s mission […]
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Four for feet
As the title “A Concert of Classics and Contemporaries” suggests, the two-week run of the University of Oklahoma’s Oklahoma Festival Ballet features a mix of established and modern pieces. “The four ballets provide a challenging variety of styles and themes that is sure to please,” said OU School of Dance faculty member Jeremy Lindberg, whose […]
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Get the green
Written by Carole Brendlinger, “Money Matters” had its world premiere on the Jewel Box stage back in 2003 after winning the theater’s 2002 playwriting competition. Eight years later, the play is back by popular demand. Set in 1894 New York, “Money Matters” tells the farcical story of a husband and wife wedded under false pretenses, […]
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Hitting a Homer
Written by award-winning playwright and director Mary Zimmerman, the University of Oklahoma’s production of “The Odyssey” brings Homer’s epic to the stage through a modern conduit: a young woman struggling with Robert Fitzgerald’s 1961 translation. “Zimmerman’s adaptation has taken the language of the cumbersome Fitzgerald translation and truly breathed a spark of life into it,” […]