“We just want people to dance.” That was the generating maxim behind Swingout OKC from its origins in 2016, and it remains the organization’s guiding principle, according to two of the group’s council members, Hannah Berrett and Sarah Bacon Liem, who jointly corresponded with Oklahoma Gazette over email. Swingout OKC offers weekly programming and hosts […]
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Order up
Waitress Tuesday-March 24 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcbroadway.com 405-594-8300 $27.16-$102.33 Dough is a malleable culmination of a few different things and a lot of elbow grease, just like life. It is also, of course, another word for money. For Jenna, the protagonist of the musical Waitress, dough is both livelihood and […]
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Artistic Almosts
Almost, Maine Friday-March 2 Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie thepollard.org 405-282-2800 $15-$25 According to urban legend, “almost” only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades, but it also figures pretty largely in John Cariani’s 2004 play Almost, Maine, coming to Pollard Theatre, 120 W. Harrison Ave., in Guthrie Friday–March 2. Tickets are $15-$25. Almost, […]
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Sound machine
On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan Tuesday-Feb. 10 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcbroadway.com 405-594-8300 $27-$86 Some songs and the musicals named after them are an open invocation to the audience, a call to live life to the fullest and overcome challenges. This is especially true with On […]
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Musical magic
New Horizons Ensemble 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater Oklahoma City Community College 7777 S. May Ave. tickets.occc.edu 405-682-7579 $10-$25 Music has the power to inspire, shape careers and take listeners on journeys, as is the case for New Horizons Ensemble, a six-person contemporary acoustic group coming to Oklahoma City Community […]
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Simon’s stories
Barefoot in the Park Thursday-Feb. 17 Jewel Box Theatre 3700 N. Walker Ave. jewelboxtheatre.org 405-521-1786 $20-$25 First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes … a disastrous first apartment. Or at least that’s the case in Neil Simon’s 1963 classic Barefoot in the Park, which runs Thursday-Feb. 17 at Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker […]
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Clothing connection
World-famous fashion houses are known precisely for their ability to stitch together the unique with the globally recognized. 1032 Space, the new Oklahoma City-based clothing store and brainchild of Caleb Fountain, is a hyper-local outpost of internationally acclaimed haute couture. Located at 1 NE Second St., 1032 Space opened Oct. 26 after a year of […]
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Theatrical spectrum
Dancing Lessons Friday-Jan 29 Carpenter Square Theatre 800 W. Main St. carpentersquare.com 232-6500 $5-$25 The romantic comedy is a genre that gets at everything: love, life and the individuals who journey through both. Carpenter Square Theatre’s upcoming production of Dancing Lessons — a heartwarming look at the nuances of identity and romance — encapsulates all […]
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Seasonal shopping
Holly Jolly Shops noon-7 p.m. Saturday and noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive revolve-productions.com Free Holiday shopping — it’s the best of times when it means finding the perfect gifts for your friends and family and the worst of times when it involves trudging around a crowded mall or scouring […]
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Playing Phantom
Love Never Dies Tuesday-Nov. 18 Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcbroadway.com 405-594-8300 $27.16-$101.47 Some stories don’t die, even after their official end. They continue on, propelled by narrative, strong and dynamic characters and, in the case of Love Never Dies, by song. The Andrew Lloyd Webber sequel […]