“It gives me chills,” Lucas Dunn said. As film programmer for Ponyboy’s Mondo Mondays, a weekly series of cult cinema screenings, Dunn has seemingly seen it all. From questionable bare-budget schlock to esoteric works by underground auteurs, he has curated a startling array of obscure picks since launching the program in early 2020. The one […]
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Cover of night
It was a dark and stormy night. Kinda. The rains had slacked off but the cooler temperatures hung around at Lost Lakes, 3501 NE 10th St., by the time the actors arrived to start suiting up. “Suiting up,” of course, meant putting on a myriad of costumes and being caked with makeup for the third […]
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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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Movies without borders
What began as “a screen mounted to the side of a truck in Mulberry Street,” according to its founder, has exploded over nearly 25 years into a global event spanning six continents, with more than 400 venues participating. And from Sept. 23 through Oct. 2, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art will be a part […]
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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 […]
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Title waves
After a series of unprecedented setbacks in 2021, Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre Company is finally able to reintroduce itself for its 35th season. “For a brief moment it seemed impossible, but now we are ready to move forward. Our board and company feel freshly invigorated,” said Timothy Stewart, who is rejoining as the director of development. […]
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We are different. We are one.
On the heels of the Supreme Court’s controversial overturning of Roe v. Wade catapulting justices to the forefront of public attention, Painted Sky Opera and Oklahoma Contemporary bring Scalia/Ginsburg to the stage for three performances. The relationship between the titular Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( Lauren Cook) and Antonin Scalia (Brian Cheney), forms […]
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Read it local
Here are four recently published books that come from Oklahoma writers or have the Sooner State as their setting. Oklahoma Beer: A Handcrafted History by Brian Welzbacher This little tome is short but stout, beginning with a brief history of pre-statehood brewing and continuing into the craft beer boom that we’re currently experiencing. Of course […]
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All the Right Moves
We tend to think of art existing in certain intended spaces. Paintings are meant to hang in art galleries and museums, films are meant to be seen inside specialized theaters and live music is meant to take place on a stage inside of a bar or music venue. But why can’t any space be an […]
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Art leaders
Regina Lane makes no secret of the fact that the subjects The Vanguart — the theater company she founded — brings to the stage this season are ones that have affected her personally. “The purpose of starting The Vanguart was to create and promote opportunities for African American artists,” Lane said. “We certainly weren’t trying […]