From Oklahoma City University Theatre, Jane Martin’s “Anton in Show Business” tells the story of an ill-fated production of “The Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov being staged in San Antonio, Texas. The show is plagued by problems, including a TV actress who has never been onstage before, two directors who are fired, and an audience […]
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First Friday Gallery Walk features photographer’s work
Oklahoma photographer Randy Poe is displaying his “All Black & White” collection as part of the Paseo Arts District’s monthly First Friday Gallery Walk, beginning 6 p.m. Friday at Sauced Caf
Four actor/musicians play, pick out tribute to Woody Guthrie in Lyric’s ‘Woody Sez’
The best thing about “Woody Sez: the Words, Music & Spirit of Woody Guthrie,” a musical presented by Lyric Theatre at Lyric at the Plaza, is that the show is unamplified. That means the music in “Woody Sez” goes unmolested by electronic alteration, directly from string and vocal cord through the air to eardrum. With […]
Poet makes visit to Oklahoma City University
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The Left Hand Singing’ has the fight for civil rights in its sights
In the year that the country inaugurated its first black president and in the state that every county was carried by that president’s opponent, Carpenter Square Theatre gives audiences the opportunity to reflect on our progress “? or not “? in the drama “The Left Hand Singing,” by Barbara Lebow. In summer 1964, three idealistic […]
North American Indian exhibit opens in Norman
“Gathering Fragments: Edward S. Curtis in Oklahoma,” a new exhibit of North American Indian photography, opens 6 p.m. Friday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm in Norman. Curtis was a photographer of the American West who developed a passion for preserving the history and culture of Indian American communities. He traveled […]
OU graduate dance students conduct side project in Oklahoma City
rs won’t be confined to Kamp’s raised stage, which gives the choreographers a number of options with which to play. “The space is interesting and different; we can do it as a theater-in-the-round, so it is an unconventional space,” she said. “This setting is more intimate than a traditional theater, because you are right next […]
Oklahoma City Ballet dances down the yellow brick road
Oklahoma City Ballet’s final performance of the 2008-2009 season promises to take audiences on a journey into the enchanted land of Oz. The story of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion will come to life with exciting and lyrical choreography, rich music, beautiful sets and costumes, magical theatrical effects, and, of course, witches, […]
UCO Theatre stages ‘FUBAR: The Musical,’ a stage stew of scenes submitted by students
With its celebration of life in crisis “FUBAR: The Musical Part 4” may make you laugh until you cry. “FUBAR” was the idea of University of Central Oklahoma theater professor Daisy Nystul, who wanted to create a show that could involve all students in the program. Department Chair Robert McGill liked the idea and suggested […]
Lightwell Gallery features new multimedia installation
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