Arts

x Theatre’s production of the Broadway classic “Annie Get Your Gun” is well-acted and entertaining. “Annie” is very loosely based on the life of the famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her husband and fellow marksman, Frank Butler. Focusing on their courtship and rivalry during the 1880s, the musical is a standard but witty take on […]

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” has gained its rightful place in the musical-theater pantheon because it possesses the essence of any successful dramatic work: great material. The gags, both verbal and sight, work today just as they did when “Forum” won the Tony Award for best musical 45 years ago. […]

responded is what makes the show “? the inaugural exhibition for the center’s new “Triennial” series, dubbed “3-logy” “? so intriguing. For example, UK designer Tracy Kendall bathed a wall in jigsaw puzzle pieces, besting any paper or paint. Austin, Texas-based artist Alyson Fox used watercolors and colored pencil to dress up the cover of […]

soNormal style=”MARGIN: auto 0in”>While its most recognizable piece of art may be the bronze pioneer woman statue, Ponca City is home to a diverse artistic community that is as contemporary as it is traditional. “The Artists of Ponca City,” currently showing at in the Tulsa World Gallery of the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, includes juried […]

As the title of one of her photographs states, Lori Oden believes that “Beauty Is Everywhere.” For “Optics and Alchemy,” currently showing in the North Gallery of the Oklahoma state Capitol, Oden transformed objects and nature in her own back yard into nostalgic art through centuries-old photographic processes. Combining a master’s degree from the University […]

Richard III is one of the great villains in the literary canon, and one of William Shakespeare’s most desired roles for actors. So the success of any production of “Richard III” rests squarely on the humpback, crowned head and withered arm of the actor who plays the title role. Richard appears in almost every scene, […]

Even at a mere 20 years of age, artist Dakota Wolf is becoming quite the staple of the Paseo Arts District. His most recent exhibit, “Carved in Clay,” opened Aug. 1 and will run through Aug. 30 at Adelante! Gallery, 3003 Paseo. The exhibit celebrates Wolf’s recent move to the West with experimental carvings, glazes […]

uto 0in”>”We bounced ideas off of each other and really tried to get this concept to work,” he said. MODERN-LIVING ISSUES More than 300 artists from 11 countries submitted works for Neuberger’s “Multiplicity” exhibit, which was pared down to 22 selections. Like other prototypes in the show, “Drumstick Dinette” tackles modern living issues and offers […]

Bobby Entaker is a plumber by day and an artist by night. After a long day at work, he trades in his toolbox for spray paint and sits in front of a blank canvas. He shakes the can, the metal ball inside slamming from top to bottom, while his mind fills with ideas. His finger […]

For nearly eight decades, Norman’s nonprofit Sooner Theatre has set the stage for community entertainment. During the Great Depression, a movie theater in Norman opened and whisked patrons away from their woes. Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main, opened in 1929 and was the first theater in the region to show talking pictures. It even had […]