Arts

George Bernard Shaw, inspired by one of Ovid’s ancient tales, explored the alchemy between the Victorian-era sexes in his play “Pygmalion.” From the start, it seemed like the kind of story that wanted music as accompaniment. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe did just that in 1956 with the musical “My Fair Lady,” featuring now-famous […]

A pair of exhibits at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman offers a glimpse into contemporary China and examines the changes that continue to alter the country’s landscape and cultural identity. “China: Insights” and “Hung Liu: Now and Then” both use art to explore the people and issues that have shaped modern-day […]

e. A self-described “broad,” this 25-year veteran of the stage has had her share of brash, salty female roles. But it is her turn at portraying one of theater’s most notorious broads, Rose Hovick, that has Halenda truly testing her acting chops “? and loving every minute of it “? in the musical “Gypsy,” which […]

Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre hosts “Peter Pan” through May 10. When James M. Barrie wrote the original “Peter Pan” stage play around the turn of the 20th century, he could hardly have dreamed what an international industry he created: multiple musicals, live and animated films, recordings, dolls and Halloween costumes, not to mention pages of memorabilia […]

“Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow” at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art “? the collection’s first stop on a national tour “? includes 136 photographs that span the Brett Weston’s entire career and show abstractions, urban landscapes and nature in black-and-white contrasts. The photographs come from a large collection of Weston’s works donated to […]

For Festival of the Arts 2008, downtown Oklahoma City will be swarmed for six straight days with roughly: 5,000 volunteers, 144 artists, 300 performers and 750,000 visitors. The massive festival “? which starts Tuesday and runs through April 27 at the Festival Plaza, Stage Center and the Myriad Botanical Gardens “? has been a staple […]

When he began crafting furniture, Sean McDow didn’t set out to use recycled materials “? it’s just that he, like most college students, was cheap. The Norman native and University of Oklahoma architecture senior was visiting his father in Dallas a couple of years ago when he decided to take up furniture as a hobby. […]

Farce’s theatrical challenge has always been to make a well-oiled ensemble production look like a train wreck. In a play like Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” nearly all style and little substance, the question becomes whether it should be played like Moli

Holga photography is spotlighted at “Visions Through a Plastic Lens,” an exhibit now on display at the International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, 2100 N.E. 52nd. “Lens” features the work of photographer Lou Chapman, who uses a Holga camera to transport the viewer on a journey into a surreal world where reality is more […]

Now in its 17th year at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, “Biting the Apple” has become one of the biggest art events in Oklahoma City, and 2008’s theme of “Erotica in Wonderland” promises to transform the gallery into a fantastic realm of imagination, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” A more traditional […]