height=207 alt=nemesis.jpg hspace=10 src=”/Images/Imported/Performing%20Arts%20review%20thumbnails/nemesis.jpg” width=150 align=right vspace=10 border=0>”The Intergalactic Nemesis” is bringing back the lost art of the live radio show with “a mix of ‘Star Wars’ meets ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’” complete with live sound effects and a studio audience. Its national tour stops at Oklahoma City Community College on Tuesday. It’s 1933 […]
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Fascinating ‘Jekyll’ more literary than scary
With its adaptation of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Oklahoma City Theatre Company has returned to the source: Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella. This OCTC staging follows a contemporary trend toward theatrical minimalism in reworking famous pieces. The show is technically bare-bones, with only a scrim and quick lighting cues, although […]
World tragedies inform art of Humphries
While most art related to war and tragedies is dark and gloomy, Eric Humphries used vibrant colors and simple shapes to tell a difficult story. Humphries’ exhibit, “Heaven, Hell and the Earth: Portraits of 9/11, the Iraq War and Other Historical Tragedies,” has attracted hundreds of visitors since it opened on Oct. 5 at the […]
Norman art student documents life via receipts
Hovering somewhere between a voyeuristic art project and an uncomfortably personal diary, Proof of Purchase documents one art student’s life through his receipts. Riley Harmon, a junior studying media arts at the University of Oklahoma, said the project came after he noticied the large number of receipts he was accumulating in the back of his […]
Fantasticks’ is timeless musical about first love
After opening in May 1960, “The Fantasticks” went on to become the country’s longest-running musical. Partly inspired by “Romeo and Juliet,” its age-old story of love found, then lost and found again, speaks to audiences of all ages and cultures. The CitySpace setting retains the intimacy that launched the show 47 years ago. It’s a […]
Violet Hour’ raises interesting questions, but fails to escape pretension
chard Greenberg introduces the play’s gimmick: a god-machine type printer that arrives inexplicably at the office and spews out pages of strange writing, all coming from the future. At first, this tome from the future elicits wonder and laughs. But the “history” grows darker, mentioning those around Seavering as meeting fateful ends. Seavering struggles with […]
Triple Deco’ showcases three diverse artists with common inspiration
rative designs are showcased in an exhibit at the IAO Gallery. Kicking off with a 5:30 p.m. reception Saturday and running through Oct. 27, the “Triple Deco” exhibit includes the mixed-media art of:” Sarah Atlee, ” Paul Mays and ” Natalie Moore. INFLUENCESEach of them has a distinct stylistic approach that is connected through their […]
Three new City Arts exhibits feature six local artists
Whether it’s with a painting of a shaman’s ritual, a photograph of a runner or a ram’s skull on a metal pedestal, three metro exhibits each offer a distinct interpretation of art and perspective under one roof. Running through Oct. 27, the City Arts Center exhibits give visitors the opportunity to view the works of […]
Oklahomans’ original art featured at Fred Jones
“Out of Oklahoma: Contemporary Artists from Ruscha to Andoe” “? at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm in Norman “? is part of this year’s ongoing Oklahoma centennial celebration. More than 35 paintings, sculptures and photographs are included in the exhibit, each of which was created by an Oklahoma-born or -trained artist. […]
Dances from around the world featured at two-day showcase
One need not take three weeks’ vacation and travel the world to see Irish step dancers, Turkish gypsy dancers and Arabic belly dancers. All can be seen this weekend, in the comfort of our own state, from the seats at Omniplex Science Museum, 2100 N.E. 52nd. “Dances of Passion: A Journey Around the World Through […]
