The huffing and puffing sounds of Scapino dragging an enormous chest out onto the stage is the first thing audiences hear. It’s an unusual introduction for a play, yet perfect for director Richard Lemin’s production of A Company of Wayward Saints by George Herman, running through Feb. 19 at Jewel Box Theatre. Within a few […]
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Handmade, not handmaid
“We need conversations,” Shauna Burke said. “It’s an interesting moment in history. With every step forward, there’s ten steps back.” Burke is a jewelry artist, curator, and organizer based in Brooklyn, where she works primarily with hardened and soft metals to interpret what she says is the simultaneous toughness and vulnerability of her native New […]
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Eras of burlesque
Performances labeled burlesque or variety can bring to mind numerous things, especially in a journey through the eras. From the sparkling clothes to the skill of each carefully placed move to the suspense as audiences’ witness feats never before seen in person, Adèle Wolf Productions’ 11th Annual New Year’s Eve Bash and Valentine’s Affair performances […]
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Something jolly this way comes
There’s a new holiday tradition in Oklahoma City. 3rd Act Theatre Company’s bi-annual tour, Drunk Classics, combines Shakespeare, improv, and alcohol for an entertaining evening at local watering holes. This season’s Christmas offering is A Very Merry Macbeth. A Very Merry Macbeth is at its core the traditional story of Macbeth, and will be presented, […]
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Christmas corral
Downtown in December Nov. 3 – Jan. 29 Downtown OKC Various Locations downtownindecember.com | 405-235-3500 Celebrate the holiday season in Downtown OKC with an assortment of events and attractions from the annual Tree Lighting Festival to the Devon Ice Rink, holiday pop-up shops to snow tubing at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Lights on Broadway and […]
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Blood pact
Choate House’s portfolio is a stunning collection of wedding and family photography, but Blood Relative Films’ Tenkiller is a gritty and profanity-laden crime flick. Both entities were born from the minds of husband-and-wife duo Jeremy Choate and Kara Choate. The couple met in art school at Oklahoma University and Choate House was a way for […]
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Christmas crescendo
If you were to be asked what artist is the best-selling Christmas artist, answers would invariably range from Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby to Mariah Carey, Josh Groban or Kenny G. But that honor actually goes to Mannheim Steamroller, whose dozen Christmas albums (and counting) have racked up 31.5 million sales worldwide to date. And […]
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Christmas future
The Territorial Christmas Celebration, with the Pollard Theatre sitting right in the middle of historic downtown Guthrie, is the highlight of the city’s holiday season. In 1987, The Pollard Theatre’s original company sought to produce a Christmas play that would align with the territorial timeframe and Christmas festivities. They commissioned Oklahoma-based playwright Stephen P. Scott […]
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To Hades and back
“Come see how the world could be, in spite of the way that it is,” croons Hermes, luring the audience in with flowery promises. Hadestown, conceived and written by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, makes its much-anticipated tour stop at the Civic Center the last week of the month. Originally produced in 2007, Hadestown was an off-Broadway […]
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Fringe Flicks
“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 […]