Not long ago, a roundup of notable concerts hitting Oklahoma in a given summer would have been depressingly Tulsa-heavy. Our neighbor to the northeast is well-represented on the list below, but at the risk of jinxing an encouraging trend, fans of music in many genres can get their concert fix without ever leaving the OKC […]
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Orchestral transition
Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s The Ghosts of Christmas Eve 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 Chesapeake Energy Arena 100 W. Reno Ave. chesapeakearena.com 405-602-8500 $41-$64.50 Trans-Siberian Orchestra returns to Chesapeake Energy Arena on Dec. 5 with a production of The Ghosts of Christmas Eve. The brainchild of the late composer and songwriter Paul O’Neill, the upcoming outing reflects nearly […]
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Dark Shadows
Sporting spindly fingers à la 1922’s Nosferatu, Johnny Depp’s 18th-century vampire character of Barnabas Collins rises from the grave in 1972 where he’s puzzled by the high-tech times of television sets and breakfast waffles. He settles in with his descendants at their dreary Collinwood mansion, headed by matriarch Elizabeth (Michelle Pfeiffer, who gets lovelier each […]
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The Story of Rock ’n’ Roll Comics
The comics were “unauthorized and proud of it” biographies of famous bands, from KISS to New Kids on the Block, all printed by Todd Loren. They had their followers (Alice Cooper, Mojo Nixon, Cynthia Plaster Caster) and their detractors, resulting in plenty of legal issues (no pun intended). Was Loren, the film asks, a First […]