Evita Thursday-Saturday and June 20-22 Mitch Park Amphitheatre 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, Edmond upstagetheatreok.com 405-285-5803 Free-$18 A musical of disputed historical accuracy about an Argentinian actress who became a powerful leader in the 1940s might teach us something about America now. Politically, Patrick Towne — director of Upstage Theatre’s production of Evita, running Thursday-Saturday and […]
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Opera tricks
The Phantom of the Opera Jan. 9-20 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcbroadway.com 405-594-8300 $32-$162 Like the disfigured sewer-dwelling organist it’s named for, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera helped mold the career of a young performer bewitched by the possibilities of a life onstage. Eva Tavares, who plays Christine […]
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School of Rock: The Musical amps up the production with talented child actors
The Andrew Lloyd Webber rock musical runs Feb. 6-11 at Civic Center Music Hall.
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Go right meow
Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the now-infamous “Cats” debuted in the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all-time. Don’t think London and New York gets all of that feline frenzy. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Thelma […]
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Go right meow
Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the now-infamous “Cats” debuted in the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all-time. Don’t think London and New York gets all of that feline frenzy. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Thelma […]
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Go right meow
Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the now-infamous “Cats” debuted in the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all-time. Don’t think London and New York gets all of that feline frenzy. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Thelma […]
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Star is born again
Oklahoma City University’s Opera and Music Theater Company kicks off its 60th-anniversary season Friday with the rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the classic tells the story of the final days of Jesus’ life from Judas Iscariot’s point of view. Forty years after it made its Broadway debut, […]