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Genuine moment

Every Brilliant Thing Sept. 6-22 CitySpace Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. 405-297-2264 $40 The director and lead actor have already been chosen, but the rest of the cast for Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre’s (CityRep) latest production will be selected from whoever happens to show up. Every Brilliant Thing runs Sept. 6-22 […]

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Building’s fate

The old city jail was saved from demolition for now, but there are no concrete plans to move forward with redevelopment. The resolution to apply for demolition was deferred four times before a decision was made. It was first discussed June 4 and then every two weeks until Aug. 13, with councilmembers disagreeing on the […]

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Still revolutionary

Hamilton fever is still going strong years after the popular musical’s Broadway premiere. This was evident in the multitudes of Oklahoma City fans who came to the touring production of the show July 31 at Civic Center Music Hall’s Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre, 201 N. Walker Ave. Eager groups waited their turns in front […]

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Cover: His shot

As part of the cast of a different Broadway musical opening the same year, Marcus Choi got a good idea of how popular Hamilton: An American Musical is.  “No other show mattered,” said Choi, who played Johnny Goto in Allegiance, a musical about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, which closed in 2016 […]

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Jail choice

Oklahoma City Council deferred a resolution to demolish the old city jail, police headquarters and municipal court buildings. The council will discuss the resolution at the June 18 meeting. The buildings, none of which are on the National Register of Historic Places, are in councilwoman JoBeth Hamon’s Ward 6. She asked for the resolution to […]

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Triple crown

Visionaries: A Triple Bill April 19-20 Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre 201 N. Walker Ave. okcballet.org 405-848-8637 $15-$65 A 19th-century lithograph and an ancient theory about bodily fluids inspired two of the three works included in Oklahoma City Ballet’s latest triple bill. The third has never been performed publicly. Running April 19-20 in Civic Center […]

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Order up

Waitress Tuesday-March 24 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcbroadway.com 405-594-8300 $27.16-$102.33 Dough is a malleable culmination of a few different things and a lot of elbow grease, just like life. It is also, of course, another word for money. For Jenna, the protagonist of the musical Waitress, dough is both livelihood and […]

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