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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Kathy Griffin talks Thackerville, Donald Trump and wearing Anderson Cooper’s underwear with Oklahoma Gazette ahead of Friday show
Griffin performs 9 p.m. Friday at WinStar World Casino & Resort.
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Baloney Rodeo improv troupe returns to IAO for reunion shows
Baloney Rodeo had a two-decade run in Oklahoma City from 1989 to 2009.
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OKC Onstage shares local performing arts info
Organizers hope OKC Onstage can expand into college and children’s theater in the near future.
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Whether before, during or after a performance, booze is always nigh in comedy
Outside of concerts, nowhere is the consumption of intoxicating beverages by audiences and performers alike more prevalent nowadays than in live comedy.
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Funny fest
For the uninitiated, improv, or improvisational theater, is a form of live performance, usually comedic, in which everything is made up on the spot, often inspired by an audience suggestion. Clint Vrazel, OKC Improv cofounder and artistic director, said that when the organization began, only about five troupes were performing in the metro. “That number […]
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Redux, resized
Only three years after opening the doors of its own venue at NW 16th Street and Broadway Avenue, Reduxion Theatre, one of the metro’s youngest companies, has outgrown the intimate in-the-round setting that has played host to a series of acclaimed shows. To accommodate its expanding audiences and artistic ambitions, early next year, Reduxion’s new […]
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On the fly
Suppose someone approached you at work, gave you a random word or phrase, and told you to act out a 30-minute scene based on it. Could you do it? If you’re like most of us, probably not so much. But that’s exactly what improv actors do daily, and do well. See for yourself this weekend, […]
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The Trip
Condensed from the recent, six-episode BBC series of the same name, the improv comedy casts Steve Coogan (“The Other Guys”) and Rob Brydon (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”) as themselves, more or less. Steve’s tasked with taking a road trip to write about some fine dining spots along the English countryside, and because he’s […]
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Oh, brother
Twinprov’s Clint and Buck Vrazel are used to audience members calling shenanigans on their freestyle rap-meets-improv comedy show. Theories abound that parts are written beforehand. But for improv performers, suspicion is the sincerest form of flattery. “The worst thing you can ever hear is, ‘I can do that,’” Clint Vrazel said. “But if you have […]