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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The 20th anniversary tour of Rent continues Jonathan Larsen’s legacy
The production runs Tuesday-Nov. 12 at Civic Center Music Hall.
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Ben Folds talks orchestral work, Kesha and Confederate statues ahead of his show at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom
Singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds returns to Oklahoma with a date at Tulsa’s historic Cain’s Ballroom.
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Lyric Theatre’s In the Heights propels questions of culture, class and identity
Reunions can be a funny thing. Whether a literal homecoming after freshman year at college or the symbolic revisiting of a beloved musical, there’s a propensity toward heightened emotion and renewed feeling. In the case of In the Heights, it’s both. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma presents In the Heights Aug. 8-12 in Civic Center Music […]
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Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma uses Million Dollar Quartet to open up its summer season
The production is a collaboration with ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas.
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Pollard Theatre peps up with Bring It On: The Musical
The show runs through July 1 in Guthrie.