In the past five years, Diana DeGarmo has been imprisoned, seen her true love murdered and birthed a blind, green baby. Now, she’s sexually harassed on a nightly basis. What a way to make to a living. Relax. The incidents above took place on the theater stage, from Broadway to touring productions of, respectively, “Hairspray,” […]
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Fantasmagorical
Grupo Fantasma’s experience with Prince may not have been chummy, but it was certainly memorable. “He made it clear from the get-go that he wasn’t trying to make new friends and wasn’t interested in hanging with us. He liked our music and wanted to experience that music, to not only take something from it, but […]
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‘Mars’ attacks!
Matthew Alvin Brown is no stranger to the rock musical. In fact, he’s this town’s greatest champion of it. A former guitarist/vocalist for the rock band The Fellowship Students, the local stage actor not only has the pedigree, but the passion. “I love rock musicals,” Brown said. “It goes back to when I was a […]
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When in Rome
The University of Oklahoma’s School of Musical Theatre brings the classic 1962 Broadway farce “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” to vibrant life with a colorful production, featuring some strong lead performances, great sets and costumes, and spot-on musical accompaniment. Taking inspiration from 2,000-yearold Roman comedies and classic vaudeville, “Forum” tells […]
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‘Crazy’ good
Creating a musical — even that inferior form, the jukebox musical — does not have to be so hard, as long as one is working with worthy material. Put appealing music with an interesting story, and the show practically writes itself. Not really, but combine quality material with two top-notch performers and a sharply directed […]
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Soul music
Soul on Fire2 and 7 p.m. Thursday Douglass Theatre 900 N. Martin Luther King 517-4176 $20 Musical theater is often seen as a monolithic world of jazz hands and non-threatening gangsters in flamboyant zoot suits. But there are musicals that use the genre to tackle more substantial themes, whether it’s sexual identity in “Hedwig and […]