Jazz vocalist Polly Gibbons opens the series Sept. 13 with the Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra.
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Once a hit movie, now a musical
The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Once arrives in Oklahoma City this week to stir the soul, heal broken hearts and give hope to the lovers and dreamers in us all. Based on the 2007 Oscar-winning film of the same name, Once tells the story of Guy, an Irish busker, and Girl, a Czech immigrant, […]
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The Swell Season
Musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová were not an item when they played the MFEO lovers of Once, but that relationship status changed after the movie’s release. By the time they deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Original Song the following year, they were sharing more than honors. Taking its name from Hansard and […]
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She’s a ‘Bitch’!
According to Entertainment Weekly, she’s joined the pilot of ABC’s proposed series “Good Christian Bitches.” From “Sex and the City” creator Darren Star, the Dallas-set drama is pegged as a “sexy soap.” Per ABC: “Amanda, once the ultimate mean girl in high school, returns home to Dallas after her marriage ends in scandal. Humbled, Amanda […]
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Seize the cheese Cheese lover and writer Clifton Fadiman once said, “Cheese is milk’s leap to immortality.” In the metro area, satisfying cheese seems to pop up on every menu. Say “hello” to these seven spots with tantalizing treats to test your taste buds. —Carol Smaglinski, photos by Mark Hancock and Shannon Cornman $$: Up […]