Painted Sky Opera presents Glory Denied 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Freede Little Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 1 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $35-$50 In 1964, Green Beret Jim Thompson’s plane was shot down in Vietnam, and he was captured by the Viet Cong. His […]
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Modern opera
Trouble in Tahiti Jan. 25-27 CitySpace Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $30-$45 Richard Wagner’s opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen begins when an enraged dwarf steals magical gold from three water nymphs, setting the stage for a 15-hour epic drawing gods and monsters into a war for the fate […]
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Operatic sci-fi
Rigoletto 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, 2 p.m. Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 Freede Little Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $35-$45 Drawing inspiration from a 1927 silent film and a 21st-century young adult sci-fi novel, Painted Sky Opera will present a controversial 19th-century Italian opera based on a banned […]
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Deeply rooted
Mallory Eagle album release show 9 p.m. May 10 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $10-$12 21+ The title of country singer-songwriter Mallory Eagle’s debut album, Red Dirt Home, could be taken as a clear nod to the famously iron-stained soil of her home state. And, of course, it is that. But Red […]
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Local dance students will take the stage with Moscow Ballet for Great Russian Nutcracker
Young dancers auditioned for the opportunity in August at Julia’s Dance Academy in Norman.
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Twaintastic
Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Holbrook brings his critically acclaimed one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!, back to Oklahoma this Friday as part of The University of Central Oklahoma’s Broadway Tonight series. Mark Twain Tonight! grew out of a college project in which Holbrook and his first wife, Ruby, interviewed each other playing notable literary characters, including […]
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LIFE
Oklahoma City University’s production of Street Scene — a Tony award-winning opera written by Kurt Weill — features a cast of 40 singers and a score performed by OCU’s Oklahoma Opera Orchestra. The American classic follows the lives of a Manhattan family in the 1940s. The production runs at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 3 p.m. […]
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Now in its 62nd season, Oklahoma City University’s Opera and Music Theater Company presents 9 to 5, a country-flavored musical comedy directed by David Herendeen. A story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex age, 9 to 5 features a 12-piece contemporary pop band with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Performances are at 8 […]
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Now in its 62nd season, Oklahoma City University’s Opera and Music Theater Company presents 9 to 5, a country-flavored musical comedy directed by David Herendeen. A story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex age, 9 to 5 features a 12-piece contemporary pop band with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Performances are at 8 […]
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Monster mash
The Phantom of the Opera7:30 p.m. Thursday Lon Chaney’s name is forever associated with 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera, and for good reason: It’s one of the great performances in silent films. I don’t care how old you are or how many times you’ve seen it: When Christine (Mary Philbin) unmasks the Phantom 38 […]