The former is, of course, met with deafening applause, wild cheering and a palpable sense of excitement, as is the latter. But the icon is greeted with something more, this sort of split-second pause, wherein that uncontainable anticipation is temporarily supplanted with an awestruck, almost audible gasp of, “Oh my god. He is real.” That’s how […]
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Sing it
When an adapter and director makes a familiar story seem fresh, success has been achieved. When the feat is repeated, success has been transcended. Such is the case with Lyric Theatre’s A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by the company’s artistic director, Michael Baron. This is the same production Lyric has staged for three years […]
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Skin-deep
As John Lennon so perfectly put it, life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Oklahoma singer-songwriter Sherree Chamberlain knows this all too well. Back in late 2011, she successfully ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund what would be her second full-length album, released in the first half of 2012. Two […]
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Pop goes the shop
Brown will bring his mid-century modern wares to a new audience hopefully ready to shop for the holidays. “We wanted to do something different,” he said. “It was affordable, so we thought we’d give it a shot and thought it would be fun to be a part of, too.” RetrOKC is one of 30 vendors […]
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A family affair
Marie Osmond is filled with the Christmas spirit, and she wants to share it with you. Along with her brother, Donny, Marie will bring Christmas cheer to all of Oklahoma with their newest touring show, Donny & Marie Christmas. It’s hard to imagine a holiday in an Osmond home without sparkly outfits and microphones. After all, […]
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SEE IT: Wayne Coyne interviews Oliver Hibert for OKG
Bad Trip launches 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Coyne’s Oklahoma City artspace, The Womb Gallery, 25 NW Ninth St. Admission is free. Tripping out During the summer of 2011, the landscape of downtown OKC changed forever when a humble building on Ninth Street transformed into a brilliantly colored and vaguely offensive landmark. For the common […]
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It’s a comeback! Maybe.
The Yukon-raised country megastar “retired” after his album, Scarecrow, was released in 2001. Yet a message on his website hinted at a potential return, reading, “It has begun …” It’s not clear what “it” is, but website Country Music Tattle Tale claims 51-year-old Brooks will release a new album and embark on a tour next […]
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To the Cabaret
Reduxion Theatre Company’s production of Cabaret is a little show in the tiny Broadway Theater, but, brother, it packs a punch. And if that isn’t enough, the show includes six nubile lasses prancing around in bras and panties while smoking cigars (real ones!) and a couple of cute chorus boys to boot. What’s not to […]
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Get it, girl
BY JENN SCOTT It’s that time of year. You know, the standing date with an art show featuring talented and local female artists. That’s right. It’s time for the 10th annual and final Girlie Show. From 7-11 p.m. Friday and 12-5 p.m. Saturday, join the girl-power curation and final celebration at OKC Farmers Public Market […]
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PBS offers a new perspective on Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds
bY Dean Robbins As an Orson Welles fanatic, I thought I knew everything about his infamous radio adaptation of War of the Worlds from 1938. The 23-year-old genius crafted the program as if Martians had actually invaded the U.S., with news bulletins seeming to interrupt regularly scheduled programming. Listeners believed the invasion was real, and […]