From Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the biblically inspired “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is a family-friendly musical opening Friday at Sooner Theatre about the Old Testament story of Joseph and, yes, his coat of many colors. The favorite son and prone to prophetic dreams, Joseph is sold into slavery as a boy […]
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Upon further review
And while I am the director of the current Ghostlight show, I’m perfectly fine with the fact that Larry Laneer didn’t like “The Man from Earth” (Performing Arts, “Earth to ‘Earth,’” Oct. 26, Gazette). I’ve done theater long enough to not get riled by one person’s negative opinion of my work. However I do get […]
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A little ‘Tart’
Guest director Timothy Mooney helms the University of Central Oklahoma’s production of “Tartuffe,” Molière’s 17th-century satire on religious hypocrisy playing for one weekend only. Staged by UCO’s Theater Arts Department, the play tells the story of the seemingly pious Tartuffe. He’s invited to live in the home of Orgon, who wants his family to enjoy […]
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There will be blood
The University of Oklahoma’s University Theatre opens its season with “Dracula,” a visually stunning and well-acted production of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. The one thing holding the production back is William McNulty’s adaptation, designed to bring a more contemporary horror film sensibility to bare. In this telling, the play opens with the arrival of Dr. […]
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Star is born again
Oklahoma City University’s Opera and Music Theater Company kicks off its 60th-anniversary season Friday with the rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the classic tells the story of the final days of Jesus’ life from Judas Iscariot’s point of view. Forty years after it made its Broadway debut, […]
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Pioneer woman
Surely, you saw the musical history lesson “Quilters” sometime late in the last century. Originally produced in Colorado, the show was popular in the 1980s. In case you didn’t or even if you did, Oklahoma City Theatre Company is presenting a passable production at the Freede Little Theatre. I’m glad they are, because running down […]
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Peep show
City-based writer/director Robert Matson has resurrected — or is it re-erected? — his original hit play, “Beneath the Zipper,” a celebration of the penis, at The Boom. Think “The Vagina Monologues” for men, but less heady. Which is fine, because I don’t think Matson is looking to change the world as much as entertain people. […]
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Dressing room
The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love wedding receptions and those who don’t. If you’re in the latter camp, you may agree with one character in “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” who describes the wedding reception depicted in the play as “the bland leading the bland.” The same might […]
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Off to the see the ‘Wizard’
Nearing the end of its first year in operation, Upstage Theatre mounts a production of the beloved musical “The Wizard of Oz” at Edmond’s Mitch Park. With gates open at 7 p.m. each night, audiences are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and coolers, as well as enjoy food from onsite vendors. Upstage is the […]
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That’s the ticket
This season, Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre did away with season tickets and instituted the Backstage Society in an effort to accommodate different patron types and establish a steady cash flow. Backstage Society members pay $13 to $99 monthly, charged to a credit card, which comes to $156 to $1,188 annually. Membership includes one to four season […]