This season has been a particularly good one for Oklahoma City Repertory Theater. In addition to celebrating its 10th anniversary, it received a commendation from Actors Equity and a Governor’s Arts Award. It also just became the first theater in state history to be accepted as a member of the Theatre Communications Group, compsoed of […]
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World tour
Adapted from the Jules Verne tale originally published in 1873, Around the World in Eighty Days tells the story of mysterious London aristocrat Phileas Fogg who embarks on a journey with his manservant, Passepartout, to circumnavigate the globe by train and steamer in 80 days as part of a £20,000 wager with other members of […]
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Spring fling
Set aside the electronic gadgets and the technological advances, and you’ll see that the modern-day teenager isn’t too different from a 19th-century one. And Spring Awakening, showing at the Lyric at the Plaza, is a Tony Awardwinning musical that explores the enduring theme of young love. Awakening is the adaptation of a 1891 play written […]
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Sex ed
An entire category of theater instruction exists to coach actors in what may or may not come naturally. Ironically, techniques used in stage combat apply to intimate scenes. Tonia Sina Ellis, adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma’s drama school, specializes in choreographing sexual intimacy for the stage. She wrote her master’s of fine arts […]
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‘Rain’ on me
Two fine actors giving terrific performances and a director who knows when to let well enough alone results in “A Steady Rain,” a highly satisfying evening of theater. Concerning a pair of Chicago patrolmen, the play by Keith Huff isn’t so much a police procedural as it is a study of what happens when miscreant […]
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Collective endeavor
Co-founders Daniel Leeman Smith, Rick Foresee and Robyn Mitchell met while working on Ghostlight Theatre Club’s “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” earlier this year and discovered they shared a similar vision for theater performance and education. “We talked about what was missing in the community and about what theater should be,” said Smith. “We […]
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Collective endeavor
Co-founders Daniel Leeman Smith, Rick Foresee and Robyn Mitchell met while working on Ghostlight Theatre Club’s “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” earlier this year and discovered they shared a similar vision for theater performance and education. “We talked about what was missing in the community and about what theater should be,” said Smith. “We […]
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‘Coat’ of charms
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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‘Coat’ of charms
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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This year’s entries
1. Langston University Marching Band 2. Ace Moving & Storage 3. Mobile Game Party 4. Hot Rod Gangs Of OKC5. Tfcu6. Bloody School Children 7. Dr. Smith Rock Band 8. Central Oklahoma Humane Society 9. Mat Hoffman’s Ramp Car 10. Metropolitan Library System 11. Arts Council Of Oklahoma City 12. Salon 152 13. Todd And […]