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‘Friendly meetings’

Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker Dec. 5-21 Shakespeare on the Paseo 2920 Paseo St. okshakes.org 405-235-3700 $10-$30 Combining jokes, treats, decorations and a small explosion, Christmas crackers are an only partially edible English yuletide tradition. According to BBC America, “a cracker is a three-chambered cardboard tube wrapped in brightly colored paper that is twisted to connect […]

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Printing plays

The Book of Will Thursday-Aug. 13 Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park 2920 Paseo St. okshakes.org 405-235-3700 $20-$30 Perhaps Hamlet said it best. “To be, or not to be,” said the tragically conflicted Prince of Denmark. “Aye, there’s the point. To die, to sleep, is that all?” Or at least that is what he says in […]

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History’s heroines

The Revolutionists Thursday-July 21 Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park 2920 Paseo St. oklahomashakespeare.com 405-235-3700 $20-$30 Three long-since headless women from history, one rabble rouser and one bohemian visage of an ideal woman shouting over the frenzied voices of the masses during the French Revolution — these are the characters brought to life in The Revolutionists, […]

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‘Much Ado,’ indeed

One of the Bard’s most beloved romantic comedies, “Much Ado About Nothing” tells the story of two couples, one comprised of marriage-averse Benedick and Beatrice, the other of all-too-eager young lovers Claudio and Hero. Through the meddling of others, both sets are duped in different ways. Timothy Berg plays blowhard bachelor-for-life Benedick. His initial pomposity […]

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Great Dane

Reduxion Theatre opens its “Original Sins”-themed fourth season with a stripped-down, but impressively acted production of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Transported from its original medieval setting to 1938 Denmark, Reduxion’s “Hamlet” still tells the tragic tale, without further alteration, of Prince Hamlet’s quest for revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering his father and for ascending […]

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