Oklahoma!

MUSIC Richard Rodgers
BOOK & LYRICS Oscar Hammerstein II
DIRECTOR Daniel Fish
CHOREOGRAPHER John Heginbotham
ORCHESTRATOR Daniel Kluger

Oklahoma!

Type
Musical
In Development
Credits

MUSIC Richard Rodgers
BOOK & LYRICS Oscar Hammerstein II
DIRECTOR Daniel Fish
CHOREOGRAPHER John Heginbotham
ORCHESTRATOR Daniel Kluger

Awards & Honors

Tony Award Winner - 2019
Tony Award Nominee - 2019

Still timeless, now timely, this Tony Award winning Broadway musical revival looks back at an Oklahoma on the cusp of statehood, evoking our collective sense of America today. The reimagining excavates the under-surface of this classic musical, highlighting the deeper truths of a community circling the wagons against an outsider. The characters, and the spectators, are indicted for their complicity in the shocking and thrilling final events. Audiences don’t just watch this musical, they are a part of it.

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The Choreography of Communty

Famed modern dance choreographer Agnes de Mille’s “Dream Ballet” concluded Act One in previous productions of OKLAHOMA! The dance is an important piece advancing the conflict in Laurey’s story—a Freudian fever dream interpreting her inner struggle between two suitors vying for her attention and the chance to escort her to the town box social. A signature moment of any production of OKLAHOMA!...
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Offsetting Gun Culture: Guns in Oklahoma and in Our Everyday Lives

Host Andrea Ambam sits down with Christopher Bannow and Mitch Tebow, two cast members from the OKLAHOMA! National tour, and social justice advocate Saeeda Dunston. They discuss the role of art and storytelling in the context of community building, and take a look at how the conversation around gun violence has changed—and hasn't—over the last few years.
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Juneteenth Celebration

The OKLAHOMA! National Tour has made headlines for taking an innovative spin on a beloved “classic American” musical. While many hold classics near and dear to their hearts, recent revivals force us to reckon with the way in which classical musicals have most often been centered around a White American experience. Considering Oklahoma (the state) is home to more historically all-Black towns...
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Here Onstage & Offstage: Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility

Host Andrea Ambam sits down with cast members from the OKLAHOMA! Broadway National Tour and folks from Human Rights Campaign on March 31st, 2022—International Transgender Day of Visibility—to talk about the importance and complexity of trans visibility onstage and off.
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Finale Ultimo: What OK! Means for Today & Beyond

At its core, OKLAHOMA! has always been a story about a community coming together. Yet this is OKLAHOMA! like you’ve never seen it before. Not a word of text was changed in the script, but the artistic choices employed in this production yield a new vision on a classic story. After critical acclaim—from the 2019 Tony award for Best Revival of a Musical to a show stopping 2022 National tour—this...
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