Oklahoma!
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 21, 2008
Closed Oct 19, 2008
Opened Sep 21, 2008
Closed Oct 19, 2008
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Arguably the most brilliant musical ever created, Oklahoma! changed the face of American musical theatre forever. The high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. With these headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road! That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant Oklahoma!
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There are a number of questions to be asked about the Paper Mill Playhouse's revival of
Oklahoma!, starting with why has the famous overture been awkwardly trimmed to barely over a minute in length? But what is ultimately most disconcerting about James Brennan's revival of the landmark 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical is how flat and uninspiring it turns out to be.
While Trevor Nunn's 2002 Broadway revival featured a revisionist, often violent motif, Brennan's revival is far more straightforward. Not only does he use the original, unrevised book, he even employs old-fashioned blackouts in between scenes of dialogue. Perhaps it is telling that Brennan's director's note reads like a fifth-[...]