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A Two-Show Day With Oliver!'s the Artful Dodger

Kyle Coffman takes on the coveted role at Arena Stage.

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Jake Heston Miller as Oliver and Kyle Coffman as Artful Dodger in Oliver! at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
Jake Heston Miller as Oliver and Kyle Coffman as Artful Dodger in Oliver! at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
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Arena Stage is currently presenting a production of Lionel Bart's classic musical Oliver! that is staged in-the-round and infused with a modern edge by artistic director Molly Smith. The show stars Broadway veterans Jeff McCarthy as Fagin, Ian Lassiter as Bill Sykes, and Paul Vogt as Mr. Bumble. Another Broadway alum, Newsies' Kyle Coffman plays the lovable hooligan, Artful Dodger.

In the gallery below, Coffman describes what happen behind the scenes of a two-show day in Oliver! As it turns out, behind the musical's dark world of double-dealing thieves and conmen lies a land of exciting pre-show rituals and playful antics.

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