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Oklahoma!' opens in 5-performance run at LWC

'The musical, which debuted in 1943, is still a yardstick against which other musicals are measured, and he noted it is one of the first storyline musicals in which the narrative unfolds in both the script and music.' - ROBERT BROCK

By Venus Popplewell

COLUMBIA, KY - One of the great American musicals, Oklahoma! will be performed at 7pmCT, Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat, 27-28-29-30 April, 2016, then at 2pmCT Sun, 1 May 2016, all in V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY.



Based on the Lynn Riggs play Green Grow the Lilacs, Oklahoma! was the first collaboration between theater giants Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers.

The LWC production of Oklahoma! will be directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Robert Brock. Brock said the musical, which debuted in 1943, is still a yardstick against which other musicals are measured, and he noted it is one of the first storyline musicals in which the narrative unfolds in both the script and music.

"It is solid American," Brock said. "It's about settling a new land. It's not coming to America, but rather settling a new part of America. It has everything -- it has some dark stuff, it has a love story, it has a lot of conflict ... and some great, great songs with great lyrics."

For more information or to buy tickets, contact Robert Brock at brockr@lindsey.edu


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Cast rehearses Oklahoma! for presentation at LWC



2016-04-25 - V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Venus Popplewell, Lindsey Wilson College.
One of the great American musicals, Oklahoma! will be performed at 7pmCT, Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat, 27-28-29-30 April, 2016, then at 2pmCT Sun, 1 May 2016, all in V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY. Above The Lindsey Wilson Theatre Program rehearses 'Oklahoma!' at V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street. The groundbreaking Rodgers and Hammerstein production opens at 7 p.m. CT April 27. Cast: Natiaha Sigurbjartsson of Columbia, KY, as Aunt Eller; Jesse Baize of English, IN as Curly; Caitlin Corder of Monticello, KY, as Laurey; Thomas Alvey of Brownsville, KY, as Ike Skidmore; Court Mace of Florence, KY, as Will Parker; Jackson Daugherty of Henderson, KY, as Jud Fry; Callie Botkin of Campbellsville, KY, as Ado Annie; Jacob Scott of Brownsville, KY, as Ali Hakim; and Carly Strein of Lexington, KY, as Gertie Cummings; Tyler Harting of Clay, KY, as Andrew Carnes. Ensemble: JulieAnne Cox of Franklin, KY; Katie Brown of Bagdad, KY; Susan Herrington of Dearborn, MI; Michael Hook of Louisville, KY; and Mariah Lane of Henderson, KY. - Venus Popplewell, Lindsey Wilson College

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