Oklahoma on Broadway
MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Following a fall 2018 run at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse, a 75th anniversary staging of Oklahoma! is expected to open on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre in 2019. The production is directed by Daniel Fish in an intimate, immersive style, set in a community hall, with chili and cornbread served to the audience at intermission. It originated in 2015 at Bard College. The production is scheduled to begin preview performances on March 19, 2019 before opening on April 7 for a limited run through September 1. The production features choreography by John Heginbotham and new music arrangements by Daniel Kluger, performed by a seven-piece band.
Performed by Damon Daunno
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
Oklahoma
Circle in the Square on Broadway
First Preview 19, Mar 2019
Opening Night 07, Apr 2019
Closing 19, Jan 2020
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Cast
Will Brill – Ali Hakim
Anthony Cason – Broadway debut – Cord Elam
Damon Daunno – Curly
James Davis – Broadway debut – Will Parker
Gabrielle Hamilton – Broadway debut – Lead Dancer
Rebecca Naomi Jones Laurey
Will Mann – Mike
Mallory Portnoy – Broadway debut – Gertie Cummings
Ali Stroker – Ado Annie Carnes
Mitch Tebo – Broadway debut – Andrew Carnes
Mary Testa – Aunt Eller
Patrick Vaill – Jud Fry
Creative
Produced by Eva Price
Original choreography by Agnes de Mille
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play ‘Green Grow the Lilacs’ by Lynn Riggs
Music orchestrated by Daniel Kluger
Music arranged by Daniel Kluger
Directed by Daniel Fish
Choreographed by John Heginbotham
Scenic Design by Laura Jellinek
Costume Design by Terese Wadden
Lighting Design by Scott Zielinski
Sound Design by Drew Levy
Projection Design by Joshua Thorson
Circle in the Square Theatre
The original Circle in the Square was founded by Theodore Mann, José Quintero, Jason Wingreen, Aileen Cramer and Emily Stevens in 1951 and was located at 5 Sheridan Square (a former nightclub) in Greenwich Village. The Gershwin and Circle in the Square were built in 1970 when the Uris Brothers tore down the Capitol Theatre to build the tower (with the Gershwin originally being called the Uris Theatre).It originally served as the uptown home to the Circle-in-the-Square repertory company. Their first production on Broadway, a revival of Mourning Becomes Electra, opened on November 15, 1972.The theatre is below street level. It is one of only two Broadway houses with a thrust stage (the other is Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater).
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| 163 Broadway (between 50th St & 51st St New York, NY 10036 |
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| Access Information |
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| There are no steps into the theatre from the sidewalk. |
| A wheelchair accessible restroom is available. |
