This production includes a few creative choices which feel very artsy, and there were slightly too many moments when the stage was not visible. I believe these could be streamlined, as occasionally they divert our attention from the storyline. However, the cast is impeccable, the score is as gorgeous and catchy as ever, and this should be the blueprint for reviving musicals for the 21st century. Oklahoma! is a show you can’t say no to – so don’t!
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“This version of ‘Oklahoma!’ is an exceptionally bold revival...Director Daniel Fish, creatives and the cast must be congratulated for changing nothing and yet everything through pure innovation.”
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"The antithesis of the National’s much-loved revival a generation ago, this staging is cooler, darker, and feels completely new-minted"
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“Though the music is as gorgeous as ever, this version strips away many of the folksy, hokey accretions the show has acquired over the years and finds something much darker and more powerful.”
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“It turns out that when people say ‘Sexy Oklahoma!’, they really mean it. Not because this production’s full of rippling biceps or heaving bosoms – or even actual sex – but because it’s an edgy, rock ‘n’ roll depiction of a community whose only way to cut loose is by having sex or firing a gun.”
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“Some will praise it as an audaciously grungy reinvention; others will call it sacrilege. Watching it a second time, I still find myself marvelling at some of the innovations, wincing at others.”
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"...it’s a show in which the only brightness is that glare shining into our eyes – even the closing, rousing 'Oklahoma!' is interpreted as a song of defiance, all stamping feet and scowling."
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“This production of ‘Oklahoma!’ really is unstoppable...With a fantastic cast, classic songs and brave direction, there really was no need to worry how this version would transfer. You’re doing fine, Oklahoma.”
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