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Friday, November 20
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Historic Stage Introduces
Girl power: Syesha Mercado, as Deena Jones, wears 17 wigs in the latest production of “Dreamgirls,” which is beginning its national tour at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. |
NEW YORK--There is a moment at the beginning of this latest revival of “Dreamgirls” when reality and fantasy mesh, when the actresses performing onstage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem are as excited and anxious about their chance at stardom as the fictional 1960’s-era singers they portray. “You’re talking about it, but you’re actually there,” said Moya Angela, who plays Effie White, the role that made her movie and Broadway predecessors, Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Holliday, stars. Speaking in a husky whisper after a recent performance, she
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Oct. 17
EDMOND--“The Maltese Falcon” will take to the stage (in some sense) at the Edmond Library, 10 S. Boulevard St., at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17.Actually, the famed movie production will “take to the read,” since it is being presented as part of this year’s Big Read
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Austrian Operetta Gets New Orleans Flavoring
NORMAN--An Austrian operetta performed last weekend at the University of Oklahoma had a distinct New Orleans flavor, due, ironically enough, in part, to Hurricane Katrina.Olanna Goudeau, Ashley R. Watkins and Tyrone Chambers were opera singers in “Die Fledermaus.” There were
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Music of Italy Is Featured Oct. 24
TULSA--The second of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra’s “Hear the World” concerts will feature the music of Italy.The concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Chapman Music Hall of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. With David Lockington directing, the
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Rossini
When Rossini wrote the piece the orchestra will perform on Saturday (“L’Italiana in Algeri,” which includes “Overture to the Italian Girl in Algiers”), he had been writing stage works for only three years.Still, he was hardly a beginner since, in those three
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