Oklahoma! Gallops Into Newcastle
Oklahoma!
Newcastle
Theatre Royal
23 – 27 June 2015.
Saddle up for a dose of sunshine as a new
production of Rodgers &
Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Oklahoma! gets set to arrive at Newcastle Theatre Royal next
Summer 23 – 27 June 2015.
From Music & Lyrics, the award-winning producers
of the highly successful tours of The King & I and Fiddler on the
Roof, this new production
of one of the great classic American musicals will feature a large cast and
chorus led by Belinda Lang (School for
Scandal, Ladies in Lavender) and Gary
Wilmot (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
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| Gary Wilmot |
Set in the Oklahoma territory in the early
1900s, the musical celebrates the vigour of America’s pioneering spirit
while at the same time telling the story of two pairs of star-crossed lovers.
Cowboy Curly loves Laurey, Aunt Eller’s niece, but Curly’s rival is the
mysterious and dangerous hired hand Jud Fry.
Meanwhile, Ado Annie is torn between cowboy Will and peddler Ali Hakim. Their stories are told with the help of some
of the best loved songs in musical theatre history, including Oh, What a
Beautiful Mornin’, I’m
Just a Girl Who Cain’t Say No, Surrey With a Fringe on Top, Kansas City, People
Will Say We’re in Love and the title song.
Oklahoma!, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
II, was based on the Lynn Riggs play Green
Grow the Lilacs and was the first musical written by the duo. It was originally produced on Broadway in
1943 and the Academy Award-winning film was released in 1955.
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| Belinda Lang |
Belinda Lang stars as
Aunt Eller with Gary Wilmot as Ali Hakim, Ashley Day (The Book of Mormon, The
Wizard of Oz, High School Musical)
as Curly, Charlotte Wakefield (The Sound
of Music, MAMMA MIA!, Spring Awakening) as Laurey and Nic
Greenshields (Guys and Dolls, Billy Elliot, The Phantom of the Opera) as Jud Fry. The show is accompanied by a live orchestra
led by musical director Steve Ridley.
Set and costumes will be designed by Francis O’Connor, with lighting by
Tim Mitchell and sound by Ben Harrison.
This new production is directed
by Rachel Kavanaugh with new choreography by Drew McOnie. Rachel Kavanaugh is
former Artistic Director of the Birmingham Rep.
She is directing An Ideal Husband
at the Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn.
Other credits include The Sound of
Music at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Love Story in Chichester and the West End, and The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Royal
Shakespeare Company. Drew McOnie’s
choreography credits include In the
Heights for Southwark Playhouse, The
Sound of Music and Chicago for
Leicester Curve, Soho Cinders at the
Soho Theatre, and Dames at Sea and On the 20th Century at the Union
Theatre. He recently launched his own
theatre dance company, The McOnie Company.
And why not tempt
yourself with Afternoon Tea after the matinees on Thu 25 and Sat 27 June?
Served in our exclusive Olivier Suite and accompanied by one of our pianists,
you can treat yourself for £14.95 per person or upgrade to Afternoon Tea with
Prosecco for £20.90. Book via the Box Office or online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk/whats-on/afternoon-tea
The UK & Irish tour
of Oklahoma! will be presented by Music
& Lyrics Limited and Royal & Derngate Northampton through special
arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe.
On The Web:
Tickets:
Oklahoma!
appears at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tue 23 – Sat 27 June 2015 (Evenings: 7.30pm,
Matinees: Thursday 2pm and
Saturday 2.30pm).
Tickets
are from £13.00 (a booking fee of 95p - £1.95 will apply to most tickets) and
can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 or select
your own seat and book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk
On Tour:
19 –
28 Feb NORTHAMPTON Derngate
Theatre
3 – 7
Mar WOLVERHAMPTON Grand
Theatre
17 –
21 Mar SALFORD
The
Lowry
24 –
28 Mar DUBLIN Bord Gais Energy Theatre
14 –
18 Apr BRADFORD
Alhambra Theatre
21 –
25 Apr EDINBURGH Festival
Theatre
28
Apr – 2 May NOTTINGHAM Theatre
Royal
5 – 9
May SOUTHAMPTON The
Mayflower Theatre
12 –
16 May CRAWLEY
The
Hawth
19 –
23 May BATH Theatre Royal
26 –
30 May TRURO Hall for Cornwall
2 – 6
Jun CHELTENHAM Everyman
Theatre
16 –
20 Jun CANTERBURY The
Marlowe Theatre
23 – 27 Jun NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal
30
Jun – 4 Jul BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome
21
Jul – 1 Aug SHEFFIELD Lyceum Theatre
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