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‘Likely to infuriate as many people as it enchants’: OKLAHOMA! – Young Vic Theatre ★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Reviews by Alun Hood15th May 2022Leave a Comment

Daniel Fish’s sexed-up, pared-down version of Oklahoma! at the Young Vic Theatre (co-directed for London by Jordan Fein) is less a revival and more a full blown deconstruction of the original material.

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‘Something that disconcerts more than entertains’: OKLAHOMA! – Young Vic Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Reviews by Maryam Philpott6th May 2022Leave a Comment

The Young Vic presents a rather sexy version of Oklahoma! that replaces twee interpretations of cowboy country with a throbbing desire that inflicts the inhabitants of this rural town, and becomes a fascinating technical exercise in deconstructing a musical.

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ON BROADWAY: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is a ‘cynical practical joke on theatregoers’

In Broadway, International, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Simon Parris5th July 2019Leave a Comment

An Off-Broadway show with the nerve to charge Broadway prices, the “Bard Summerscape Production of” Oklahoma! plays out like a cynical practical joke on theatregoers. The egregious experiment is a blight on 75-plus years of American musical theatre.

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