Oklahoma! 2021-2022 National Tour — Page 3

Thomas Jefferson said: "n2nbaby said: "No merch that i can see."

Please post a photo of the stage if you can!!"

I am not sure how to post a picture from my phone, but if you go to my Instagram (n2nbaby) I posted a pic in my story!


Will post more later but this tour is in EXCELLENT shape.

I see the onstage “chili seats” but they were not in the seating chart for purchase. Does anyone know how these are distributed? Rush? Donors? Ideas?

greensgreens said: "I see the onstage “chili seats” but they were not in the seating chart for purchase. Does anyone know how these are distributed? Rush? Donors? Ideas?"

If you’ll scroll up, you’ll see those are part of the set and not for the audience to sit in.

Saw this tonight in Minneapolis - I was near the back of the Main Floor.

Overall, a very powerful show that did a good balance of paying tribute and deconstructing the musical. I can't help but imagine how some parts of the show play differently in an auditorium as big as the Orpheum as opposed to the more intimate spaces in its previous incarnations. I'm thinking particularly about the blackout scenes, which come out of nowhere here and are hard to get a handle on right away. Some of the vocals were a little hard to hear at times as well.



Aside from those things, there was still a lot to love - the orchestrations were fantastic and well-performed, and Sis absolutely brought the house down as Ado Annie. The audience reaction to her "I Cain't Say No" was one of the greatest spontaneous applause moments I've been a part of - a star is truly born. Benj Mirman steals his scenes as Ali Hakim, and at the center of it all are Sean Grandillo and Sasha Hutchings, making Curly and Laurie a pair simmering with sexuality and rage.

Also, due to a technical mishap, there was no blood during Jud's death scene.



Overall, while I can't say I thought everything on display entirely worked, I can't deny that I'll be thinking about this production for a long time.

Updated On: 11/11/21 at 12:16 AM

Well, after a relaxing, totally gorgeous cruise to the Bahamas on Anthem of the Seas earlier this month, OKLAHOMA! is my next stop in 20 days. Hoping to hear more input from others who may have seen the show in the past month.

The Detroit stop has been cut down to 4 performances from 8. It really wasn't selling well here. The fact it was engaged for our Fox Theatre (which is a barn) and wasn't selling doesn't really surprise me. I know a lot of Detroit theatre people only check the main tour houses owned by ATG and not this one.

fashionguru_23 said: "Interesting that this is going to the Fox in Detroit, which is an airplane hanger for a show like this. When I lived in the area, the Fox only got non-equity shows for a night or two."

I agree. The Fox has 5k+ seats. The Music Hall would have been the best choice, or even the Fisher. I wonder how "Broadway in Detroit" missed out on this one.

Det95 said: "fashionguru_23 said: "Interesting that this is going to the Fox in Detroit, which is an airplane hanger for a show like this. When I lived in the area, the Fox only got non-equity shows for a night or two."

I agree. The Fox has 5k+ seats. The Music Hall would have been the best choice, or even the Fisher. I wonder how "Broadway in Detroit" missed out on this one."

I had tickets to the original opening night that ended up getting canceled. Seems like a misstep to not be part of Broadway in Detroit as there doesn't seem to be too much marketing (except for some TV spots) for it which is a shame as I was most excited for this show versus the rest of BID's season.

dmwnc1959 said: "Looks like a somebody hated this show…

https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/13/national-touring-production-oklahoma-wreaks-havoc-musical-theater-classic



What an embarassing review, for Hedy Weiss, she is totally clueless and out of touch, no wonder she was let go from the Sun Times, I was at the same performance and while it doesn't compare to the Broadway company its far from the crime she is claiming is being committed and her response shows exactly why Daniel FIsh did this production



that being said my big note, Sis is a TERRIBLE Ado Annie and is sleep walking through the role, which considering she has no stage credits isn't surprising, can barely hit the notes and just looks BORED being onstage, how she ended up in this show I have no clue and they cut the second half of All Er Nuthin because she apparently couldn't follow Daniels directions in rehearsals,



some other small comments.....having seen Sasha go on as Ado on Broadway it was nice to see her in the lead, the show in a prosenium house feels somewhat even more transgressive then at CITS, its more distant and alien and retains alot of stuff that felt very downtown (scenes in the dark, night vision video, the ballet with the shoes dropping etc)



Whoever asked earlier they do have merch now, a few shirts (including the OK! shirt from Broadway), hoodie, a pin, keychain, socks(?) and a wooden spoon (??)

What is this about them cutting a verse from All Er Nothing? I was at the first preview in Elmira and the entire song was there. I wonder what happened…

Ravenclaw said: "The verse that was cut is the middle verse, with the exchange "supposin' that we should have a third one?"/"He'd better look a lot like me!" I'm guessing this cut has something to do with the fact that Ado Annie is played by a trans actress in this production, hence no accidental conception.

I have now confirmed with TWO people working on the show that it was cut because she was directed to flirt with audience members and just never did it to get the joke to land so Daniel was so frustrated he just cut the verse

This has been my concern about the tour. I respected the Broadway production the first time I saw it (I was very tired) and absolutely loved it the second time, but have been concerned about how it’ll play on tour, especially in my home state of Oklahoma. But I remain committed to seeing in on its tour stop here in Oklahoma City at the end of the month.