OKLAHOMA! 2023
Ages: 12+
Opened: February 28, 2023Closing: September 02, 2023
OKLAHOMA! - 2023 West End History , Info & More
Wyndham's Theatre
(Leicester Square) Charing Cross Road London
__SOLD OUT IN NEW YORK. SOLD OUT AT THE YOUNG VIC__.
Forget what you think it is… this is __Rodgers & Hammerstein's__ *OKLAHOMA!* as you’ve never seen it before – re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century.
Winner of the Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival, __Daniel Fish's__ bold interpretation recently enjoyed a sold-out run at the Young Vic following sold-out runs in New York and across the U.S. on tour.
*OKLAHOMA!* tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Eighty years after __Rodgers & Hammerstein__ reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text.
THE HYPE IS REAL, Y’ALL
★★★★★
Daily Telegraph
★★★★★
Metro
★★★★★
WhatsOnStage
★★★★★
Daily Express
★★★★★
Daily Mirror
★★★★★
Financial Times
‘*PUNCHY, PLAYFUL & SEXY. AN ABSOLUTE KNOCKOUT!*’ __Daily Telegraph__
‘*A STUNNING REINVENTION. THE BEST REVIVAL YET!*’ __Evening Standard__
‘*SO REVITALISED IT MIGHT’VE BEEN WRITTEN YESTERDAY*’ __The Guardian__
‘*LIVES UP TO THE THIRSTY HYPE*’ __Time Out__
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR OKLAHOMA!
Transferring to the West End, this radical take on Rodgers & Hammerstein is a dark, wild, sexy ride
8 / 10
With sex so firmly in the foreground, everything about this story shifts. In traditional productions, boy-crazy farm girl Ado Annie is pure comic relief. When she sings ‘I'm just a girl who can't say no!’, it's a straightforward excuse for some jolly old-timey slut-shaming. But here, Georgina Onuorah plays an Annie whose desires can't be so easily laughed at: she tenderly cradles her more prim and proper friend Laurey (Anoushka Lucas) in her arms as she sings about loving that's ‘sweeter than cream’, centimetres away from a kiss. And this Laurey is rapt, not judgemental.
An invigorating re-imagination of a classic, changing nothing and everything through innovative interpretation and direction.
8 / 10
The darker elements of the musical are spaced out with moments of relief, brought about by the subplot and the general horniness of the entire cast. The love triangle among Ado Annie (Georgina Onuorah), Will Parker (James Patrick Davis) and Ali Hakim (Stavros Demetraki) is a funfest of sexual desires in a literal sense. There is hardly a moment that these three can keep their hands off each other. The trio are a menace to the audience sitting in the front row, who are the victims of winks, flirtations and also splashes of water.
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Show of the Week: Tickets from £29 for Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 10, 2023
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 10, 2023
Forget what you think it is… this is Rodgers & Hammerstein's masterpiece OKLAHOMA! as you’ve never seen it before! Experience this definitive and widely acclaimed new production now playing in the West End for a strictly limited season following sold-out runs in New York and at the Young Vic.
Sam Palladio and Lizzie Wofford to Join OKLAHOMA! in the West End
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 13, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 13, 2023
New cast members will join the West End transfer of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!
New Cast Members Will Join The Company of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S OKLAHOMA!
by Stephi Wild - April 27, 2023
by Stephi Wild - April 27, 2023
New casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the critically acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!. Joining the company are David King-Yombo as Mike, Paige Peddie as Ado Annie, and Sally Ann Triplett as Aunt Eller.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of OKLAHOMA! West End Transfer at Wyndham's Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 1, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 1, 2023
Check out photos from opening night of Oklahoma! in the West End!
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of the OKLAHOMA! West End Transfer?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 1, 2023
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Seventy-five years after Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text. What did the critics think?
Review: OKLAHOMA!, Wyndham's Theatre
by Laura Jones - March 1, 2023
by Laura Jones - March 1, 2023
There’s been much excitement about the West End transfer of Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma! Following a successful run on Broadway it was inevitable that the West End would be its next stop.
OKLAHOMA! FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long has OKLAHOMA! been running on the West End?
OKLAHOMA! opened at the Wyndham's Theatre on Tuesday Feb 28, 2023 and has now been running for 6 months.
OKLAHOMA! History
Other Productions of OKLAHOMA!
| 1943 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1943 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
| 1947 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 1951 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
| 1951 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
| 1952 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
| 1953 | Broadway |
Off-Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1958 | Off-Broadway |
City Center Revival Off-Broadway |
| 1963 | Off-Broadway |
City Center Revival Off-Broadway |
| 1965 | Off-Broadway |
City Center Revival Off-Broadway |
| 1969 | Broadway |
Lincoln Center Revival Broadway |
| 1979 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1980 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 1992 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
| 1998 | West End |
Royal National Theatre Production West End |
| 2002 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2015 | St. Louis, MO (Regional) |
The Muny 2015 Production St. Louis, MO (Regional) |
| 2018 | Off-Broadway |
St. Ann's Warehouse Production Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2020 | US Tour |
Broadway Revival tour US Tour |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
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