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See Oklahoma Musical For Free - Feb 23-25 at Wesleyan School
Enjoy one of the longest running plays in Broadway history! See Oklahoma! at Wesleyan School on Feb 23, 24 & 25, Admission is FREE, but reservations are required.
Opening on Broadway in 1943, Oklahoma! was the first musical written by the team of Rodgers & Hammerstein. It is an adaptation of a rual folk drama "Green Grow the Lilacs". This simple tale of cowhands and farmers finding love and community in the Oklahoma territory in 1906 caught the imagination and patriotic passion of wartime America. Laurey, a spunky girl who runs her aunt's farm, is courted by two very different young men: Curly, an brash cowhand, and Jud, a surly, pathological farmhand. Her journey to find the man of her dreams and the satisfaction of settling down with the right one (it's Curly, if you hadn't guessed) underscores the journey of the territory toward statehood.
In the decade before "Oklahoma!" opened, not a single hit show ran over 500 performances; "Oklahoma!" ran for 2,212. The 1955 movie adaptation won an Academy Award. Even the songs broke out to achieve extraordinary popularity. The love song "People Will Say We're in Love" was a number-one song in 1943 and "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" also topped the charts. "Oklahoma!" was more than a hit -- it was the first real phenomenon in modern Broadway history.
Bring the whole family to see this beloved musical at The Powell Theater on the Wesleyan School Campus located at 5405 Spalding Drive, Norcross 30092. Performances are: Thurs, Feb 23 at 7pm; Fri, Feb 24 at 4:30pm; and Sat, Feb 25 at 2pm. Admission is FREE for all performances but but reservations are required. Click HERE. Note, when making reservations, just click through any price info. It really is FREE!! For more information call 770-448-7640.
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