Oklahoma! at the Young Vic – review
Daniel Fish's Tony Award-winning production comes to the UK
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Daniel Fish's Tony Award-winning production comes to the UK
First seen in New York, this revelatory production, now at the Young Vic, interrogates the landmark musical to within an inch of its life
Yet perhaps at no time during its vaunted and venerated history has Oklahoma! been so polarizing as it has become now, thanks to the 2019 Broadway revival directed by Daniel Fish which is touring the provinces. Setting up shop on the expansive stage of Andrew Jackson Hall at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, May 3, for an eight-performance run through next Mother’s Day, Fish’s compelling vision for the timeless work has elicited more heated conversations and varied responses than one might expect from a 79-year-old warhorse of a musical.
Oklahoma! is one of the world's great musicals. But it's also much darker than many realise – as are all of composing duo Rodgers and Hammerstein's shows, writes Natasha Tripney.
At the Young Vic theatre on London's southbank, the old favourite musical Oklahoma! has taken to the stage with a whole new feel. Written…