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Behind-the-scenes rehearsal photos are in for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, coming to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre this month. Oklahoma! starts performances in a few weeks - on 16 February at the Wyndham's Theatre, and will run until 2 September 2023. A talented cast includes Raphael Bushay (Mike), Arthur Darvill (Curly McLain), James Patrick Davis (Will Parker), Stavros Demetraki (Ali Hakim), Greg Hicks (Andrew Carnes), Rebekah Hinds (Gertie Cummings), Anoushka Lucas (Laurey Williams), Marie-Astrid Mence (Lead Dancer), Liza Sadovy (Aunt Eller), Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry), Georgina Onuorah (Ado Annie), and Phillip Olagoke (Cord Elam). The show was a huge hit at the Young Vic last year, and has been completely reimagined for the stage by Broadway's Daniel Fish, originally producing the show in New York where it won a Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. Last year this London production of Oklahoma! won Best Musical at the Evening Standard Awards 2022, and Best Musical Performance for Patrick Vaill, and is nominated for 8 WhatsOnStage awards, including Best Musical Revival. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Choreographer is John Heginbotham, set designers are by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Drew Levy, and projection design by Joshua Thorson. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London Photos: Oklahoma! rehearsals [ngg src="galleries" ids="1016" display="pro_tile"]

The producers of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, have announced final casting for the show's West End transfer to the Wyndham's Theatre in London. Georgina Onuorah and Phillip Olagoke complete the cast as Ado Annie and Cord Elam. Georgina most recently appeared in The Wizard of Oz at the Curve Theatre. Her other credits include Millennials (The Other Palace), Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre) and Dick Whittington (National Theatre). Phillip Olagoke theatre credits includes The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s Theatre), A Number (The Old Vic), Farewell Leicester Square (The Talking Horse at The Place) and David Copperfield (Barn Theatre). As previously announced, reprising their roles from the Young Vic run are Raphael Bushay (Mike), Arthur Darvill (Curly McLain), James Patrick Davis (Will Parker), Stavros Demetraki (Ali Hakim), Greg Hicks (Andrew Carnes), Rebekah Hinds (Gertie Cummings), Anoushka Lucas (Laurey Williams), Marie-Astrid Mence (Lead Dancer), Liza Sadovy (Aunt Eller) and Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry). Oklahoma! will start performances on 16 February at the Wyndham's Theatre, running to 2 September 2023. Photo taken at the Oklahoma! Cast and creatives meet & greet Reimagined for the stage by Daniel Fish, the production played a sold-out run at the Young Vic last year, having previously transferred to Broadway from St. Ann’s Warehouse winning the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. Listed as the most recommended show of 2022 and 2023, the production recently won Best Musical at the Evening Standard Awards 2022, and Best Musical Performance for Patrick Vaill, and is nominated for 8 WhatsOnStage awards, including Best Musical Revival. You can read a round-up of reviews from the Young Vic production here. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Choreographer is John Heginbotham, set designers are by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Drew Levy, and projection design by Joshua Thorson. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London

The Young Vic's acclaimed new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! opens next month in the West End. Watch the latest trailer for the show, which starts performances on 16 February2023 at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, running to 2 September. The cast includes Raphael Bushay (Mike), Arthur Darvill (Curly McLain), James Patrick Davis (Will Parker), Stavros Demetraki (Ali Hakim), Greg Hicks (Andrew Carnes), Rebekah Hinds (Gertie Cummings), Anoushka Lucas (Laurey Williams), Marie-Astrid Mence (Lead Dancer), Liza Sadovy(Aunt Eller) and Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry) - all of whom reprise their roles from the Young Vic production. Further casting is to be announced soon. The show got great reviews at the Young Vic including Five Stars from The Telegraph ("Punchy, playful and sexy, this Oklahoma! is an absolute knockout") and four stars the Evening Standard, TimeOut, and The Guardian. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Choreographer is John Heginbotham, set designers are by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Drew Levy, and projection design by Joshua Thorson. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London Watch: Oklahoma! trailer

The 66th annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards have been announced in London. The winners were announced at a ceremony at The Ivy restaurant in London last night, 11 December 2022. This is the first Evening Standard Theatre Awards since 2019 due to the pandemic, and the eligibility covered shows on the London stage between 20 May 2021 and 13 October 2022. This year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards nominations were announced in October. The awards were hosted by Sheridan Smith, who is about to return to the West End to star in Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York's Theatre, and Evening Standard owner Lord Lebedev. Oklahoma! took home Best Musical at the awards. The show was a five-star hit at the Young Vic, and transfers into the West End's Wyndham's Theatre from 16 February 2023. Best Musical Performance also went to Oklahoma! and one of its stars, Patrick Vaill, who returns in the role of Jud Fry when the show transfers. Play of the Year went to Best of Enemies by James Graham, which is now playing at the Noel Coward Theatre in London starring Zachary Quinto and David Harewood. Jodie Comer won the the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress for her role in Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter Theatre, presented to her by her close friend and mentor, actor Stephen Graham. James McAvoy won the Best Actor gong for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac, also at the Harold Pinter Theatre, and previously the Playhouse Theatre. Lynette Linton, director of Blues For An Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage at the National Theatre, took home the Milton Shulman Award for Best Director, presented by director Josie Rourke and actor Martha Plimpton, who are both currently working on As You Like It at the new @sohoplace theatre. Nica Burns, co-owner of the Nimax Theatres group, and owner of @sohoplace, received a Special Award recognising her support of London theatre during the pandemic. Another Special Award went to actor Dame Vanessa Redgrave, who also campaigned for the arts during the lockdowns. The Best Design Award went to Tom Scutt for Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre. Isobel McArthur won the Emerging Talent Award for Pride & Prejudice (sort of), which played at the Criterion Theatre. Tyrell Williams won the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright, for his coming-of-age story Red Pitch. Tyrell also recently picked up the Royal Court’s 53rd George Devine Award for new playwrights for the same play, with a £15,000 prize. The Evening Standard Award also comes with a donation from Anna Wintour. The awards are judged by a panel of critics and editors; this year they were: Baz Bamigboye (Deadline) , Sarah Crompton (critic for Whats On Stage), Nick Curtis (critic for the Evening Standard), Farah Najib (playwright), Alice Saville (theatre critic) and Matt Wolf (critic for the New York Times) and it was chaired by Evening Standard Culture Editor Nancy Durrant This article has been updated to list the judges of this year's awards.

The producers of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, have announced casting for the show's West End run. Oklahoma! will start performances on 16 February at the Wyndham's Theatre, running to 2 September 2023. The production played at the Young Vic earlier this year to five-star acclaim. Reprising their roles from the run at the Young Vic are Raphael Bushay (Mike), Arthur Darvill (Curly McLain), James Patrick Davis (Will Parker), Stavros Demetraki (Ali Hakim), Greg Hicks (Andrew Carnes), Rebekah Hinds (Gertie Cummings), Anoushka Lucas (Laurey Williams), Marie-Astrid Mence (Lead Dancer), Liza Sadovy(Aunt Eller) and Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry). Further casting is to be announced soon, and there no news on whether Marisha Wallace is set to return as Ado Annie. New poster art has also been revealed for the show, ahead of its West End premiere in February. The production is currently nominated for four Evening Standard Awards, including for Best Musical, Best Director and Best Musical Performance for Vaill. Life of Pi, which is currently playing at the Wyndham's, will close on 15 January 2023. The show got great reviews at the Young Vic including Five Stars from The Telegraph ("Punchy, playful and sexy, this Oklahoma! is an absolute knockout") and four stars the Evening Standard, TimeOut, and The Guardian. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Choreographer is John Heginbotham, set designers are by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Drew Levy, and projection design by Joshua Thorson. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London

The Evening Standard in London has announced the nominations for its 66th annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2022. The awards return this year after a two year break because of Covid. The winners will be announced on 12 December 2022, after a private dinner on 11 December. Best Musical nominees include Oklahoma!, (main photo) which started at the Young Vic Theatre and transfers to the Wyndham's Theatre in February 2023; Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club; Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre; Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, which finishes up at the Lyric Theatre on 8 January 2023; and Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre. Oklahoma! is nominated for five awards, with Cabaret nominated for four. The National Theatre is nominated for seven awards, with the Young Vic getting six, and The Old Vic, four. The Best Play shortlist ranges from another Young Vic smash-hit - Best of Enemies by James Graham, which is also transferring into the West End - this time to the Noel Coward Theatre from 14 November 2022; to Indecent by Paula Vogel at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Red Pitch by Tyrell Williams at the Bush Theatre; The Father and the Assassin by Anupama Chandrasekhar at the National Theatre; and The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles at the Gielgud Theatre. Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev said: “I am thrilled that we are able to celebrate the best of London theatre after two difficult years. It’s a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of our creatives that they were able to continue making brilliant shows in the toughest of times.” Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2022 - Nominations Best Design Tom Scutt, Cabaret (Kit Kat Club / Playhouse Theatre) Es Devlin, A Number (Old Vic) and The Crucible (National Theatre) Felix Barrett, Livi Vaughan and Beatrice Minns for The Burnt City (One Cartridge Place) Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, Oklahoma! (Young Vic Theatre) Tim Hatley, Back to the Future (Adelphi)/ Life of Pi (Wyndham's Theatre - with Finn Caldwell) Promising Playwright Tyrell Williams, Red Pitch (Bush Theatre) Dipo Baruwa-Etti, an unfinished man (Yard Theatre) Waleed Akhtar, The P Word (Bush Theatre) Igor Memic, Old Bridge (Bush Theatre) Bess Wohl, Camp Siegfried (Old Vic Theatre) Emerging Talent Isobel McArthur, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (Criterion Theatre) Terique Jarrett, Daddy (Almeida Theatre) Francis Lovehall, Red Pitch (Bush Theatre) Lizzie Annis, The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York's Theatre) Daniel Raggett, Anna X (Harold Pinter Theatre) Best Director Jamie Lloyd, The Seagull and Cyrano de Bergerac (Harold Pinter Theatre) Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, Oklahoma! (Young Vic Theatre) Lynette Linton, Blues for an Alabama Sky (National Theatre) Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (Playhouse) Katie Mitchell, little scratch (Hampstead Theatre) Best Musical Oklahoma! (Young Vic Theatre) Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre) Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre) Get Up Stand Up! (Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue) Spring Awakening (Almeida Theatre) Best Musical Performance Jessie Buckley, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre) Arinzé Kene, Get Up Stand Up! (Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue) Sutton Foster, Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre) Patrick Vaill, Oklahoma! (Young Vic Theatre) Marisha Wallace, Oklahoma! (Young Vic Theatre) Best Actor Paapa Essiedu, A Number (Old Vic Theatre) James McAvoy, Cyrano de Bergerac (Harold Pinter Theatre) Shubham Saraf, The Father and the Assassin (National Theatre) Lennie James, A Number (Old Vic Theatre) Giles Terera, Blues for an Alabama Sky (National Theatre) Best Actress Jodie Comer, Prima Facie (Harold Pinter Theatre) Samira Wiley, Blues for an Alabama Sky (National Theatre) Indira Varma, The Seagull (Harold Pinter Theatre) Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Blues for An Alabama Sky (National Theatre) Sheila Atim, Constellations (Vaudeville Theatre) Best Play Best of Enemies by James Graham (Young Vic Theatre) Indecent by Paula Vogel (Menier Chocolate Factory) Red Pitch by Tyrell Williams (Bush Theatre) The Father and the Assassin by Anupama Chandrasekhar (National Theatre) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles (Gielgud Theatre)

Book tickets to Oklahoma! at the Wyndham's Theatre with our exclusive pre-sale 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 sold-out runs at the Young Vic in London, and in New York. This visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the original text. ★★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★★ Metro ★★★★★ Express ★★★★★ FT Book tickets >

The producers of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which played at the Young Vic earlier this year and is transferring to the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End, has set dates for the show's run. Oklahoma! will run from 16 February to 2 September 2023 at the Wyndham's Theatre. Life of Pi, which is currently playing at the Wyndham's, will close on 15 January 2023. There's still no news on casting, but Oklahoma! at the Young Vic starred Arthur Darvill as Curly McLain, with Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, James Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Olivier Award nominee Liza Sadovy as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry and Marisha Wallace as Ado Annie. The show got great reviews at the Young Vic including Five Stars from The Telegraph ("Punchy, playful and sexy, this Oklahoma! is an absolute knockout") and four stars the Evening Standard, TimeOut, and The Guardian. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Choreographer is John Heginbotham, set designers are by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Drew Levy, and projection design by Joshua Thorson. Producers Eva Price, Sonia Friedman and Michael Harrison said in a statement: "Very occasionally a production comes along that redefines a classic musical for a generation – Daniel Fish's revelatory reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece Oklahoma! will be forever stamped in the memories of those that see it. After a hugely successful sold-out run at the Young Vic, we're thrilled to transfer Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! to the West End in its 80th anniversary year and bring the production to the wider UK audience it deserves." Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London

Producers of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which played the Young Vic in the Summer, have announced that the show is to transfer. It is heading to the Wyndham's Theatre from February 2023. Current show at the Wyndham's - Life of Pi - finishes up there on 15 January 2023. There's no news on casting, but the Young Vic show starred Arthur Darvill as Curly McLain, with Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, James Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Olivier Award nominee Liza Sadovy as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry and Marisha Wallace as Ado Annie. At the Young Vic the show scooped an impressive amount of great reviews including ★★★★★ "Punchy, playful and sexy, this Oklahoma! is an absolute knockout" - The Telegraph; ★★★★ "The best revival yet" - Evening Standard, ★★★★ "This radical Rodgers & Hammerstein revival lives up to the thirsty hype" - TimeOut, and ★★★★ "Modern, sexy... injects thrills into a familiar musical, making it feel newly minted" - The Guardian. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Choreographer is John Heginbotham, set designers are by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Drew Levy, and projection design by Joshua Thorson. Producers Eva Price, Sonia Friedman and Michael Harrison said in a statement: "Very occasionally a production comes along that redefines a classic musical for a generation – Daniel Fish's revelatory reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece Oklahoma! will be forever stamped in the memories of those that see it. After a hugely successful sold-out run at the Young Vic, we're thrilled to transfer Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! to the West End in its 80th anniversary year and bring the production to the wider UK audience it deserves." Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London Photos of Oklahoma! at the Young Vic [ngg src="galleries" ids="794" display="pro_tile"] Photos by Marc Brenner

A reviews roundup for the new Young Vic production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! Daniel Fish's acclaimed New York revival of Oklahoma! has opened at the Young Vic Theatre. Running until 25 June 2022 in London, this production originally premiered at the Richard B. Fisher Center in upstate New York in 2015, ahead of its New York premiere at St. Ann's Warehouse in 2018, winning a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Arthur Darvill stars as Curly McLain, with Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, James Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Olivier Award nominee Liza Sadovy as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry and Marisha Wallace as Ado Annie. The cast is complete with Raphael Bushay as Mike, Greg Hicks as Andrew Carnes, Rebekah Hinds as Gertie Cummings, Ashley Samuels as Cord Elam, and Marie Mence as the lead dancer. The creative team for Oklahoma! is co-directors Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations, Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci, Choreography by John Heginbotham, Co-Set Design by Laura Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, Costume Design by Terese Wadden, Lighting Design by Scott Zielinski, Sound Design by Drew Levy, Projection Design by Joshua Thorson, Musical Director Tom Brady and Casting by Jacob Sparrow, with Associate Choreographer Shelby Williams Assistant Director Nimmo Ismail, Associate Costume Designer Rachel Townsend, Associate Lighting Designer Fiffi Thorsteinsson, Associate Musical Director Huw Evans, Dialect Coach Sam Lilja and Orchestral Manager David Gallagher. Read reviews from the Guardian, TimeOut, The Times, i News and more. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London

Producers of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at the Young Vic have released more production images of the show. Daniel Fish's acclaimed New York revival of Oklahoma! opens this Thursday 5 May 2022, and runs until 25 June. The show stars Arthur Darvill stars as Curly McLain, with Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, James Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Olivier Award nominee Liza Sadovy as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry and Marisha Wallace as Ado Annie. Oklahoma! is co-directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations, Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London Photos of Oklahoma! [ngg src="galleries" ids="794" display="pro_tile"]

The cast has been revealed for the forthcoming Young Vic production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! Daniel Fish's striking New York revival of the show is coming to the Young Vic from 26 April to 25 June 2022. This production originally premiered at the Richard B. Fisher Center in upstate New York in 2015, ahead of its New York premiere at St. Ann's Warehouse in 2018, winning a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Arthur Darvill has been cast as Curly McLain, alongside Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, James Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Olivier Award nominee Liza Sadovy as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry and Marisha Wallace as Ado Annie. The cast is complete with Raphael Bushay as Mike, Greg Hicks as Andrew Carnes, Rebekah Hinds as Gertie Cummings, Ashley Samuels as Cord Elam, and Marie Mence as the lead dancer. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London [ngg src="galleries" ids="765" display="pro_tile"] The show promises to present Oklahoma! as you've never seen it before, completely re-orchestrated and reimagined. Seventy-five years after Rodgers and Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text. Oklahoma! tells the story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. The creative team for Oklahoma! consists of co-directors Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations, Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci, Choreography by John Heginbotham, Co-Set Design by Laura Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, Costume Design by Terese Wadden, Lighting Design by Scott Zielinski, Sound Design by Drew Levy, Projection Design by Joshua Thorson, Musical Director Tom Brady and Casting by Jacob Sparrow, with Associate Choreographer Shelby Williams Assistant Director Nimmo Ismail, Associate Costume Designer Rachel Townsend, Associate Lighting Designer Fiffi Thorsteinsson, Associate Musical Director Huw Evans, Dialect Coach Sam Lilja and Orchestral Manager David Gallagher. Arthur Darvill told the press today that: "I am thrilled to be pulling up my cowboy boots and joining the cast of Oklahoma. This is one of those parts that comes along once in a lifetime. I feel very lucky indeed to be working on this groundbreaking production with such an extraordinary group of people." Anoushka Lukas said: "I feel so incredibly lucky to be playing Laurey in such a fresh, raw and original production of one of my all time favourite musicals. I grew up watching Oklahoma on screen and on stage, so the fact that I now get to be part of this magnificent reimagining (and at the Young Vic!) is a dream come true. I cannot wait." Patrick Vaill said: "I can't wait to share this story and Daniel's staggering vision of it with this cast and with audiences here. To perform in the UK and at the Young Vic at all, let alone in this production that is so thrilling to play and that I believe in so deeply, is an honor and a privilege beyond even my most wishful thinking. I think it'll be a powerful experience." Oklahoma! is produced by the Young Vic, Broadway's Eva Price, and West End producers Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Harrison. Currently playing at the Young Vic is The Collaboration to get Broadway transfer, new movie version starring Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope

Stage Spy News: The Young Vic announced last week that the 2019 Broadway production of Oklahoma! is to be staged in London, helmed by the Broadway production's director Daniel Fish. But the co-producers of the show aren't your everyday partners, with the original Broadway producer Eva Price involved, plus West End producer/impresario Sonia Friedman Productions and high-profile London producer Michael Harrison. The Young Vic run is a short but sweet 2 months (26 April to 25 June 2022), so we are assuming, and hoping, and praying, that the show will move on to somewhere bigger, and for longer, in Summer 2022. Sonia Friedman is arguably today's most important and prolific West End producer, with a long track-record of producing successful musicals and plays in London. Her current productions in the West End include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre; The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre; The Shark is Broken at the Ambassadors Theatre; and starting tonight, 3 December, at the Bush Theatre, Fair Play written by Ella Road. Forthcoming shows from Sonia Friedman include Ruth Wilson in The Human Voice at the Harold Pinter Theatre from March 2022; To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre starring Rafe Spall from March 2022; Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre from April 2022 starring Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook; Robert Icke's production of Oedipus; and Mark Rylance in Dr Semmelweis at the Bristol Old Vic from January. Sonia Friedman Productions is also active in the US, producing Funny Girl on Broadway in March 2022 starring Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice and Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein, plus a US tour of Mean Girls. Michael Harrison is one of the West End's key producers through his Michael Harrison Entertainment company. His productions currently include Beverly Knight musical The Drifter's Girl at the Garrick Theatre; and forthcoming festive treat Pantoland at the Palladium starring Donny Osmond and Julian Clary; and the UK tour of Disney musical Bedknobs and Broomsticks, which is also rumoured to be coming into the London at some point. Harrison also produced the recent revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jospeh and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the London Palladium. Eva Price is a multi Tony Award winning producer, through her Maximum Entertainment Productions with Avram Freedberg. Current productions on Broadway include Jagged Little Pill at the Broadhurst Theatre; Tina - The Tina Turner Musical; and Dear Evan Hansen; and the US tours of Oklahoma! and What The Constitution Means To Me. We have everything crossed that Oklahoma! will get a longer run in the West End! (Main image: Broadway production of Oklahoma!) Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London

Classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! is returning to London this Spring. Coming to the Young Vic for a strictly limited season from 26 April to 25 June 2021, the show is a transfer of the 2019 smash-hit Broadway revival of the show. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Fish, the production has been completely re-staged and re-orchestrated for the 21st century. The production won a Tony Award in 2019 for Best Revival of a Musical. It was originally developed, produced and premiered at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in New York in July 2015. It was then re-developed and produced by St. Ann’s Warehouse and Eva Price at the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Theater, Brooklyn, NY, in Autumn 2018, before transferring to Broadway, to enjoy a 328-performance run at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The musical is coming to the Young Vic as a co-production with Broadway mega-producer Eva Price, and West End producers Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Harrison. Alongside Daniel Fish as director, the creative team includes Orchestrations, Arrangements & Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger, choreography by John Heginbotham, set design by Laura Jellinek, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting design by Scott Zielinski, sound design by Drew Levy, projection designer by Joshua Thorson, casting director by Jacob Sparrow, associate director by Jordan Fein and associate set designer by Grace Laubacher. No word yet on casting, or if the production is going to transfer into the West End. Oklahoma! has music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It's based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. The original production of Oklahoma! opened at the St. James Theatre in New York on 31 March 1943. News of Oklahoma! comes as the Young Vic announces its new 2022 Spring Season at the theatre, including new play The Collaboration starring Jeremy Pope and Paul Bettany. Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London (Main image: the 2019 Broadway production)

The Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre in London, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has announced the venue's forthcoming Spring 2022 season. The productions include The Collaboration, a new play written by Anthony McCarten and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, which explores the complex and captivating relationship between Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. The play will star Broadway actor Jeremy Pope (Choir Boy, Ain't Too Proud) and Paul Bettany (The Avengers, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) as the artists. Jeremy Pope Paul Bettany Jeremy Pope and Paul Bettany in The Collaboration Also at the Young Vic next Spring is the Broadway transfer of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! The Tony Award winning revival of Oklahoma! is reimagined for the 21st Century by Tony Award winner Daniel Fish, proving to be a provocative and probing new production. Read more about the new production of Oklahoma! at the Young Vic. The Young Vic's production of Best of Enemies, a co-production with Headlong, starts tomorrow 4 December at the theatre until 22 January 2022. A new play by James Graham (Quiz, Labour of Love), directed by Jeremy Herrin (This House, People, Places and Things), Best of Enemies stars Charles Edwards and David Harewood. In the theatre's Clare Theatre space, Deirdre McLaughlin, who is the 2021 Genesis Future Director Award recipient, directs a new play. Also five plays will bring together five directors and five writers, to make five-minute plays, with James Barnes, David Furlong, David Gilbert, Abigail Sewell and Khadifa Wong directing works by Babirye Bukilwa, Gael Le Cornec, Martin Crimp, Erinn Dhesi and Mufaro Makubika. Following over twenty years supporting early-career artists, the Young Vic's Directors Program will be reimagined as the Creators Program, a home for multi-disciplinary, anti-disciplinary and hybrid artists. Creative Headspace #2 will see the Young Vic support up to 50 members of the Genesis Network with a paid opportunity to be creative on the Young Vic's TikTok channel, with support and workshops on working in the medium. Kwame Kwei-Armah said in a statement to the press: "There is a moment at the beginning of every theatre show when you and your fellow audience take a collective breath before diving into a story that could change you or your perspective irrevocably. To my mind, the work and projects announced today channel this energy. As we offer them, I ask that together we take a breath, listen carefully, and be open to reimagining what we thought we knew. Kwame Kwei-Armah (c) Johan Persson "Tony Award-winning Oklahoma! unlocks a fresh perspective on a great American musical, whilst The Collaboration invites us behind the iconography and fame, and inside the intimate friendship between two artists. These stories ask us to lean in closely and challenge our preconceptions. "At the same time, Sue Emmas and the Directors Program take an exciting new step: rebranding as the Creators Program. This new iteration innovates how we support anti-disciplinary and hybrid theatre-makers' work and self-expression - as just one example, we launch Creative Headspace #2 by inviting artists to explore the medium of TikTok. We also take this moment to celebrate the 100 writers and directors who have participated in Five Plays, as we announce the latest group of artists to experiment with their craft in our house. Later next year Deirdre McLaughlin, our 2021 Genesis Future Directors Award recipient, will be supported to make a fully-resourced production at the Young Vic. "Across all our work, we safeguard our accessible ticket pricing model, despite the financial challenges of the last 18 months, with 10% of tickets going free to schools, community members who experience barriers to access and early-career artists. Our commitment to channeling our work in the digital space continues, and we will be sharing more information about how audiences around the UK and globally can join us soon. "So, I invite you to join us- whether you're an artist, audience member or supporter - as together we take the bold step of inhabiting someone else's world, receiving their perspective and being open to change. We'll see you there as the lights go down - it's going to be thrilling." Book Oklahoma! tickets at the Wyndham's Theatre in London Book tickets to Best of Enemies at the Noel Coward Theatre in London