Swain, Joseph P. The Broadway Musical: A Critical and Musical Survey. Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2002, pp. 103–06 The Farmer and the Cowman" – Andrew Carnes, Aunt Eller, Curly, Gertie Cummings, Will, Ado Annie, Laurey, Ike Skidmore, Cord Elam & Ensemble Available until the end of the weekend via this link (it's a bit hit-and-miss via mobile, we've found), the piece also stars Peter Polycarpou and Maureen Lipman, with direction by Trevor Nunn and choreography by Susan Stroman.

O'Dell, Cary. " Oklahoma! Original cast recording 1943", 2003, Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2021 Wilk, Max. OK! The Story of Oklahoma!: A Celebration of America's Most Beloved Musical. Rev. ed. New York: Applause Books, 2002. ISBN 1-55783-555-1 Kantor, Michael and Maslon, Laurence. Broadway: The American Musical. New York: Bullfinch Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8212-2905-2 Oklahoma! was one of the first of many revivals of classic American musicals that Nunn produced as the then-artistic director of the National Theatre. The mounting was praised as a fresh rethinking of a classic; the interpretation's major shift with the past involved Stroman's choreography. Stroman was hired with the understanding that she would redesign the famed Act One ballet sequence from the ground up, eschewing Agnes DeMille's famous work. In Stroman and Nunn's conception, the actors danced in the show's dream ballets, a break with the tradition of when a "Dream Laurey" and "Dream Curly" would be cast.

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Brantley, Ben. "This Time, a Beautiful Mornin' With a Dark Side", The New York Times, March 22, 2002, Section E, p. 1 Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie. Kissel, Howard. "Oh, What a Beautiful Revival of a Pure Prairie Classic" [ permanent dead link]. New York Daily News, March 22, 2002 Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Leo’ on Netflix, in Which Adam Sandler Voices a Lizard Who's Also a Child Psychologist

Trafalgar Releasing, in partnership with Concord Originals and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, present the screenings, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the musical's groundbreaking 1943 premiere. Rosemary Harris / Marin Mazzie / Terrence McNally / Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company / Jason Michael Webb / Harold Wheeler (2019)Bordman, Gerald and Thomas Hischak, eds. "Kern, Jerome (David)". The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, third edition, Oxford University Press 2004. Oxford Reference Online, accessed May 15, 2010 (requires subscription) Di Placido, Dani. " Euphoria Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: 'Heartache and Headache'", Forbes, January 26, 2022 Gillinson, Miriam. " Oklahoma! review – an invigorating take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic", The Guardian, May 6, 2022 Robert De Niro Slams Apple And Gotham Awards For Censoring His Anti-Trump Remarks: "How Dare They Do That" Chris Evans' Dog Adorably Interrupts His Interview With 'The View': "He Needs To Be The Center Of Attention"

Nightingale, Benedict. "'Oklahoma!' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex". The Times, June 26, 2009

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a b Maslon, Laurence. How Oklahoma! revolutionized the cast album, The New York Times, July 10, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2021 Salam, Maya (June 9, 2019). "Ali Stroker Accepts Tony in a Wheelchair, Making History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved June 10, 2019.