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First produced toward the end of World War II in 1943 but set in 1906, Oklahoma! celebrates the emergent union, its title song bringing together rival cowmen, farmers, and a Persian peddler to imagine themselves into a future state. The stage action and double-cast characters move fluidly between se...

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2019-06, Vol.71 (2), p.215-217
Main Author: KUFTINEC, SONJA ARSHAM
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Actors
Adrales, May
Armed forces
Boundaries
Dramaturges
Gender
Hendrix, Jimi
Immigrants
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Musical theater
Nagle, Mary Kathryn
Nonfiction
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Persian language
Theater festivals
Woolery, Laurie
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Summary:First produced toward the end of World War II in 1943 but set in 1906, Oklahoma! celebrates the emergent union, its title song bringing together rival cowmen, farmers, and a Persian peddler to imagine themselves into a future state. The stage action and double-cast characters move fluidly between seventeenth- and twenty-first-century Manhattan and present-day Oklahoma, exploring the dynamics of the market, commodity exchange, the violence of securitization and linguistic assimilation, and the meanings of home and family. The production, directed by May Adrales, brings together a set of characters to reclaim the West and the Western as a multicultural realm, including Those No Longer in Servitude (escaped black Mormons), Latter-day Bandits, Paiute, Nuwuvi, Irish Emigrants Now Stranded, and a Survey Team of Anglo botanists, artists, and soldiers.
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.2019.0035