>>> IT MAY HAVE PREMIERED ON

PRODUCT WAY THIS 1943 BUT STILL

ROPES IN AWED YNSS.

HEDY WEISS IS HERE TO REVIEW

ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S

OKLAHOMA AND OTHER HIGHLY

RECOMMENDED SHOWS.

HOW MANY PRODUCTIONS OF OKLAHOMA

HAVE YOU SEEN.

WHAT MAKES THIS ONE DIFFERENT?

>> PEOPLE ROLL THEIR EYES WHEN

YOU SAY OKLAHOMA.

FIRST OF ALL ROGERS AND

HAMMERSTEIN WERE JAPANESEYUSES

AND IT IS A BRILL KRANT SHOW.

AND THIS GEORGE PLACE DID

PRODUCTIONINGS THAT I THINK

OUTRANK MEN BROADWAY REVIVALS.

AND THEY HAVE A GREAT ORGANIZE

STRA, THEY HAVE A REAL

ORCHESTRA, WHICH SOMETIMES THESE

DAYS YOU MAY NOT FIND ON

BROADWAY AND FABULOUS VOICES.

WE HEAR IN A CLIP, THAT IS A

MONTAGE AND IF YOU HEAR KAURLY'S

VOICE, YOU WILL NEVER HEAR

ANYTHING TO BEAUTIFUL.

♪ PLENTY OF HOPES

OKLAHOMA WHERE THE WIND COMES

SWEEPING DOWN THE PLAIN

AND THE WAVE AND WHEAT SURE

SMELL SWEET WHEN THE WIND COMES

AROUND THE RAIN

OKLAHOMA EVERY NIGHT MY HONEY

AND I SIT ALONE AND TALK AND

WATCH THE HAWK MAKING LAZY

CIRCLES IN THE SKY ♪

>> HE HAS A GREAT VOICE.

I GOOGLED HIM THIS AFTERNOON, HE

IS FROM OKLAHOMA.

>> NOT ONLY THAT, HE PROPOSED TO

HIS CO-STAR THERE, ON OPENING

NIGHT AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT,

SO A COUPLE OF STAGE AND

OFFSTAGE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY WHEN HE WALKS

DOWN THE AISLE SINGING OH WHAT A

BEAUTIFUL MORNING, ONE OF THE

MOST THRILLING MOMENTS, THE

VOICE IS AMAZING.

>> YOU SAY IT IS A MUST-SEE

PRODUCTION.

AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.

BACK TO THE HISTORY OF THE PAR

MONTH THEATER.

THEY ARE ON A ROLL, AREN'T THEY?

>> SIXTEEN NO, MA'AMMIATIONS

THAT WE WILL KNOW ABOUT BUT MORE

THAN THAT, THEY FIGURED OUT HOW

DO DO IT RIGHT.

THEY ALMOST THERE 30,000

DESCRIBE DESCRIBERS AND THAT IS

A REAL COUP, THE LEVEL, IT COULD

BE OPERA HOUSE OR BROADWAY,

SPECTACULAR.

THEY SPEND COMMON BUT IT IS NOT

JUST MONEY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT

ALWAYS THE THING.

THEY HAVE FABULOUS TALL SENT, A

BRILLIANT JOB THERE.

ANOTHER PRODUCTION THAT YOU

THINK HIGHLY OF, THE SCOTTSBORO

BOYS.

A STUNNER.

TELL US ABOUT IT AT RAVEN

THEATER, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT

THEM MUCH, AND THEY DO VERY GOOD

WORK.

YOU CAN TELL THIS STORY ABOUT

THE BLACK BOYS IN THE 19

THIRD'S, TEENAGERS WHO GOT

RAILROADED INTO WHAT HAS BECOME

A NOTORIOUS CASE.

YOU COULD HAVE TOLD IT AS A

DOCUMENT TRY BUT WHAT THEY DO

IS, IT IS A VAUDEVILLE AND SO

YOU GET THE SECURE BITING EDGE,

IT IS REALLY GOOD, CAST OF NINE

YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTORS,

SUPERB.

WE HAVE A CLIP, IN WHICH WE SEE

THEM DOING THE VAUDEVILLE

VERSION OF HOW THEY GOT

RAILROADED.

♪ SECOND ONLY TO THE CIRCUS AS

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

THAN IT WAS LIKE WALKING INTO A

DREAM WHERE I WAS KBREETSED BY

THE PEOPLE AND TOLD

CONGRATULATIONS,

>> YOU CAN SEE DANCING AND

TRADITIONAL SONGS THAT WE SING

ARGS BRILLIANT RETELLING THE

STORY AND GOOD TO BE REMINDED OF

THIS CASE.

AND NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE

MUSICAL THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.

THERE IS A MUSICAL DONE ON

BROADLY WAY BRIEFLY AND IT

HASN'T GOTTEN TO CHICAGO YET BUT

I COULD NOT SEE THAT THERE WOULD

BE ANYTHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE

ARE SEE AT RAVEN.

AND THE REBEL, WORLDS PREMIERE,

TELL BUS THAT.

>> A WORLD PREMIERE, BUT, REVEL

WITH A V.

HOUSE THEATER IN CHICAGO,

ASSOCIATE ENSEMBLE GROUP.

THIS IS BASED ON THE ANCIENT

GREEK DRAMA THE BACCHAE.

IT IS HE INVENTEDDED BY PUTTING

IT IN 1 NINE 30'S APPALACHIA.

AND INSTEAD OF BEING ABOUT THE

GOD THAT LURESED WOMAN UP TO

MOUNT A PEOPLE PUSS THIS IS

ABOUT A PREACHER WHO WOOS THE

UNHAPPY WOMEN THIS THE TOWN TO A

MOUNTIAN IN THE APPALACHIANS.

WE HAVE A SCENE IN WHICH WE SEE

THE SHERIFF LEARN HIS OWN WIFE

IS AMONG THOSE TAKEN UP TO THE

MOUNTIAN.

>> THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING?

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING

SHERIFF.

I DON'T KNOW.

WHETHER KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON

UP THERE.

>> I'M NOT THE SHERIFF.

THAT IS YOUR JOB.

I HAVE TO SEE IF I CAN GET THE

BANK TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK OR SEE

IF THE FACTORY CAN GET GOING.

BUT YOU'RE THE SHERIFF.

>> HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN UP

THERE

>> ALL DAMN DAY.

I HEAR NEAR DRINKING.

MY WAIVE DRINKS.

>> WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IS YOU

SEE THIS FANTASTIC CLOG DANCING

AND AMAZING MUSIC AND THIS

REMOVABLE SET WITH PLANNINGS AND

YOU GET THE SENSE OF THE

MOUNTIAN AND THE TOWN, AND IT IS

A VERY VIBRANT PRODUCTION, AND

NOT GREEK TO ME, IT IS FUN.

>> EVERY TROUK I HAVE SEEN AT

THE HOUSE THEATER IS HIGH LYNN

INVENTIVE.

>> VERY PHYSICAL.

THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE THE

SPACE AND HOW TO DESIGN SETS

THAT ALMOST HAD A CINEMATIC

QUALITY.

>> THE NEXT ONE IS A PRICE A

REVIVALAL OF SORTS, AN ARTHUR

MILLER PLAY.

ABOUT TWO ESTRANGED BROTHERS,

ONE IS A COP AND ONE IS A

SUCCESSFUL SURGEON AND THEY HAD

A RIFT EARLIER ON THAT HAS TO DO

WITH THE FATHER.

THE FATHER IS DEAD AND THEY HAVE

TO GET RID ALL OF THE FURNITURE

AND ANTIQUES AND THIS BRINGS

THEM TOGETHER BRIEFLY, AND THE

GREAT CHARACTER IN THIS

PRODUCTION WHICH IS DIRECTED BY

LOU CONTI, THE ACTOR

MIKE

NUSSBAUM.

HE PLAYS AN ANTIQUE DEALER AND

HE REALLY DWEENT TO BUY IT BUT

HE WANTS SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR,

THE MOST FANTASTIC CHARACTER

ROLE THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE, IF

YOU DIDN'T CATCH HIM, YOU ARE

REALLY MISSING SOMETHING.

WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION WHERE

THE BROTHERS SQUABBLE, AND YES I

THINK YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF

MIKE NUSSBAUM.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT

WHY, IT IS ALL OVER THE DAM.

HE CASS COME TO YOU IN GOOD

FAITH.

I CAN'T SEE WHY YOU CAN'T

CONSIDER THE OFFER.

YOU ARE TURNING IT DOWN.

GOOD GOD, WHAT IS SO DREADFUL

ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH.

CAN IT BE WORSE THAN THIS?

>> WHAT TRUTH?

>> FOR GOOD'S SAKE...

>> I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK I

COULDN'T MAKE IT.

I'LL DO IT.

>> THERE IS A REASON MY TIMELINE

IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A NEW

THEATER AT THE SCHOOL UP IN

ANDERSONVILLE, WORKING ON DOING

THIS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE