>>> 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