TUTS "Oklahoma" a Deserved Hit

Theatre Under the Stars is back and in full glory.

After a shaky year or two and a new Board and management team, Stanley Park is filled night after night these summer months with families enjoying "Grease" and "Oklahoma."

We saw the first-rate, stellar production of "Oklahoma" last night. Singing, dancing, direction, sets, costumes, musical direction, all gloriously in sync and honoring this wonderful old piece of theatre that, in 1943, revolutionized the form.

And to sit under the stars with popcorn and drinks and the night air and a good blanket over knees and a full house - what could be better?

Well...this:

I'm almost 65 and in all my years of theatre going, I have never before heard (SO LOUDLY) people talking right through the overture. And I'm not talking about just talking. I'm talking shrieking and bellowing. And all my rude stares accomplished nothing.

Somewhere into the second or third song, these 4 female idiots finally became adults (They were all in their 40's or 50's.) and shut up.

Now...having got that off my chest...

Friday is the last performance of "Oklahoma." Last night was justifiably sold out. If you can get a ticket, go!