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By Bradley Morris, Urban Tulsa

In the spirit of full disclosure, Lauren McAnulty works at Urban Tulsa Weekly. In the spirit of burlesque dancing, McAnulty and crew will fully disclose a bunch of assets at Thursday’s Boomtown Burlesque show at the IDL Ballroom.

But much more than just a strip club show, burlesque dancing has rejuvenated itself in Tulsa over the last decade or so, and that’s pretty impressive, considering the sexed-up nature of our society and the fact that there’s no nudity or anything really all that shocking in a burlesque show. But we still go to these shows. Why?

Because boobs, man. That’s why. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Friends and Family, Press

Review: Message of Nightingale Theater’s ‘Clean’ is in the eye of the beholder

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By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on May 13, 2013, at 2:26 AM Updated on 5/13/13 at 5:36 AM

Mick Swiney (left), Angela Adams, Lottie Cruncleton, 9, and August Cruncleton, 7, perform in a scene from "Clean," the latest original play by the Midwestern Theater Troupe. JAMES GIBBARD / Tulsa World

Mick Swiney (left), Angela Adams, Lottie Cruncleton, 9, and August Cruncleton, 7, perform in a scene from “Clean,” the latest original play by the Midwestern Theater Troupe. JAMES GIBBARD / Tulsa World

First of all, that the Nightingale Theater presents original, and often determinedly unconventional, theater in this town is worthy of praise. And the troupe’s inventiveness in creating or evoking the worlds in which these visions take place is often startlingly good. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Press, Reviews Tagged With: 50 Swats

‘Clean’ at Nightingale Theater uses writers’ fragments to tell tale of woman’s fading memories

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By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on May 9, 2013, at 2:03 AM Updated on 5/09/13 at 3:05 AM

Mick Swiney (left), Angela Adams, Lottie Cruncleton, 9, and August Cruncleton, 7, perform in a scene from "Clean," the latest original play by the Midwestern Theater Troupe. JAMES GIBBARD / Tulsa World

Mick Swiney (left), Angela Adams, Lottie Cruncleton, 9, and August Cruncleton, 7, perform in a scene from “Clean,” the latest original play by the Midwestern Theater Troupe. JAMES GIBBARD / Tulsa World

It took a lot more effort than usual for the Midwestern Theater Troupe to get “Clean.”

“Clean,” which opens Friday, is the latest product from the writing ensemble known as 50 Swats. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Press, Previews Tagged With: 50 Swats

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