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By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer on Apr 5, 2012, at 2:21 AM Updated on 4/05/12 at 4:04 AM
Rob and Lynn Robertson rock their vintage fashions for the ’80s Prom. Tulsa World file
Perhaps Tulsa’s biggest annual party, ’80s Prom celebrates its 10-year class reunion.
Helmed by local DJs Lynn and Rob Robertson for most of those years, it’s exploded from a gathering of 100 or so retro-loving music lovers to sold-out blowouts of 1,000 or more people. [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Sep 8, 2011, at 2:06 AM Updated on 9/08/11 at 2:38 AM
Julie Tattershall in the Williams Theater. KELLY KERR / Tulsa World
Why go see live theater in Tulsa?
The simple answer is: Because you’ll experience something you won’t see anywhere else.
Unless you’re talking about the musical “Urinetown.” Tulsans will have a couple of chances to see that show this season.
But for the most part, those looking for something completely different in the realm of entertainment will find something to interest them in the many and diverse offerings of Tulsa’s local theater companies. [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Jun 23, 2011, at 2:26 AM Updated on 6/23/11 at 5:14 AM
Deborah Hunter / Courtesy
“Everyone has a story,” says Tulsa poet Deborah J. Hunter, “and you can’t hate people once you know their stories. I try to tell those stories — as often as possible to as many people who will watch and listen.”
Poetry for Tulsa writer and actor Deborah J. Hunter has always been something more than words artfully arranged on a page. [Read more…]
By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer on May 12, 2011, at 2:25 AM Updated on 5/12/11 at 2:51 AM
Sara Cruncleton plays Amy in “Blood Relations” at the Nightingale Theater. MATT BARNARD / Tulsa World
It’s nearly 30 years since Michael Wright wrote “Blood Relations,” the first of his plays that the applied professor of creative writing, theater and film at the University of Tulsa saw produced onstage.
The dark comedy – a man leaves his wife and takes their son, unaware that she’s pregnant with another child, who as a man comes looking for his father – is memorable to Wright for several reasons. The most obvious is that the 1983 Washington, D.C., production won him a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Mar 13, 2011, at 3:48 AM Updated on 3/13/11 at 7:00 AM
David Virili, president of Theater Tulsa, waves the winner envelope at the 2009 Tulsa Awards for Theater Excellence. A total of $20,000 in prizes will be awarded during this year’s TATE Awards. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World file
At this time last year, local theater companies had submitted only seven nominees for the second annual Tulsa Awards for Theater Excellence.
This year, that number is 13. Three children’s productions and 10 adult dramas and comedies will be competing for the $20,000 in total prize money when the TATE awards are presented June 26 at an event at the Cascia Hall PAC. [Read more…]