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Ghosts in the theater? Or just a trick of the light?

10/31/2011 4:17 PM


Actors Company of Tulsa, which is presenting a stage version of Anthony Burgess' 'A Clockwork Orange' at the Tulsa Little Theatre, recently posted a photograph taken ... 

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Tulsa Ballet: Not the same old Song and Dance

10/29/2011 2:37 PM

Tulsa Ballet’s mixed-bill programs always bring out the best in this company. But every so often, this troupe puts on a show that forcefully, stunningly reminds you ... 

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No trick -- New Yorker reviews Tulsa Opera

10/27/2011 11:17 AM

The Oct. 31 issue of The New Yorker -- the one with the great George Booth cartoon of vampire and cat sitting down for a meal -- also includes Alex Ross' review of Tulsa ... 

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Karina Gonzalez on the cover of Dance magazine

10/25/2011 2:44 PM


Former Tulsa Ballet principal dancer Karina Gonzalez will grace the cover of the November issue of Dance magazine. Gonzalez, who now performs with Houston Ballet, is ... 

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Not your typical Tulsa Opera audition notice...

10/19/2011 11:30 AM

Tulsa Opera's audition notice for two non-singing roles in its upcoming production of 'Dead Man Walking' gives as good an indication as any that this opera, which the ... 

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"The Sense of an Ending" wins Booker Prize

10/19/2011 9:02 AM

England's top literary award, the Man Booker Prize, was awarded Tuesday to Julian Barnes for his short novel, 'The Sense of an Ending.'

It's the fourth time Barnes ... 

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Taking a step back into "Footloose's" Oklahoma history.

10/18/2011 2:18 PM

My colleague Michael Smith wrote a fine story about the real-life Oklahomans who inspired the movie 'Footloose,' which ran in Sunday's Tulsa World.

It reminded me ... 

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Sometimes, you just have to laugh...

10/14/2011 5:11 PM


A day or so ago, Anastasia Tsioulcas, one of the hosts for National Public Radio’s classical music blog “Deceptive Cadences,” posited the question, “Is Opera Stuff (Only) ... 

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"The Oath" part of Playhouse Tulsa's "The Origins Project"

10/8/2011 1:50 PM

It might seem an odd way to spend an evening or an afternoon — watching and listening to actors reading aloud a play that is not thought to be finished.

But staged ... 

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Nobel winner Tomas Transtromer's Tulsa poem

10/6/2011 1:53 PM


When Tomas Transtromer won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1990, I had to chance to talk with him by phone from his home in Sweden about a number of ... 

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Novelist James Houston Turner brings "Too Ugly" tour to Tulsa Wednesday.

10/4/2011 3:33 PM


James Houston Turner, who has turned his experiences behind the Iron Curtain into a series of thrillers, will be at the Woodland Plaza Barnes & Noble, 8670 E. 71st St., ... 

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Rohinton Mistry wins Neustadt award from OU

10/4/2011 10:31 AM


Rohinton Mistry, an Indian-Canadian author best known in this country for his novel 'A Fine Balance,' was named the winner of 22nd Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

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James D. Watts Jr. has lived in Oklahoma for most his life, even though he still has people saying to him, "Don't sound like you're from around these parts." A University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Watts has received the Governor Arts Award, Harwelden Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Beth Macklin Award for his writing. Before coming to the Tulsa World, Watts worked for the Tulsa Tribune.

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