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REVIEW: "Othello" by Playhouse Tulsa.

2/15/2013 3:28 PM

A glance at the list of characters in any printed version of Shakespeare’s “Othello” lists 13 speaking parts along with the unnumbered, and generally silent, “senators, ... 

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REVIEW: "100 Years of Oklahoma Music"

2/9/2013 1:44 PM

It’s not often that an orchestra does reruns.
However, the concert that the Signature Symphony created in honor of the Oklahoma centennial made such an impression when ... 

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REVIEW: "Barefoot in the Park."

2/8/2013 4:11 PM

The cast of Playhouse Tulsa’s production of “Barefoot in the Park” performs this Neil Simon play as if they aren’t expecting the audience to laugh.

Of course, the ... 

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Reality: What a Concept/OK

2/7/2013 12:14 PM


Tulsa artist Grace Grothaus will be conducting a walk on the arty side this Sunday to give participants a better understanding of “Re(View) in Situ,” her installation ... 

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The king was in the parking lot....

2/4/2013 11:55 AM


'Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;
Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend.”

-- Duchess of York in 'Richard III,' William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's ... 

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REVIEW: "Lady of the Camellias" by Tulsa Ballet

2/2/2013 2:52 PM

It’s been a decade since Tulsa Ballet last presented Val Caniparoli’s “Lady of the Camellias.” but Friday’s opening night performance at the Tulsa PAC was more than worth ... 

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Guthrie novel "House of Earth" to be published Feb. 5

2/1/2013 1:47 PM


“House of Earth,” a novel Woody Guthrie finished in 1947 but never published, will be released Feb. 5.

It’s the first book to be published by Infinitum Nihil, an ... 

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Happy birthday, Elizabeth Bennet

1/28/2013 12:07 PM


It was 200 years ago today that people first discovered that it was a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want ... 

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REVIEW: "In the Land of Chopin" by the Signature Symphony

1/27/2013 1:13 PM

The Signature Symphony may have only spent one half of Saturday evening’s concert “In the Land of Chopin,” but taken as a whole, this concert was one of the orchestra’s ... 

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REVIEW -- "Time Stands Still" at Heller Theatre

1/26/2013 5:31 PM

There is a scene in “Time Stands Still,” the Donald Margulies play that Heller Theatre opened Friday night at the Henthorne PAC, in which Sarah, a photojournalist, describes ... 

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Words and music, with a side of coffee

1/24/2013 12:53 PM

Two of Tulsa’s classical music organizations will offer special events Saturday that will combine fine coffee with words and music.

Chamber Music Tulsa will present ... 

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Ready, set, FILM! 24 Hour Video Race Friday

1/23/2013 6:14 PM

Living Arts of Tulsa will host the eighth annual 24-Hour Video Race, a creative competition that gives local film makers the chance to conceive, script, film, edit and ... 

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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.

Contact him at (918) 581-8478.


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