"Oklahoma"-musical, any fun?

mark936 · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject:

I've tried to search for any past rants about the Musical Oklahoma but can't find anything.

What's it like?

thanks

LFRoberts5 · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:30 pm Post subject:

VERY VERY FUN!
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trumpetmike · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:14 am Post subject:

Fun.

Not too difficult, but quite enjoyable.

You will leave the pit every night whistling the tunes - can be very annoying after a week or two!

_ConnMan · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject:

I did that one MANY moons ago back in High School. Trumpetmike is right, you'll be whistling those tunes for awhile!
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Vin DiBona · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

You'll totally enjoy it. I played it last year with a local high school. The parts are not difficult and it is one of the greatest musicals ever. You will quickly find out why. We played an arrangement for reduced orchestra with 2 horns, 2 trumpets and 1 trombone.
The high school kids were great and you could see what fun they had.

mark936 · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 7:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the responses.

I've been listening to the Showtunes channel on TV for two weeks and not one OKlahoma song yet. And no videos locally either.

I'll check my used CD place in west LA soon.

If I do it, I'm hoping for lots of playing and somewhat challenging.

Sooner · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject:

I'm not a big fan of it personally. The music is good, but their attempt at creating any sort of an Oklahoman accent is way off and tends to bug me quite a bit. Of course if you aren't sensitive to that sort of thing it can be a lot of fun.
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trump_it · Veteran Member Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Posts: 319

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) is in a great version of it, available on VHS and DVD. A London production took the show to a sound stage and did just an amazing show. It's even more impressive when you hear the actors loose their British accents and take on a very convincing Western accent.

Jon Arnold · Heavyweight Member Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 2026

I directed that show last year. It was very long. Otherwise a fun show.

drtrumpet1 · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:40 am Post subject:

Y'all may think it's fun, but that's because you didn't grow up in Oklahoma, hearing that music every single day of your life.

I marched in the Rose Bowl parade in 1995, and the main theme was one of the three songs we played. I must have played it 25 times a day every day for two and a half months. If I ever have to play it again, I may just give up the trumpet.