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Curtain call
Jewel Box Theatre finishes a 62-season run in its current location with Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes.
By Jeremy Martin
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Theatre, Theater, Arts & Culture, arts, culture, entertainment, Jewel Box Theatre, Deborah Franklin, Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes, Jewel Box, The Dixie Swim Club, Kate Corrigan, Denise Hughes, Chris Harris, Molly Blumenthal, The Star-Spangled Girl, First Christian Church, Darron Dunbar
Relevant Raisin
Jewel Box Theatre explores the persistent relevance of A Raisin in the Sun.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, A Raisin in the Sun, Jewel Box Theatre, Oklahoma City theatre, oklahoma city performance, Albert Bostick, african american art, broadway
Box-office poison
Jewel Box Theatre plays with slapstick and dark comedy in Arsenic and Old Lace.
Tags: Arts, Arsenic and Old Lace, Jewel Box Theatre, Denise Hughes, Carol McDonald-Walley, Chris Harris, Barry Thurman, Joseph Kesselring, Joe Burleigh, mental illness, murder, A Raisin in the Sun, Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes
Church to church
Oklahoma City has signed a memorandum of understanding with Crossings Community Church and First Christian Church to help preserve three buildings.
By Miguel Rios
Tags: Metro, First Christian Church, Oklahoma City Council, city council, Crossings, Crossings Community Church, memorandum of understanding, historic landmark, historic preservation, James Cooper, Mark Stonecipher, David Greenwell, Jewel Box Theatre, historic preservation commission, HPC, Jennifer Ayotte, Amanda Carpenter, Lynne Rostochil, R. Duane Conner
Building history
Oklahoma City Council is making decisions on the historic and cultural significance of two properties with long histories.
Tags: Metro, Nikki Nice, Stacy McNeiland, Jackie Gates, Sandra Finney, Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Center, CARE Center, Brockway Center, National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Ed Shadid, First christian Church, egg church, Okie Mod Squad, Crown Heights-Edgemere Heights Neighborhood Association, Preservation Oklahoma, John Malget, David Box, Pam Holt, Mark Stonecipher, Meg Salyer, David Greenwell, OK City Council, City Council, Oklahoma City Council, Historic Preservation Commission, James Cooper, JoBeth Hamon, Jewel Box Theatre
Simon’s stories
Jewel Box Theatre’s upcoming production of Neil Simon’s seminal Barefoot in the Park brings the realistic, relevant, relatable romantic comedy to life.
By Ian Jayne
Tags: Arts, Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon, Jewel Box Theatre, Wil Rogers, Lilli Bassett, Ethel Banks, University of Oklahoma, Korri Werner, Corie Bratter, Oklahoma City University, Paxton Kliewer
Holmes stretch
Jewel Box Theatre moves onto Baker Street with The Game’s Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays).
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, The Game’s Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays), Tad Thurston, Don Taylor, Jewel Box Theatre, Billie Thrash, William Gillette, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mystery Writers of America, Sherlock Holmes, Ken Ludwig, Gillette Castle
Theatrical tension
Jewel Box Theatre’s upcoming production of Wait Until Dark brings a suspenseful story of feminist agency to the stage.
Tags: Arts, Wait Until Dark, Jewel Box Theatre, J. Christine Lanning, David Fletcher-Hall, Frederick Knott, Audrey Hepburn, Susy Hendrix, Don Taylor, Mr. Roat, stage tricks, theater
Laugh passport
Jewel Box Theatre’s The Foreigner earns the laughter with both words and actions.
Tags: Arts, Jewel Box Theatre, Chuck Tweed, Larry Shue, The Foreigner, Barrett Davidson, Jan Garrett
Funny friendship
Jewel Box Theatre stages female friendship and a few weddings in its upcoming production of Always a Bridesmaid.
Tags: Arts, Jewel Box Theatre, Always a Bridesmaid, doobie potter, Larrissa Garvin, McDonald-Walley, Denise Hughes, Teri Hood, Amy Kelly, Christine Jolly
Jewel Box Theatre takes on Neil Simon’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s short stories, The Good Doctor
Tags: Arts, Anton Chekhov, Chip Chappelle, chris harris, Clint Kubat, don taylor, Jewel Box Theatre, john ferguson, Karen Garlitz, neil simon, okc play, okc theatre, richard lemin
Nunsense: The Second Coming brings song, dance and the unexpected to Jewel Box Theatre
Tags: Arts, Catherine Etter, catholic, catholicism, Dan Goggin, Janitta Swain, Jewel Box Theatre, Joan Raney, musical, nun, Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical, nuns, Nunsense: The Second Coming, Paula Parkhurst, Publishers Clearing House, Shawna Linck, Tess Brenner, The Mikado, theater
Jewel Box Theatre’s Plaid Tidings sees legendary ’50s singers return to Earth for the holidays
Tags: Arts, Gareth Forsberg, Jeremy Small, Jewel Box Theatre, Mitchell Hammond, Owen Whitman, Plaid Tidings, Scott Hynes, Stuart Ross
Jewel Box Theatre stages a wild farce about two feuding divas
Tags: Arts, Bailey Maxwell, Comedy, don taylor, jeffrey meek, Jewel Box Theatre, Michael McKeever, theater, Zaneen Hotchkiss
Pollard Theatre's production of The Producers runs through May 6
Tags: Arts, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Dolly!, Evita, Guthrie, Hamlet, Hello, Jared Blount, Jewel Box Theatre, Matthew Sipress, Mel Brooks, Oklahoma City University, Pollard Theatre, pollard theatre company, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, reduxion theatre company, sweeney todd, The Producers, W. Jerome Stevenson, william shakespeare
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