Oklahoma! (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (871)
See it if You want to witness an amazing production of a classic!!! I was mesmerized by the performances and the stages and want to see it again!!!
Don't see it if You would mind a darker version of this show. It was nuanced and deep and very moving. It is not light and fluffy.
See it if you have an open-mind or you’ve studied theater as practice in any form.
Don't see it if you are a traditionalist to a fault. Read more
See it if you want to be swept up in an exciting new interpretation of Oklahoma...great singing, great acting.
Don't see it if You don't want to see 'classics' reinterpreted. Read more
See it if You enjoy a strong artistic statement, and are interested in an out-of-the-box interpretation of a classic.
Don't see it if You're an Oklahoma (or R&H) purist and would be bothered by a total departure. You're expecting classic musical theatre singing. Read more
See it if You want to see a brilliant unique take on a R&H classic. Beautiful staging, lighting, acting/singing, orchestrations.
Don't see it if You are an absolute lover of the original big broadway Oklahoma. Cannot sit through long shows. Read more
See it if you want to see an intimate amazing show.
Don't see it if you do not like a semi-dark story
See it if you hate revivals of hokey old musicals. Seriously, this one will make you trust revivals again.
Don't see it if you don't want to be challenged. You want the classic version of Oklahoma. You don't like slightly artsy interpretations of classic theater. Read more
See it if you're interested in revitalized revivals; taking older material and making it resonate for a current audience.
Don't see it if you're expecting a classic, traditional revival.
Critic Reviews (48)
"Ali Stroker is the best Ado Annie I've ever seen...Daniel Kluger's bluegrass orchestrations and arrangements attractively relocate Rodgers and Hammerstein to the Grand Ole Opry stage...Many of Fish's ideas give certain scenes a fresh attack...But, as is usually the case with such so-called reimaginings, there are all the leftover bits that don't quite fit...If this isn't the 'Oklahoma!' of one's dreams, it offers a strong vision that speaks to this moment."
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"It's creative, imaginative, and, yes, more than a little perplexing at times. But it is also an electrifying interpretation that illuminates the familiar score while venturing into the heart of darkness of the farmers, cowboys, hired hands, and traveling peddlers who live in Oklahoma Territory at the turn of the twentieth century...The production succeeds at breathing exciting new life into the show...This makes it the most engrossing musical currently on Broadway and a must-see."
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"It’s acceptable for liberties to be taken for any new treatment, which Daniel Fish, directing this one, has done. Much of it is fine and dandy...The irritatingly gratuitous 21st-century updating has to do with the fight in which Curly and Jud engage after the wedding...If the genuinely shocking incident is meant to resonate with our jarring culture, let’s all hope that most of us won’t have to see whatever the 22nd-century update turns out to be."
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"While I’m relieved to report that Broadway’s new ‘Oklahoma!’ is not as joyless as its last was, this is, in truth, faint praise...Superb comedic actors, but if they have an affinity for the sense of heightened reality crucial to a form in which characters regularly burst into song and dance, Fish gives them no real showcase for it...I found myself missing the sense of magic and transcendence that comes from seeing life, with all its pleasure and pain, elevated by this particular art form."
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"No one who has followed theatrical trends of recent years will find anything particularly surprising in the staging...For the most part, they neither distort the material nor illuminate it afresh...The most welcome, and most stimulating, innovation is the fresh orchestrations...It is in delineating the contours of this central romantic trio that Fish’s ‘Oklahoma!’ disappoints...Too often I found myself weighing the moments of inspiration against the moments of bewildering distraction."
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"Along comes avant-garde director Daniel Fish and shows us how to make it modern once again with a contemporary feel...This is not only a fascinating deconstruction of the original musical but also a brilliant reinvention. And if you think it is not for you, just try fighting its charms while you are in the theater. The raw, emotional performances and the clever production are visceral and earthy - like the original storyline."
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“Even purists are likely to end up leaning as much towards vive la difference than muttering about how they don't make them like that any more...Heginbotham's own balletic take...While it's riveting to watch, I found it the one new fangled element that I couldn't quite buy into...Whether you're mostly on board with this production or not, it's thrilling to see that the theater still has enough people who are not afraid...in more risky than sure-fire hit enterprises.”
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"The epitome of non-traditional reimagining of a grand old musical...It gets to the underlying heart of thinking, the meanings and changes that have taken hold in society...The production is sexy, raw, dark and bloody towards the end, and unmistakably highlights the tragedy of our times. Don’t expect sunny smiles or anything that resembles optimism...I applaud the creative, far reaching thinking but wish it was 1955 when the movie was released...and love was in the air."
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