Category Archives: Performing Arts

Arts Against the Odds – Protest and Performance

Hey! Look who was downtown today  at City Hall!

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Heather and Logan opposing cutting eliminating Clark Theater from the city budget. 

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Heather and Logan were not alone. There was a bunch of kids there enthusiastically exercising their right of free speech. They were spirited and loud and very enthusiastic and very polite. I loved it.

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Their parents were there and they were getting into it also. It was a great vibe going on. They were there because there was a city council meeting tonight to discuss the Mayor’s proposed budget that involves closing the theater. Found out all about it here.

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(Of course some of us more cynical people are wondering why we are just rocking along and then all the sudden we need to cut about 200 jobs to balance the budget.)

And so what do you think happened after the rally? Well I’ll tell you what theater kids do, they perform. Many of the protestors hurried on down to Henthorne Performing Arts Center for a recital.

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Some of the kids did various improv skits. They were great and they were funny, of course.

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Logan wasn’t in the improv part of the recital he recited a monologue that he had been working on for some time.

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All the kids did great, get up there and take a bow guys! We are proud of all of you!

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Fiddler on the Roof with John Preece as Tevye

Last night Sweetie and I dropped the kid off at Nana’s and drove downtown to Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center to see the touring Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof.

John Preece played the lead character, Tevye. He certainly has the beard for the role. He has played Tevye just over 1900 times and is on his tenth touring production. He lives the role, he certainly didn’t call his performance in last night.

This production is wonderful. Preece did a great job as Tevye, the rest of the cast was wonderful and even though the musical is kind of long at almost three hours including intermission it never dragged. It is the complete musical package of story, singing, and dancing.  If this production comes to your town check it out. I give it four stars out of five.

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