With She Loves Me currently running at its home base, Travesties and David Baddiel: My Family Not the Sitcom landing in the West End, and Funny Girl starting a major national tour, the Menier Chocolate Factory announces today that Trevor Nunn will direct Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman in Peter Shaffer ‘s Lettice and Lovage. The production opens on 17 May, with previews from 4 May, and completing its run on 8 July; and follows Nunn’s production of Rattigan’s Love in Idleness.
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Exclusive Podcast: ‘Behind the Curtain’ Welcomes Tony-Winning Composer Charles Strouse for Part II
The sun will come out today because the Tony Award winning composer of BYE BYE BIRDIE, APPLAUSE, ANNIE, and countless others, Charles Strouse is back to discuss his life after being anointed Broadway’s Golden Boy . Charles pulls back the curtain on his career, including how a Depression Era comic strip defined his career, what was it like to compose for a non-singing heroine, and why “Those Were The Days” really weren’t! Become a sponsor of Behind The Curtain and get early access to interviews, private playlists, and advance knowledge of future guests so you can ask legends the your own questions.
‘Casablanca’ at 75: Circle Cinema screens classic, panel discusses impact of Bogie & Bergman
A 75th-anniversary screening of “Casablanca” is set for Feb. 19 at Circle Cinema, presented in conjunction with the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, which will host a panel discussion after the movie.
OU football journal: Musburger expands on Sugar Bowl comments
Brent Musburger, right, prepares with Dick Vitale for his final broadcast at Saturday’s men’s college basketball game in Norman between Oklahoma and Florida. [PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN] Longtime broadcaster Brent Musburger was in Norman on Saturday, calling his next-to-last game and is final game with longtime basketball partner Dick Vitale .
Winter storm to bring crippling ice, rainfall to central US
By TIM TALLEY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – A winter storm that brought heavy snow and rainfall to northern California was bearing down on the southern Plains on Thursday, and forecasters said crippling ice accumulations and heavy rain could cause widespread power outages and flooding this weekend. The National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning for northwestern Oklahoma beginning Friday morning as well as a winter storm watch for much of the rest of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri along with parts of Illinois and Texas.