Reviews

“How is it that the coolest new show on Broadway is a 1943 musical? Daniel Fish’s wide-awake, jolting, and altogether wonderful production of OKLAHOMA! is as stimulating and frightening—and as fresh—as last night’s fever dream. This is OKLAHOMA! for an era in which longstanding American legacies are being examined with newly skeptical eyes. This isn’t an act of plunder, but of reclamation. Astonishing.”

“OKLAHOMA! ripped into town like a brushfire: potent, illuminating, and rejuvenating. A theatrical blowout.”

“A revelation. A bold reimagining you might almost mistake this for a new work.”

“Grade: A.
A stunning and radical theatrical experience.”

“This production shocked me and moved me. It’s as if a bomb has gone off in a heretofore pristine paradise.”

“Broadway’s buzziest show. The hottest ticket in town.”

“Forget your traditional idea of OKLAHOMA! Daniel Fish’s daring, brilliant, utterly absorbing re-interpretation is dark and different—brilliantly so.”

“A dark and dangerous directorial vision presents this classic treasure by Rodgers & Hammerstein in a fresh new light.”

“Daniel Fish takes you for a ride on his audacious, sexy, upending take on the great American classic.”

“Stimulating. Jolting. Astonishing.
A smashing ‘OKLAHOMA!’ is reborn.”

“Daniel Fish’s radical take on the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic unearths its eroticism and darkness; it’s like discovering a shot of absinthe in a blueberry pie.”

“Edgy, dark and sexy.”

“Sexy, suspenseful and with a fresh, exuberant sound, this is an OKLAHOMA! to hoot and cheer and stomp your boots at.”

“The bright golden haze on the meadow has never looked so ominous, or so theatrically exhilarating. This is the OKLAHOMA! that was there all along.”

“A fascinating and unsettling reimagining.”

“The most thrilling musical revival I’ve ever seen.”