Carnegie Hall's one-night-only concert staging of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Oklahoma!, featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke's, is presented January 12.
The performance, which kicks off Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 citywide festival, begins at 7 PM in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Rob Berman conducts the orchestra, and Oklahoma! Tony winner Shuler Hensley directs.
The company is led by Tony nominee Micaela Diamond (Parade, The Cher Show) as Laurey Williams and opera baritone Emmett O’Hanlon as Curly McLain. The duo are joined by Parvesh Cheena (Outsourced, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) as Ali Hakim, Jonathan Christopher (Sweeney Todd) as Jud Fry, Tony nominee Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw) as Will Parker, Ana Gasteyer (Wicked, The Rocky Horror Show) as Aunt Eller, Tony winner David Hyde Pierce (Curtains) as Andrew Carnes, and Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical, … Spelling Bee) as Ado Annie.
The ensemble includes Colin Anderson, Sam Bolen, John Harmon Cooper, Christine DiGiallonardo, Nicole Fernandez-Coffer, Hannah Florence, Lindsay Roberts Greene, Leah Horowitz, Alex Humphreys, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Cory Lingner, Timothy McDevitt, Kelvin Moon Loh, Grace Morgan, Rachel Rhodes-Devey, Nicholas Ward, and Jeremy Weiss.
Casting is by Geoff Josselson Casting.
The groundbreaking 1943 musical Oklahoma! set a new standard for musical theatre, ushering in the Golden Age of Broadway musicals. This concert version boasts the original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. The Rodgers and Hammerstein favorite features such classic songs as “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “The Surrey With the Fringe on Top,” “People Will Say We’re in Love,” and the title song.
The United in Sound festival highlights the musical riches that have evolved in the U.S. throughout the country’s history. Featuring more than 35 concerts, performances highlight Broadway, film music, jazz, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, hip-hop, country, bluegrass, and classical music as well as programs that blend various musical genres, showcasing the best of the American spirit through music.
Tickets to United in Sound: America at 250 events at Carnegie Hall can be purchased at CarnegieHall.org.
