First look: Oklahoma! at the Young Vic in rehearsals with Arthur Darvill, Marisha Wallace & more!

Here’s a first look at the upcoming Oklahoma! revival at London’s Young Vic in rehearsals.

The new production sees the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century.

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Daniel Fish’s bold interpretation transfers to the Young Vic, direct from an acclaimed run on Broadway and a U.S. tour.

The piece will run at at the Young Vic from 26 April to 25 June 2022.

2. Oklahoma!  James Davis Marisha Wallace Arthur Darvill Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff- DSC8113
2. Oklahoma! James Davis Marisha Wallace Arthur Darvill Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff- DSC8113
9. Oklahoma! Arthur Darvill Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
9. Oklahoma! Arthur Darvill Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
10. Oklahoma! Ashley Samuels Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
10. Oklahoma! Ashley Samuels Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
14. Oklahoma! Liza Sadovy Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
14. Oklahoma! Liza Sadovy Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
20. Oklahoma! Raphael Bushay Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
20. Oklahoma! Raphael Bushay Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff

Arthur Darvill plays Curly McLain, with James Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, Olivier Award winner Liza Sadovy as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry and Marisha Wallace as Ado Annie.

The cast is complete with Raphael Bushay as Mike, Greg Hicks as Andrew Carnes, Rebekah Hinds as Gertie Cummings, Ashley Samuels as Cord Elam, and Marie Mence as the lead dancer.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America.

Seventy-five years after Rodgers and Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text.

12. Oklahoma! Company and Crew Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
12. Oklahoma! Company and Crew Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
4. Oklahoma! Arthur Darvill   Anoushka Lucas Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
4. Oklahoma! Arthur Darvill Anoushka Lucas Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
19. Oklahoma! Marisha Wallace Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
19. Oklahoma! Marisha Wallace Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
17. Oklahoma! Marie-Astrid Mence 4 Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
17. Oklahoma! Marie-Astrid Mence 4 Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
6. Oklahoma! Arthur Darvill 2 Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff
6. Oklahoma! Arthur Darvill Photo credit © Anne Tetzlaff

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is Co-Directed by Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, with Orchestrations, Arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Co-Music Supervision by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci, Choreography by John Heginbotham, Co-Set Design by Laura Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, Costume Design by Terese Wadden, Lighting Design by Scott Zielinski, Sound Design by Drew Levy, Projection Design by Joshua Thorson, Musical Director Tom Brady and Casting by Jacob Sparrow.

For more information and tickets, visit youngvic.org

About the author: Josh Darvill

Josh is Stageberry's editor with over five years of experience writing about theatre in the West End and across the UK. Prior to following his passion for musicals, he worked for more than a decade as a TV journalist.

 

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