Posted on 04/16/2019 3:19:38 PM PDT by EdnaMode
One of the most iconic musicals of all time is being lassoed by Hollywood for an unexpected small-screen adaptation. Oklahoma!, which follows the romantic goings-on of several frontier couples in 1906, is being developed into a television series, which will include reimagined versions of the musical’s original numbers, along with new songs written for the show.
Skydance Television is partnering with The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization for a present-day take on the classic tale of cowmen, farmers and the women they purchase at box socials. Bekah Brunstetter (This Is Us) and John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) are writing the script, with the latter also directing the first episode. (A network is not yet attached.)
“Oklahoma!’s artistically revolutionary position in American culture has both kept it at the forefront of theatrical performances and allowed for various new innovations,” Ted Chapin, Chief Creative Officer, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, said in a statement. “This first-time ever television series will expand on the life of this remarkably resilient show.” Based on Lynn Riggs’ 1930 play Green Grow the Lilacs, Oklahoma! first opened on Broadway in 1943, before later being revived in 1979, 2002 and 2019. Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones starred in the 1955 movie version (pictured above), which took home two Academy Awards.
Your thoughts on the (surprising) decision to adapt Oklahoma! into a TV show? Drop ’em in a comment below.
Cultural genocide. They are slowly erasing all evidence of any white culture. In a few years I will expect all old movies and television programs to begin disappearing.
When necessary, an appropriate update of these classics will be remade, only with all minority cast and enough homosexuals to have a gay pride parade.
That was my first thought too! How do you set in the present day the land grab of a new state?
An instant cure for insomnia.
Oklahoma! Where the roads all suck and everyone complains. And the billowing pot can sure smell .... When the wind comes sweeping cross the plains.
The couples will be black, gay, transgender, and any bad guys will be white. I’ll take the original version.
I. Elmer Gantry.
He looks like he’s asleep
It’s a shame that he won’t keep
But it’s summer and we’re runnin’ out of ice.
Don’t even wanna think about what the “Little Wonder” will be.
Oklahomo?
Ugh! Why would they mess up Oklahoma!?
Will be pure PC garbage and liberal nonsense including LGBTWXYZ stuff too.
I can imagine only one reason Oklahoma! is being remade: Thay want to put deviants into this old fashioned musical.
Zero. Creativity.
NONE
ping
The Harley With The Fringe On Top?
Absolutely no doubt what that will entail in this perversion... We'll finally learn about all those gay bathhouses throughout the west. Then there will be the "fact" that 67% of all cowboys were butt-packers... Not many pistol-packers...
Repeat.
Several years ago, one of the networks tried to make a musical series. IIRC, it was pulled after the 2nd episode.
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