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.
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Oklahoma the movie was actually filmed in southern AZ along the border with Mexico east of Nogales..
Laurie will be mulatto, Curly will be a wimpy soy boy, Judd Frey will be extreme white trash missing teeth and wearing a MAGA hat, the ubiquitous Samuel L Jackson will be a newly created character who lectures and scolds all the Whiteys.
I can’t believe our wonderful old movies are still allowed on TV.
Ok, in “Full Metal Jacket” it was Texas.
It was Oklahoma in “An Officer And A Gentleman”.
$10 to the FReepathon says it’ll be a flaming faggot fest.
No wonder I couldn’t find one of FMJ captioned with Oklahoma...
I waiting for the Venezuelan version of Oklahoma.
Vennnnnnn-zooway-lah, where the gauchos thunder ‘cross the plain...
oh, wait, that’s Argentina, all those Latin countries look the same.
And those shut-down confiscated Yankee enterprises
can’t produce no food to ease a belly’s pain.
Ev’ry night my hungry kids and I,
sit alone and talk and watch the po-lice squawk
at the empty markets they pass by.
Caaaali-for-nia, this is where you’re headed
and the tipping point was long ago.
You can sit right back and watch the Dems in Sac
spend the money that you owe.
Sooo-cial-ism is just Marxist hooey that keeps
getting buried but won’t die, ‘cause there’ll always be
folks who’ll vote to see how much free stuff
they can confiscate as time goes by.
An old joke terminates with “Furry with the Syringe on top.”
I enjoyed Smash.
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“Hud” was filmed near Amarillo, Texas. My neighbor, Warren Anderson, had a part in the movie.
We sign “Oklahoma!” as well as “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch at the Oklahoma City Dodgers home games.
Also going to a box social in a Prius would make no sense.
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the Prius
When I take you out in the Prius
With the fringe on top
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