Exclusive Photo Coverage: Okie Native Kristin Chenoweth Celebrates 60th Anniversary of OKLAHOMA!

Academy Award-winning Hollywood musical "Oklahoma!" returns to theaters nationwide for the first time in wide release in 60 years fully restored and with extended pre-show featurette featuring Okie native Kristin Chenoweth singing songs from the classic musical based on the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II stage production. The limited theatrical re-release, a partnership between BY Experience and Rodgers & Hammerstein, An Imagem Company, begins November 1st with more than 800 screenings nationwide. Tickets for the "Oklahoma!" special event are available now at participating theater box offices and online at www.Oklahoma60.com.

The theatrical re-release marks the first time theater goers will see the fully restored film on cinema screens. More than 50 professionals spent more than 3,500 hours restoring the film's 275,678 frames. The nine-month process was completed early in 2014 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

"I can remember watching 'Oklahoma!' and my heart soared," said Chenoweth. "A musical about the very place where I was growing up that has always remained special to me. From the very first downbeat of the overture to the very last note of this score, 'Oklahoma!' is my favorite musical." The multi-hyphenate performer filmed the featurette last month while performing several songs from the film at New York City's famed Broadway supper club Feinstein's/54 Below for an audience of theater students from the American Theatre Wing Intern Network and SpringboardNYC programs. Chenoweth is a passionate advocate of providing young people from all backgrounds with access to theater and is a supporter of The Kristin Chenoweth Theater at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center.

Below, we're bringing you exclusive photos from Chenoweth's performance!

Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon