5th Avenue's Season Closes with OKLAHOMA!

The 5th Avenue has announced the seven productions that make up its 2010-2011 Season, which includes a mix of premieres of new works, the hottest shows direct from Broadway and Golden Age classics featuring Seattle's favorite performers and artists.

We will close this 30th Anniversary Season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece Oklahoma! This groundbreaking musical, an influence on every show since its premiere, is set in Oklahoma Territory in the early days of the new century, when a land a people faced unexpected challenges and triumphs. Like their masterwork South Pacific, Oklahoma! combines the immortal music of Richard Rodgers with the psychological complexities of Oscar Hammerstein's writing, which won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize. Two romances, that of cowboy
Curly and spunky farm girl Laury and their counterparts, flirtatious Ado Annie and patient Will Parker, drive the story and set the scene for such soaring tunes as "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'," "I Can't Say No," "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" and the title song, this landmark musical brings a fitting close to a season of great shows at a great Theatre.

Oklahoma!
July 10-July 30, 2011 (5th Avenue Theatre Production)

Cast and Creative Team:
Music by Richard Rodgers
Libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book based on Lynn Riggs' play, Green Grow the Lilacs.

Season subscriptions to The 5th's 2010-2011 Season will be available starting Monday March 8, over the phone by calling 206-625-1900/toll-free 888-5TH-4TIX (584-4849), and in person at the box office at 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.

The 5th Avenue Theatre is Seattle's premier musical theater. In 1980, the non-profit 5th Avenue Theatre began producing and presenting top-quality live musical theater for the cultural enrichment of the Northwest community. The 5th Avenue Theatre maintains a subscription audience of over 25,000 and an annual attendance of more than 287,000. It ranks among the nation's largest and most respected musical theater companies. The Theatre is committed to encouraging the next generation of theatergoers through its Educational Outreach Program which includes: The Adventure Musical Theatre Touring Company, The 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Student Matinee Program and Spotlight Nights. Unique in its Chinese-inspired design, the exquisite theater opened in 1926 as a venue for vaudeville and film. Today, under the leadership of Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong, Managing Director Bernie Griffin and Producing Director Bill Berry, The 5th Avenue Theatre continues to achieve the highest standards in all aspects of artistic endeavors and facility operations, while preserving its artistic, architectural and historic legacy. Visit www.5thavenue.org.

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