Editing Oklahoma! (section)

===2019 Broadway revival; 2022 London transfer===
Following a 2015 workshop at [[Bard College]] and a 2018 run at [[Brooklyn]]'s [[St. Ann's Warehouse]], a 75th anniversary staging of ''Oklahoma!'' transferred to Broadway at [[Circle in the Square Theatre]]. The production was directed by [[Daniel Fish]] in an intimate, immersive in-the-round style, set in a community hall, with chili and cornbread served to the audience at intermission. The production's most important tonal change involved the character of Jud Fry. Instead of the sinister brooding and threatening Jud of the original production, in the revival he was described by [[Elisabeth Vincentelli]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as "a proto-[[incel]]",<ref>{{cite web| website=The New Yorker|first=Elizabeth| last=Vincentelli| url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/theatre/oklahoma-2-06-10-19|title=Oklahoma!|date=May 31, 2019| accessdate=March 15, 2025}}</ref> and his death came not as an accident but as an intended act at the hands of Curly, followed by a sham trial to clear Curly of the blame.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/oklahoma-daniel-fishs-dark-new-broadway-production/586684/ | title=Oklahoma! Gets a Dark, Brilliant Remake | work=The Atlantic | date=April 8, 2019 | last=Purdum | first=Todd | access-date=August 26, 2021 }}</ref>

The production began preview performances on March 19, 2019, and officially opened on April 7 for a limited run through January 19, 2020. It starred [[Rebecca Naomi Jones]] as Laurey, [[Damon Daunno]] as Curly, [[Ali Stroker]] as Ado Annie, James Davis as Will Parker, [[Will Brill]] as Ali Hakim, Patrick Vaill as Jud and [[Mary Testa]] as Aunt Eller. The production featured choreography by John Heginbotham and music arrangements by [[Daniel Kluger (composer)|Daniel Kluger]], performed by a seven-piece band.<ref>Culwell-Block, Logan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/reimagined-oklahoma-revival-begins-broadway-performances-march-19 "Reimagined ''Oklahoma!'' Revival Begins Broadway Performances March 19"], ''Playbill'', March 19, 2019; Fierberg, Ruthie. [http://www.playbill.com/article/why-broadways-upcoming-oklahoma-is-not-your-grandmas-version-of-the-rodgers-hammerstein-classic "Why Broadway’s Upcoming ''Oklahoma!'' Is Not Your 'Grandma’s Version' of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Classic"], ''Playbill'', March 18, 2019; and McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/reimagined-oklahoma-will-transfer-to-broadway "Reimagined Oklahoma! Will Transfer to Broadway"], ''Playbill'', December 11, 2018</ref> The production was nominated for eight [[Tony Award]]s and won [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]] and [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] for Stroker, making her the first wheelchair user to win a Tony.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/theater/ali-stroker-oklahoma-tony-awards.html|title=Ali Stroker Accepts Tony in a Wheelchair, Making History|last=Salam|first=Maya|date=June 9, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 10, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/updating-live-the-2019-tony-award-winners|title=Hadestown Leads the Pack at the 2019 Tony Awards|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=June 9, 2019|website=Playbill|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref>

For the 2021–2022 national tour, Fish rethought the presentation, which remained expressionistic but substituted a [[proscenium]] back-drop, which "renders the original authorial intents far more in balance with the radical ideas of the production", allowing the cast to play their parts with a contemporary naturalism, according to ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' critic [[Chris Jones (drama critic)|Chris Jones]]. The cast included [[Sasha Hutchings]] as Laurey, [[Sean Grandillo]] as Curly and [[Barbara Walsh]] as Aunt Eller.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Chris |date=January 13, 2022 |title=Review: This is not your homespun ''Oklahoma!'' Come ready for a radical new musical. |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-oklahoma-broadway-tour-chicago-review-20220113-ovfqptecsnbt5oskyuioc2qa7m-story.html |access-date=January 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/oklahoma-526789 "''Oklahoma!'' Tour"], Internet Broadway Database, accessed February 20, 2022</ref>

In May 2022, the production reopened at the [[Young Vic]] in London for a seven-week limited run, starring [[Arthur Darvill]] as Curly and Anoushka Lucas as Laurey, with [[Marisha Wallace]] as Ado Annie, [[Liza Sadovy]] as Aunt Eller, and James Davis and Patrick Vaill reprising their roles as Will Parker and Jud, respectively.<ref>Gillinson, Miriam. [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/may/06/oklahoma-review-young-vic-london "''Oklahoma!'' review – an invigorating take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic"], ''The Guardian'', May 6, 2022</ref> The production transferred to the West End's [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/oklahoma-to-transfer-to-the-west-end_57229.html|title=''Oklahoma!'' to transfer to the West End|last=Wood|first=Alex|date=25 August 2022|website=WhatsOnStage|access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> It received positive reviews<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-Roundup-What-Did-the-Critics-Make-of-the-OKLAHOMA-West-End-Transfer-20230301 "Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of the ''Oklahoma!'' West End Transfer?"], BroadwayWorld.com, March 1, 2023</ref> and won the 2023 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]].<ref>[https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/olivier-awards-2023 "Olivier Awards 2023"], Official London Theatre, accessed 7 April 2023</ref>