Editing Oklahoma! (section)

===Other notable productions===
====Discoveryland====
''Oklahoma!'' was presented nightly except Sundays each summer at the Discoveryland amphitheater, an outdoor theatre in [[Sand Springs, Oklahoma]], from 1977 until 2011.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130908002840/http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/discoveryland-to-remain-closed-through-2013-season "Sand Springs' Discoveryland! theater, known for the play ''Oklahoma'', to remain closed through 2013"], KRJH.com, June 19, 2013</ref><ref name=Discoveryland>[http://dland.redrockcustomhomes.com/awards.html "Discoveryland! Honors and Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705113521/http://dland.redrockcustomhomes.com/awards.html |date=July 5, 2010 }}, Discoveryland! USA, Inc., accessed July 11, 2010</ref>  In 1993, [[Mary Rodgers]] (daughter of Richard Rodgers) and William Hammerstein (son of Oscar Hammerstein II) designated Discoveryland the "National Home of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Oklahoma!''"<ref name=Discoveryland/>

====2006 Japan====
In 2006, ''Oklahoma!'' was performed in Japan by the all-female [[Takarazuka Revue]].  This revival starred Yuu Todoroki, Ai Shirosaki, and Hiromu Kiriya.<ref>[http://www.takarazuka-revue.info/tiki-index.php?page=Oklahoma+%28Moon+2006%29 "''Oklahoma!'' in 2006 listing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203133513/http://takarazuka-revue.info/tiki-index.php?page=Oklahoma%20%28Moon%202006%29 |date=December 3, 2010 }}, Takarazuka-revue.info, accessed May 20, 2010</ref>

====2009 Chichester Theatre Festival====
In the summer of 2009, British director [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]] directed the musical at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. The production was dark in concept and featured new orchestrations by [[Jonathan Tunick]].  On a spare stage, decorated only with blue sheets, "Confetti of rose petals stains the floor like drops of blood, and a nightmarish dream-dance sequence has Freudian overtones as Laurey's bridal gown becomes her shroud."<ref name=guardian>Gardner, Lyn. [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jun/27/oklahoma-chichester-festival-theatre-review "'Oklahoma!'Chichester Festival Theatre"]. ''[[The Guardian]]'', June 27, 2009</ref><ref name=telegraph>Cavendish, Dominic. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090629063454/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/dominiccavendish/5638481/Oklahoma-at-Chichester-review.html "''Oklahoma!'' at Chichester"]. ''The Telegraph'', June 25, 2009, accessed June 7, 2010</ref>  It received mixed reviews.  ''The Times'' reviewer wrote: "This is a very stylised, overdrilled production, no friend of intimate moments or quiet depth of emotion."<ref>Nightingale, Benedict. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615105945/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6577412.ece "'Oklahoma!' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex"]. ''The Times'', June 26, 2009</ref> ''The Guardian'' liked it the most, stating that "it's a delight, with one brilliant tippy-tappy-toed song after another and a nugget of darkness lodged in its sweet heart."<ref name=guardian/> ''Whats On Stage'', like most of the papers, gave the show three out of five stars and wrote that this is a "downbeat vision" and that "all told it's a somewhat disappointing show", but their "average reader rating" was four stars.<ref>Cooter, Maxwell. [http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831245924735/Oklahoma!+(Chichester).html "'Oklahoma!'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615170835/http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831245924735/Oklahoma!+(Chichester).html |date=June 15, 2011 }} Whatsonstage.com, June 25, 2009</ref> A review in ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' commented, "Doyle uses shadow and silhouette to bring out the musical's nightmarish aspects but doesn't over-labour them. There are enough sunny spots – no more so than in Act 2's rousing title song – to keep the tone evenly textured."<ref name=telegraph/>

====2010 UK tour====
The show toured England for nine months in 2010 in a new staging by [[Julian Woolford]], with [[Marti Webb]] as Aunt Eller and [[Mark Evans (actor)|Mark Evans]] as Curly.<ref>Cole, Simon. [http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/central/E8831268932553/Marti+Webb+Opens+New+Tour+of+Oklahoma!.html "Marti Webb Opens New Tour of ''Oklahoma!''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615165949/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/central/E8831268932553/Marti+Webb+Opens+New+Tour+of+Oklahoma!.html |date=June 15, 2011 }} Whatsonstage.com, March 18, 2010</ref>

====2010 Washington, DC Arena Stage====
''Oklahoma!'' opened in October 2010 at the [[Arena Stage]] to critical acclaim.<ref name=marks1>Marks, Peter. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/performing-arts/oklahoma,1071268/critic-review.html "A grand new state: You just cain't say no to Arena Stage's 'Oklahoma!'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130205220135/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/performing-arts/oklahoma,1071268/critic-review.html |date=February 5, 2013 }}, ''The Washington Post'', November 6, 2010</ref><ref>See also Billups, Edith. [http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/proscenium-view-theater-news-and-reviews/2010/nov/9/oklahoma-arena-stage/ "'Oklahoma!' at the Arena Stage in D.C."], ''Washington Times'', November 9, 2010; Blanchard, Jayne. [http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/11/07/oklahoma/ "'Oklahoma!' Review"], dctheatrescene.com, November 7, 2010; and Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-arena-stage-opens-its-doors-to-the-world-at-homecoming-with-alumni-stars-com-173068 "Arena Stage Opens Its Doors to the World at Oct. 23 "Homecoming," With Alumni Stars"], Playbill.com, October 23, 2010, accessed August 29, 2017</ref> Artistic Director Molly Smith cast African-American actresses as Laurey and Aunt Eller to mirror both modern Washington, D.C., demographics and the diverse population of the musical's 1906 Oklahoma territory setting.<ref>BWW News Staff. [http://broadwayworld.com/article/Review_Roundup_OKLAHOMA_at_Arena_Stage_20101206 "Review Roundup: 'Oklahoma!' at Arena Stage"]. Broadwayworld.com, December 6, 2010</ref> The production received ten 2011 [[Helen Hayes Award]] nominations, winning as Outstanding Resident Musical (tying with Shakespeare Theatre's ''Candide'') and for choreography (Parker Esse), lead actor (Nicholas Rodriguez as Curly) and musical direction (George Fulginiti-Shakar).<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150203-DCs-Helen-Hayes-Winners-Include-Candide-The-Liar-Clybourne-Park-Oklahoma-Thurgood "DC's Helen Hayes Winners Include Candide, The Liar, Clybourne Park, Oklahoma!, Thurgood"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428000030/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150203-DCs-Helen-Hayes-Winners-Include-Candide-The-Liar-Clybourne-Park-Oklahoma-Thurgood |date=April 28, 2011 }}, Playbill.com, April 25, 2011</ref>  The production returned to the Arena Stage for a second run in 2011.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152504-Still-Doin-Fine-Arena-Stage-Revives-Its-Hit-2010-Oklahoma-Starting-July-8 "Still Doin' Fine: Arena Stage Revives Its Hit 2010 Oklahoma!, Starting July 8"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805073116/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152504-Still-Doin-Fine-Arena-Stage-Revives-Its-Hit-2010-Oklahoma-Starting-July-8 |date=August 5, 2011 }}. Playbill.com, July 8, 2011</ref>

====2012, Seattle, Washington, 5th Avenue Theatre====
The [[5th Avenue Theatre]]'s 2012 production, directed by Peter Rothstein, included African-American dancers and an African-American actor as Jud.<ref name=SGS>Strangeways, Michael. [https://archive.today/20130202033038/http://www.seattlegayscene.com/2012/02/review-oklahoma-at-the-5th-avenue-is-a-bit-problematic.html "''Oklahoma!'' at the 5th Avenue Is a Bit Problematic"], ''Seattle Gay Scene'', February 10, 2012</ref> The choice was intended, as in the Arena Stage production, to reflect the historical presence of African Americans in the Oklahoma territory, but it "has some audience members squirming in their seats ... they're seeing on stage one of the ugliest stereotypes in our history: an imposing black man ravaging a petite white woman [and] the white hero ... all but urges Jud to hang himself – and even pantomimes the act. Some see a clear reference to lynching."<ref name=Brodeur>Brodeur, Nicole. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2017557140_nicole21m.html "''Oklahoma'' seen in a new light"], ''The Seattle Times'', February 20, 2012</ref><ref>Goldstein, David. [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/racial-profiling/Content?oid=12582804 "Racial Profiling"], ''The Stranger'', February 14, 2012</ref> The "Dream Ballet" had a sinister, sexual tone and ended with Jud dragging Laurey away to be raped. One critic noted the historical "license taken when an African-American farmhand is allowed to escort a white woman to the box dance. ... Maybe some people ... left with not so much a song in their head, but a question in their heart. And isn't that part of what theater is supposed to do?"<ref name=Brodeur/> Another wrote: "Rothstein's ''Oklahoma!'' is now the story of a crazy, sex obsessed black man ... lusting violently after his white mistress, who ends up murdered at the hands of a white man, who gets off scot free after a mock trial."<ref name=SGS/>

====2015 UK tour====
A UK tour ran from February to August 2015, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and starring Ashley Day as Curly, Charlotte Wakefield as Laurey, [[Belinda Lang]] as Aunt Eller and [[Gary Wilmot]] as Ali Hakim.<ref>Davies, Michael. [http://www.whatsonstage.com/northampton-theatre/reviews/oklahoma-uk-tour_37255.html "''Oklahoma!'' (Tour) – triumphant production warrants its revival"], Whats On Stage, February 26, 2017; and Collins, Stephen. [http://britishtheatre.com/review-oklahoma-lyceum-theatre-sheffield-5stars "''Oklahoma!'' Lyceum Theatre Sheffield"], BritishTheatre.com, July 27, 2015</ref>