TULSANS’ BROADWAY REVIVAL OF OKLAHOMA! WINS COVETED TONY AWARD

6/9/2019

TULSA, OKLAHOMA – JUNE 9, 2019 – THE NEWLY REIMAGINED BROADWAY REVIVAL OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! TOOK HOME THE TOP AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL AT THE 73RD ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, HELD IN NEW YORK CITY. TONY AND OLIVIER AWARD-WINNER SQUARE 1 THEATRICS IS ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF THE REVIVAL. THE TONY AWARD IS CONSIDERED THE NATION’S HIGHEST THEATRE HONOR.

IN ADDITION TO THE COVETED AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, OKLAHOMA! TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (ALI STROKER). THE PRODUCTION WAS ALSO HONORED WITH SIX OTHER NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (DAMON DAUNNO), BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (MARY TESTA), BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL (LAURA JELLINEK), BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL (DREW LEVY), BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (DANIEL FISH), AND BEST ORCHESTRATIONS (DANIEL KLUGER).

THROUGHOUT THE 2018-2019 BROADWAY AWARD SEASON, OKLAHOMA! HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF AWARDS. THE REVIVAL OPENED ON BROADWAY ON APRIL 7, 2019 AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH WIDESPREAD CRITICAL ACCLAIM. THE PRODUCTION IS A REIMAGINED TAKE OF THE CLASSIC RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL, WHICH FIRST PREMIERED ITS GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY IN 1943. IN FALL 2020, OKLAHOMA! WILL EMBARK ON A NATIONAL TOUR, WHICH IS SET TO BEGIN IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

SQUARE 1 THEATRICS, A TANNINGER COMPANY CO-FOUNDED BY RYAN JUDE TANNER AND JAY KROTTINGER, IS A TULSA-BASED INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION COMPANY. IN 2013, TANNER AND KROTTINGER CO-PRODUCED THEIR FIRST BROADWAY SHOW, THE REVIVAL OF PIPPIN, AND WON THE TONY AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL. PREVIOUS TONY NOMINATIONS INCLUDE WAITRESS (BEST MUSICAL NOMINEE – 2016) AND COME FROM AWAY (BEST MUSICAL NOMINEE – 2017). SQUARE 1 HAS 9 PRODUCTIONS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY BETWEEN THE U.S., LONDON, CANADA, AND SOON TO BE AUSTRALIA.

“ALTHOUGH I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN QUINCY, ILLINOIS, OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN HOME FOR 15 YEARS,” SAID TANNER. “JAY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BROKEN ARROW. WE STARTED SQUARE 1 WITH FLIPSIDE: THE PATTI PAGE STORY… SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS OF CLAREMORE! IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US TO CONTINUE STORYTELLING, WHILE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ADDING THE OKLAHOMA DNA … THAT’S REALLY THE ICING ON TOP.”

BOTH TANNER AND KROTTINGER ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, SERVING ON SEVERAL NON-PROFIT BOARDS. KROTTINGER IS ALSO SERVING AS INTERIM ARTIST DIRECTOR FOR THEATRE TULSA.

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