Oklahoma City University’s Wanda Bass School of Music invited students to “attend the tale of Sweeney Todd”, for this year’s first main stage musical production. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber on Fleet Street is a dark and thrilling musical that successfully transported its viewers into the macabre world of 19th-century London. Auditions for this production…
OCU Theatre, Music plan full fall season
The OCU schools of Theatre and Music plan their upcoming shows and performances.
Music Theater and Vocal Performance Auditions Go Virtual
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music moved all auditions for the music theater and vocal performance programs online.
New adjunct theatre professor directs performance study
Wanda L. Bass School of Music premiered its second performance study, directed by a new adjunct professor.
Music professors write musical about Mt. Rushmore presidents
Two professors have been hired to write a new historical musical.
Performing arts seasons to adapt due to COVID-19
To comply with social distancing requirements, the schools of theatre, dance and music are altering their seasons to allow for increased social distancing and online performance opportunities.
Senior chases opportunity, performs in online showcase
Lily Hickey, theater and performance senior, was featured on BroadwayWorld in a virtual showcase.
Kristin Chenoweth named as artist in residence at OCU
The newest artist in residence for OCU was recently announced as being Tony and Emmy award-winner and OCU alumna Kristin Chenoweth.
Mainstage opera to include androgynous character
The next OCU mainstage opera will be “Die Fledermaus” and will feature a gender-nonconforming character.
Students enjoy first snow day of the year
OCU students and staff were given their first snow day of the calendar year.
Music school to host invited auditions for upcoming opera
The auditions for OCU’s next semester opera will be conducted differently than they have been in previous semesters.
Playbill again recognizes OCU for representation on Broadway
Playbill recognized OCU for being well represented by alumni on Broadway for the second year in a row.
Mainstage opera Susannah to open this weekend
The opera is loosely based on the story of Susanna and the Elders from the biblical Apocrypha.
‘Sister Act’ to kick-start opera, music theater season
Based on the 1992 film of the same name, the musical Sister Act centers around an aspiring night club singer, “Deloris Van Cartier.”
Mainstage opera sheds light on women shadowed by polygamy
The spring mainstage opera of the 2017 “Season of Dreamers” will allow audiences to peek into the conservative compound of a religious family.
OCU director receives three opera awards
After directing three operas last year, Evita, Jackie O, and Don Pasquale, David Herendeen has found himself with three awards from the National Opera Association for each one, all in different divisions.
Music theater students to perform in China
Six music theater students are taking a trip to China in October.
Opera to explore American culture in the 1960s
Jackie O brings vulnerability and grief to the stage through a story inspired by the life of Jackie Kennedy.
Musical portrays director with relationship crises
A new musical will open Oct. 9 focusing on a director’s life as he struggles to find balance at home and work. Nine is about an Italian director, Guido Contini, who is lacking inspiration for his next movie. His marriage is struggling and his life is in shambles as his mistress, wife, muse, and producer all…
Prospective students visit campus for National Auditions
National auditions are scheduled this weekend for incoming theater and music students.Students get a chance to volunteer and help guide future students through the audition process.
Bass School presents tragedy in American opera ‘Street Scene’
Street Scene, composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Langston Hughes, is a Broadway opera that combines catchy 1940s music with tragedy. The story follows the working-class Maurrant family and their neighbors in a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan in 1946
