{"id":25092,"date":"2013-10-21T10:26:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=25092"},"modified":"2013-10-21T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T14:26:50","slug":"wright-state-takes-deeper-look-at-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/21\/wright-state-takes-deeper-look-at-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State takes deeper look at \u2018Oklahoma!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Excerpt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s legendary \u201cOklahoma!,\u201d the 1943 tale of romance, jealousy, land and statehood, revolutionized Broadway by taking musical theater to new heights of story, song and dance. It will be presented at Wright State University beginning Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Lynn Riggs\u2019 1930 play \u201cGreen Grow the Lilacs,\u201d the groundbreaking musical chronicles the testy yet tender relationship that blossoms on the farm of Aunt Eller Murphy between her niece, Laurey Williams, and her ranch hand Curly McClain. However, Laurey is also the object of affection for Eller\u2019s lonely, detached ranch hand Jud Fry, which puzzles and irritates Curly. This potent love triangle transpires within a remarkable score overflowing with gems such as \u201cOh, What a Beautiful Mornin\u2019,\u201d \u201cThe Surrey with the Fringe on Top,\u201d \u201cMany a New Day,\u201d \u201cOut of My Dreams,\u201d \u201cPeople Will Say We\u2019re in Love,\u201d and the title tune.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/entertainment\/arts-theater\/wright-state-takes-deeper-look-at-oklahoma\/nbQww\/\" target=\"_blank\">DaytonDailyNews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s legendary \u201cOklahoma!,\u201d the 1943 tale of romance, jealousy, land and statehood, revolutionized Broadway by taking musical theater to new heights of story, song and dance. It will be presented at Wright State University beginning Thursday. Based &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/21\/wright-state-takes-deeper-look-at-oklahoma\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-media","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25095,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25092\/revisions\/25095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}