Essays About Oklahoma

The 20th Century Fox film version released in 1955 ad key differences than the current Broadway musical. One of the main differences other than a little extra dialogue was the utilization of dance. In the film dance was not used as a primary asset to the production. The impact of dance could be described by…

Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma. From 1933 to 1936 he was educated as a musician at Tuskegee Institute. During that time he traveled to New York and visited Richard Wright, which led him to the first attempts to write fiction. Since that time he became a well-known critic; his articles, reviews and short stories…

“Oklahoma! ” is a musical based on Lynn Riggs’ play “Green Grow the Lilacs,” and is directed by Trevor Nunn. The musical is set in Oklahoma just outside of the town Clairmoore in 1906. It stars Joesfina Gabrielle as Laurey, Maureen Lipman as Aunt Eller, and Shuler Hensley as Jud Fry. This production was filmed…

When footage of the University of Oklahoma’s SAE fraternity singing a disgustingly racist chant – which included the phrase “there will never be a nigger in SAE” – emerged a couple weeks ago, I felt many things, but surprised wasn’t one of them. The video may have been taken at a private fraternity event on…

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Ladd-Whitney Monument It was April 19, 1995 at 9:03 that the lives of thousands were affected by one singleexplosion. The explosion took the lives of 168 men, women, and children. The explosionphysically injured 600 individuals and emotionally injured numerous amounts of peoplearound the world. The explosion took place at the Alfred…