Okalahoma critical analysis
The original production of Oklahoma opened at the St.
James Theatre, New York, on Wednesday March 31, 1943. The top ticket
price was $4.80.
It ran on Broadway for over five years, besting the previous record
holder Hellzapoppin by more than two years. For fifteen years, from
1946 until 1961, Oklahoma held the record as the longest running show
in Broadway history.
When Okalahoma closed on Broadway May 29, 1948 after 2,212
performances, more than four and a half million people had seen it
there.
In our expressive arts lesson we watched a section of Okalahoma. As
our topic is dreams and nightmares, we watched the section where
Laurey has her dream. In a swirl of dream images, Laurey sees herself
marrying Curly when Jud invades the wedding; he carries her off,
thwarts Curly's attempts to rescue her, and, after a horrific
struggle, kills Curly. Laurey awakes from her nightmare with a
start...and finds Jud ready to escort her to the Dance.
In the beginning of this section we can see Laurey falling to sleep.
Then the lights suddenly dim, this shows the audience that we have
travelled from reality to her dream.
The lighting plays an important part in this musical, as it
communicates to the audience Laurey’s mood and feelings. When Laurey
is dreaming the light dims to a blue. Then hands appear from the
cornfields; they are being lighted up with gold spotlights. She then
follows them to a large stage, which is filled up with blur light. In
her dream they lighting is calm and cool, and the mood is happy but
when it changes into a nightmare the lights suddenly switch red, and
makes the atmosphere alarming and unsettling. A spot light is also
used on Curley when he enters to dance with Laurey. This can symbolise
that he is the one for her, and that he stands out from everyone else.
By using a white spotlight shows the audience that he is pure and
good. But the spotlights also build a feeling of confusion and
distress. This is in her nightmare where the lighting is red and the
white spotlights are darting around the stage. This shows the audience
Laurey’s feelings towards her nightmare.
Music is crucial in her dream as there is no speaking involved, so
they music is the only thing that can be heard. In her dream they are
playing the song “oh, what a beautiful morning”. This is played in
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...girls they dance in unison, to show they are
together and under control. They use lots of turns, and leaps. They
also use a lot of ballet movements. This shows the audience a calm,
flowing and graceful dream. In the dance with the showgirls, they are
all dancing separately with separate movements. They use lots of
flexible movements, and balances. This can show the audience that they
are separated and unorganised. When she dances the waltz with curly
they use lots of lifts, turns and graceful movements, on the other
hand when dancing with Judd she is being thrown around and manipulated
like a rag doll. This also shows another contrast, which may relate to
the contrasts in dreams and nightmares.
The musical communicated to the audience her feeling and emotions
through other means than verbal communication. They show it mainly
through lighting, movement, and music. It relates to dreams and
nightmares as is seems rather peculiar. The music seems out of tune
and distraught. And strange things and people appear throughout to
make the dream seem realistic. This critical analysis will help me to
relate to dreams and nightmares throughout my performance without
talking.
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