There are quite a few options for the best live theatre in Oklahoma City. One of them is certainly Celebrity Attractions, presenting national touring Broadway shows since 1983 and doing so at Oklahoma City's Civic Center Music Hall. Each year, there are several professional live theatre productions to entertain metro residents.
Here is information on the current season line-up as well as the Civic Center Music Hall, ticket-buying and past productions:
2011-2012 Season Line-Up
Peter Pan - September 13-18"Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in an all new production."
Memphis - November 8-13
Inspired by actual events "from the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love."
The Addams Family - January 17-22
The "weird and wonderful family" of television and film fame hit the stage in a macabre musical.
Stomp - March 13-18
The international sensation returns to the metro.
Fiddler on the Roof - May 1-6
The Tony Award-winning musical based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem
2012-2013 Season Line-Up
Les Misérables - October 9-1425th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical
Mary Poppins - November 6-11
The popular Disney film comes to the stage.
Jekyll & Hyde - January 15-20
The "dark and dangerous love story from Tony® and Grammy Award nominee Frank Wildhorn returns."
100 Years of Broadway - February 12-17
Widely acclaimed musical revue of Broadway's most celebrated shows
West Side Story - April 23-28
The Bernstein and Sondheim musical classic
Location and Tickets
Celebrity Attractions touring productions are presented at the Civic Center Music Hall at 201 N. Walker downtown, Oklahoma City's premiere performing arts facility. A full profile of the Civic Center is available here on About OKC.Tickets for the individual productions typically go on sale about a month before the show dates. They can be purchased by calling the Celebrity Attractions ticket office at (800) 869-1451, the Civic Center box office at (405) 297-2264 or at select Homeland stores.
Tickets range in price from $10 to $80, depending on show, date and seating location. Celebrity Attractions has a detailed Civic Center seating chart available online.
Past Celebrity Attractions Shows in OKC
Several past touring productions brought to OKC by Celebrity Attractions have been detailed here on About.com. They include:- The Will Rogers Follies - See also the interview with Follies star and OU grad Keleen Snowgren as well as the full show review
- The famous comedy musical Hairspray
- The biblical tale with rousing music The Rock and The Rabbi
- Tom Bosley and Michael Lerned in On Golden Pond
- Classic musical tale of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha
- The touring production of the Broadway smash Wicked
- The Broadway classic Gypsy
