Matilda Blog Part 4: Ashley Wells as Director
By: Sydney Moody (Marketing Intern) What an amazing few blogs! We’ve gotten so much insight from the cast of MATILDA, we’ve gotten to the technical aspects of theatre from our stage manager, now, we’re getting some perspective from the director, Ashley Wells....
Matilda Blog Part 3: Cassie Magrath as MATILDA
By: Sydney Moody (Marketing Intern) Wow! What an interesting week it has been. First, we interviewed Matthew Alvin Brown, also known as Mrs. Trunchbull, then we interviewed our stage manager Caroline Mueller. Now, it’s time we interview one of our leads of the show,...
Matilda Blog Part 2: Caroline Mueller as the Stage Manager
By: Sydney Moody (Marketing Intern) In our first blog we interviewed Matthew Alvin Brown, also known as Miss Trunchbull on the stage. In that, we dove into the perspective of an actor, the craziness of theatre, as well as how emotional it can get for the actors...
Matilda Blog Part 1: Matthew Alvin Brown as Miss Trunchbull
Blog By: Sydney Moody (Marketing Intern) Photos By: K. Talley Photography Roald Dahl’s MATILDA is an extremely famous tale of a young girl with power of friendship and her gifts guiding her through the obstacles in life that are caused by the atrocious Phys-Ed...
Lyric Named Official Theatre of Oklahoma!
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 1385, authored by Senate Democratic Leader Kay Floyd and House Majority Leader Jon Echols, bestowing the honor for the flagship theatre founded in 1963. The law takes effect November 1, 2022. “Everyone at Lyric Theatre would like to...
HEAD OVER HEELS Re-Opens Plaza Theatre after 2 years!
Photo By: Miki Galloway Blog By Jessica Vanek, Marketing Intern After 2 years of silence on the Plaza Stage, Head over Heels is open at Lyric Theatre! Head over Heels is a jukebox musical featuring the music of The Go-Go’s. The musical...
Q&A with Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Distant Thunder)
Photo By: Miki Galloway Blog By Jessica Vanek Marketing Intern Distant Thunder at Oklahoma’s First American museum is one week away from opening! The musical, written by Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Shaun Taylor-Corbett, follows Darrell Waters,...
Q&A With Co-Creator of DISTANT THUNDER
Shaun Taylor-Corbett, co-creator of DISTANT THUNDER, shares insight into bringing the new Native American musical to Lyric's stage... What sparked you to tell the story of Distant Thunder as a musical? What motivated you to start writing it? Originally, I had...
A Conversation with Jonathan Lynch ( DISTANT THUNDER)
A Conversation with Jonathan Lynch By Jessica Vanek, Marketing Intern The rehearsal process for Lyric Theatre’s production of Distant Thunder is in full swing. The musical, written by Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Shaun Taylor-Corbett, follows Darrell Waters, a brash young...
Oklahoma Today Podcast – Distant Thunder
The great minds behind DISTANT THUNDER, (Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Lynne Taylor-Corbett) and our own Michael Baron, sat down with Oklahoma Today's Nathan Gunter to talk on their podcast about the upcoming production and how this wonderful musical came to be. LISTEN HERE ...
