While many of Oklahoma’s major performing arts companies are taking the summer off, there are still ample options for on-the-stage entertainment.
In Tulsa, head to the Tulsa Spotlight Theatre every Saturday in July for The Drunkard and the Olio, America’s longest-running play. If you prefer the casino, Hard Rock offers the comedic chops of Gabriel Iglesias on July 12, as well as singer/songwriter and American Idol alum Chris Daughtry on July 30. Other Tulsa-based goodies include country crooner Jason Aldean on July 17 at the BOK Center, and comedian Joe Pera on July 29 at Cain’s Ballroom. (You can also see Pera on July 27 at OKC’s Tower Theatre.)
In OKC, Lyric Theatre brings the heat this month with two performances: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical on July 8-13, and Oklahoma!, July 29-Aug. 3, both at the Civic Center Music Hall. Also at the Civic is The Wizard of Oz, brought to life by Storyteller Theatre, running July 25-Aug. 3. Other performances on July’s OKC plate include comedian Shane Gillis, July 18, and the Avett Brothers, July 19, both at the Paycom Center, as well as The Little Mermaid at the Oklahoma Children’s Theatre on July 26-27.
If you want to take a road trip for some entertainment, visit Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre through July 5 for The Shark is Broken, or head to Norman’s University of Oklahoma for the Oklahoma International Dance Festival Summer Intensive, running July 21-Aug. 2.
