October feels like the Super Bowl of performing arts in Oklahoma – a packed month where stages across the state are alive with music, dance and drama.
At the Tulsa PAC, the spotlight is burning bright all month long. The Tulsa Symphony kicks off its 20th anniversary season in grand style on Oct. 4, welcoming world-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax and guest conductor Lina González-Granados. Just days later, a Tulsa story returns home in a big way: The Outsiders makes its touring debut in T-Town, running Oct. 7-12 courtesy of Celebrity Attractions. And for a touch of haunting beauty, Tulsa Ballet brings the ethereal Giselle to the stage Oct. 30-Nov. 2, just in time for Halloween. Additionally, don’t miss the Isidore String Quartet (Oct. 24-26) from Chamber Music Tulsa at both the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center and Tulsa PAC, or Tulsa Opera’s spine-tingling Voices After Dark: Music in the Shadows running Oct. 25 at Laven Sowell Opera Center.
In OKC, the opera keeps on comin’ with Painted Sky’s Proving Up, Oct. 2-5 at the Civic Center Music Hall. The laughs at the Civic will be rolling in with The Book of Mormon courtesy OKC Broadway (Oct. 10-12) while OKC Ballet’s Dracula sinks its teeth into spooky season on Oct. 17-19. Homegrown talent is celebrated at the Civic with OKC Phil’s Oklahoma Stories: Celebrating Our Future on Oct. 25, followed by Canterbury Voices’ Dies Irae: Song of the Shadows on Oct. 30. Other goodies include Lyric Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show, Oct. 2-Nov. 1 at Lyric at the Plaza, as well as The Queen’s Six sextet, performing at Edmond’s Armstrong Auditorium on Oct. 30.
Stillwater’s McKnight Center serves up three stellar nights: country powerhouse Ashley McBryde (Oct. 3), the world-class United States Marine Band (Oct. 19), and the elegant Seoul Chamber Orchestra (Oct. 29-30).
