Review+of+my+last+play,+Oklahoma!

=**My Review of my school's production of Oklahoma!**= While I have ventured to larger venues like the Fox Theater, the last play I attended was my school’s production of the musical Oklahoma!, held simply in our school’s cafeteria. And while the venue was considerably weak, the crew behind the play did an excellent job of setting up the theater in a way that concealed the true nature of the venue, making you almost forget where you were. Entrance to the show set me back around 7 dollars, a very affordable price given the general quality of the production’s given by my school’s drama group. I was dressed nicely when I came to the play, but nothing out of the ordinary for a day at school. In summation, the play Oklahoma! is based on the tenuous love situation of Curly McLain and Laurey Williams, complicated by Jud Fry who also has his heart set on Laurey. Laurey is very indecisive at times, which escalates the story as both men fight for her love. The story of Oklahoma! is a fairly shallow affair that often left me questioning its validity at times due to the numerous plot holes that I saw in it. However, it still demonstrates the qualities of a play that engages the audience, with rich character development, a good sense of humor and a powerful climax where evil is once again confounded by the power of love. Another story about the unstoppable nature of love doesn’t exactly scream out compelling subject matter, but it certainly works well enough here to make it an enjoyable show. The actors of Oklahoma! were a very talented group of individuals, the stars performing exceptionally well and giving equally impressive singing performances. Some of their thunder might have been partially stolen however by the outstanding supporting roles that did an excellent job of fulfilling their roles as comic relief. At times it almost seemed like these hilarious sidepieces to the main story were more interesting than its larger counterpart, due to the enormous hilarity they generated. The physical production is a good, fairly realistic piece, especially given the fact that this was put on by an under funded high school drama group. At times, there were problems with the actor’s microphones which would completely refuse to work or make terrible noises that would drown out the dialogue. Reception for the play was very positive by the audience, commenting positively about it during the intermission and afterwards, and giving a standing ovation at the end of the production. While I would probably not recommend this play to someone outside of my high school’s community, I would have no problem recommending my friends to go out and see this very affordable production of Oklahoma! Given the lacking subject matter and questionable plot, I would probably not pursue further interest in Rodgers and Hammerstein plays, but in the end I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to the theater despite some minor glitches.