Playhouse stage Company, in association with the city of albany, presents…

Music by Richard Rodgers
Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs

July 1 -27, 2025
Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30PM
at Park Playhouse in Albany’s Washington Park
Lawn Seating is FREE
Reserved Seats are $25-35

Special Encore Weekend at Guilderland’s Tawasentha Park
July 31 - august 2

THere’s a Bright Golden Haze on the Meadow in this musical masterpiece by rodgers & Hammerstein….

In 2025, the enduring Rodgers & Hammerstein classic Oklahoma! returns to Albany’s Park Playhouse for the first time in a generation! One of the landmarks in 20th century theatre, Oklahoma! launched a new era in the American musical. It also began the most successful songwriting partnership in Broadway history. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land. This groundbreaking musical that set the stage for all that followed is a lively, tuneful night of theatre full of cowboys, farmers, romance and fearless optimism.

“Forget baseball, hot dogs and apple pie. Nothing is more American than Oklahoma!... One of the landmarks of 20th century theatre, it remains a defining event of American culture.”
– Houston Chronicle

“A masterpiece...Rodgers & Hammerstein are truly up there with Eugene O'Neill as the great American theatre creators.”
– New York Post

“If ever a show earned its exclamation point, it's this one!”
– Wall Street Journal

Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs
Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals

CREATIVE STAFF

Director - Chuck Kraus
Choreographer - Alexis Papaleo
Music Director - Brian Axford
Production Stage Manager - Gabi Bazinet Douglas

TICKETS go on Sale to Season 37 Members on March 1, and to the general public on March 15

RUNNING TIME - 2 Hours, plus a 15-minute intermission

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Content advisory

Playhouse Stage Co. does not offer general advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage affects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 518-434-0776.