Opening Night - OKLAHOMA

Last night was opening night for our 2011 opening musical - OKLAHOMA. We had a great crowd at the theatre - there were even 31 people on the waiting list to get in! The crowd was enthusiastic and excited by the show - and the cast was thrilled. After performing for five weeks with no one in the audience, it was nice to finally have someone clap, laugh and respond at the scenes and song. 

A very funny thing happened during the show last night. During the second scene, Jud and Curly are supposed to fire their guns in the smokehouse. Jud's fired just fine, but Curly's did not fire - he tried three times and nothing. Finally, he said "Bang!" and said "that would've gone through that knothole". The audience laughed and responded positively, because the actor (Drew Ervin) handled the situation well and in character. In the second act, Curly sells the gun at the Box Social in order to increase his bid over Jud, and he offers it to Joe and says "it only misfired once!" - well, the audience went nuts. The joys of live theatre - the gun had never been a problem in dress rehearsals, but it happened in front of an audience and the actor handled it well. All in all, it will probably go down as one of our "memories" of this show!

If you're in Midland over the next five weeks, come on down to MCT and see the show - support our talented volunteers (both onstage and off) who have worked on this show.