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features departments5 DirectionsSpringing Forward by John Scott

7 Bravo!UrinetownAviv QuartetBEtween THE CHANGE

24 SpotlightsArsenic and Old LaceFiddler on the Roof John Edward HasseLombardiMusical FireworksThe Unmentionables 26 May Events

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9 Q&A: Robert MirabalThe Native American flutist from Taos Pueblo teams up with post- classical string quartet ETHEL in “Music of the Sun”Interview by Matt Cauthron

12 Lovers in JapanCultures collide and hearts are broken when Cio-Cio-San marries U.S. Navy Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton in Tulsa Opera’s production of Madame Butterfly by Kostis Protopapas

16 Put Cherry on TopNew restaurants like Andolini’s, SMOKE., Mi Cocina and La Mad-eleine put Cherry Street on top of the list for pre- and post-show dining by Nancy Bizjack

19 For Immature Audiences OnlyA ’90s alt-rock band, a fractured fairy tale, a well-known picture book, and a legendary swashbuckler come to life when four family shows hit the stage this month by Natalie O’Neal

23 A Reason, a Season or a Lifetime?Theatre Pops takes a look at what happens to two middle-aged couples when one husband and wife break up in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Dinner With Friends by Missy Kruse

in the galleryTwo Painters, Two Places: Landscapes by Louise Higgs and Cathy DeuschleApril 5-29There’s a long history of painters working together outdoors, with each artist striving to develop a particular visual tone and inflection to interpret the experience in a personal way. This is best exemplified by the collaborations of plein air artists such as Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro as well as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Cathy Deuschle and Louise Higgs continue that tradition in this collection of works they painted, at the same time, in Stuart Park in Osage County and Quartz Mountain in Western Oklahoma.

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Drainage by Cathy Deuschle

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WHEW! THE PAC’S 35th anniversary month is over and PAC staff is in full recovery mode after hosting more than 50 performances. Thanks go to Marketing Director Nancy Hermann for conceiving an anniversary celebration that included an already scheduled show as a centerpiece, two major receptions, a history exhibit and an open house. Our 35th anniversary date could have been just another March 19 if she had not envisioned the possibilities. We appreciate Jackie Cooper Imports, and other donors, for funding the anniversary activities, and Ken Tracy of Choregus Productions for allowing us to use The Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers as our central event.

Also, many members of the PAC staff lent time and expertise to our anniversary, particularly Steve Fendt, Nancy Bizjack, Chad Oliverson, Buddy Wilson and Pat Sharp. Tina Fincher at Cubic, and Amanda Bullock and Katy Livingston at Langdon Publishing were an immense help. We also appreciate our 15 local arts organizations that provide the backbone of PAC activities year after year.

An anniversary is often a time for reflection. Four PAC employees have worked more than 25 of the PAC’s 35 years. They are Steve Fendt, Carol Willis, Pat Sharp and yours truly. Thank you, Steve, Carol and Pat, for your talent and dedication.

I know I’ve mentioned it before, but keep your eyes out for our new, full-color marquees. The project has been delayed a couple of times, but the new video boards should be up sometime in the next few months. Another project that you many never see but will help our administrative team tremendously is the installation of a new computerized scheduling system. This new software will provide us the latest tools for scheduling our multi-theater facility, with the big plus that our user groups will be able to access the PAC calendar at any time to check their dates.

April is a month of considerable variety. Whether it’s opera, theatre, or an outstanding variety of musicians, there is so much to enjoy at the PAC as we continue our efforts to ensure that “Everyone’s Place” honors its roots and lives up to its name.

Thanks for all your support. I’ll see you in the lobby.

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INTERMISSIONis the official magazine of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

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urInetownONE OF THE MOST uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution.

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage caused by a 20-year drought has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. One of the citizens decides he’s had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Created by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, Urinetown played on Broadway from 2001 to 2004. It was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won three, including Best Book and Best Score.

April 19-20 at 7:30 p.m.April 21 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.April 22 at 2 p.m.L I D D y D O E N G E S T H E A T R ETickets are $25; $18 for children and seniors. M

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aVIV QuartetFOUNDED IN TEL AvIv, Israel, in 1997, the Aviv Quartet has won awards at competitions around the world, including the Grand Prix and four special prizes at the 3rd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. The quartet also won first prize at the Charles Hennen Competition in The Netherlands, the Schubert Prize in Austria, and the International Critics Prize at the Bordeaux String Quartet Competition in France.

The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) referred to the Aviv as “an ensemble that blends potent interpretive skills with technical precision; every phrase has a purpose, every detail emerges as a crucial element in the musical message.”

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between the changeIN THIS PRODUCTION, Tulsa Youth Ballet will perform four pieces. The Butterfly is a classical ballet based on Le Papillon by Jacques Offenbach. Like many fairy tales, a young girl is captured by a wicked fairy and then rescued by the good fairy and her friends. The Rehearsal is a comedic play about the preparation of

the classical ballet The Butterfly. Between THe CHANGe is a powerful and moving jazz production allowing an in-depth view of how society addresses and handles the issue of bullying among our youth. Lunch is a bright, fun look into the school-day lunch period while tapping to the music of The ventures.

Tulsa Youth Ballet is a division of Oklahoma Performing Arts, Inc., which is directed by Laura Norman Tyson.

Apr. 14 at 7 p.m.J O H N H . W I L L I A M S T H E A T R ETickets are $5.


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interview by matt cauthronQ+aROBERT MIRABAL IS a modern-day Renaissance man. When he’s not crafting his own wooden flutes, publishing books of poetry, or farming at his home on the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, he travels the world playing his unique brand of world music. Mirabal blends traditional Native American influences with styles from around the world to create a distinctive sound that defies categorization. The two-time Grammy winner’s latest project, “Music of the Sun,” puts his musical melting-pot approach — and his cultural roots — on full display.

Tell me a little bit about the production “Music of the Sun.” It’s a collaboration with a string quartet named ETHEL, based out of New York. The way it started out was that a few years ago, they invited me, along with a slack-key guitar player from Hawaii and a banjo picker from Kentucky, to do a show at the Academy of Music. The show was called “Truck Stop,” and it was just a way of bringing unusual instruments into a setting with a string quartet, and to create musical conversa-tions with an unconventional collection of instruments.

So it turned out pretty amazing; it was very well received. Every once in a while ETHEL will go out and do shows with different artists under that name, “Truck Stop.” So they invited me to create a show that we could present in the U.S., and my idea was to do songs about the sun. Every-

thing is based on agriculture and things of that nature, things that were a big influence in my culture. So a lot of the music is based on harvest or farming or anything that pertains to the honoring of the sun.

We’ve been touring with it for the last year or so.

Speaking of your culture, I understand that you grew up in the Taos Pueblo, and that you still live there and practice the ancient customs of the Pueblo culture. Yes, I grew up on Taos Pueblo. There are 19 pueblos in New Mexico and we’re the far northernmost tribe. It’s a small tribe of 2,000 people, and many of us that live here are still committed to upholding the cultural practices — whether they’re seasonal or yearly or every five or ten years — we’re obligated through ances-try to uphold those culturally significant values. And we believe that by uphold-ing those certain cultural standards and

honoring our cultural gifts, that we turn the axis of the world.

How did you come to music? Were you always musically inclined? Was music a driving influence in that culture? Yes, to some extent everybody in the Pueblo has their foot in some kind of artistic endeavor — art, dance, music, song. But in our culture it’s just what we do. That’s what we learn as children — singing and dancing, songs, language and storytelling, all kinds of stuff. It’s just part of our life, and anywhere outside the U.S. it has become abundantly clear that those kinds of things are needed in the healthy upbringing of a child.

So it’s simply a cultural practice. It was always a part of my life. I was part of a dance group. I was a singer. And doing those things got me interested in formu-lating different styles of music. And it just kind of went from there.

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How did you pick up the flute?The native flute, we [in the Taos Pueblo] got through trade with the plains people, the Cheyennes and Kiowas. That’s how we got that instrument. I had always heard about it, but I had never seen one until I was about 13 or 14, and I didn’t start playing one until I was about 18 years old. Then, it’s one of those things where I was in the right place at the right time. World music was becoming very popular. There was this huge inter-est once again in native culture, and mu-sic, and styles, and that kind of vibe. So I hit it right there at that perfect time, and that’s how my popularity developed, because the nation was enamored once again by leather and turquoise. [Laughs]

I understand you make your own flutes. Yeah. Right now I’m working with a flute maker out of Salt Lake City. I design stuff, and we’ve collaborated on different projects together. The stuff that I make is all hand-made. And the stuff that we collaborate on is machine-bored. But it’s all made from wood from all over the world.

How did you learn to make flutes? I was doing summer stock in Tahlequah when I was about 17 or 18 years old. I kind of just got on a bus and took off to audition. I really wanted to be an actor. I knew I could dance and all that kind of stuff, but acting was my thing.

I had enough money to get a bus ticket from Albuquerque to Muskogee, and then I hitched a ride from there to Tahlequah, where I auditioned for this guy that was the director of the Tsa La Gi Amphitheater out there. And they were doing a lot of Cherokee stuff, the Trail of Tears drama and that kind of thing.

And I got a role in summer stock, right off the bat. But I didn’t know where to live, so I went to the family

friends in Stillwell and I started picking strawberries. [Laughs] I was a strawberry picker and I was fixing lawnmowers for about two months until we started. Then I moved back in to Tahlequah and started summer stock, and that’s when I started playing the flute.

After the season ended I came home, and the money I had saved just kind of dwindled away, and so I got my knife and I split the flute I had in half, and I learned how to make the flutes by just looking at the flute that I had just split in half.

That flute was made by an old-timer from the Taos Pueblo. At that time there were very few people making them or even playing them. There was a recording here and there, but not nearly as much as there is now. So it’s become an instrument that has reclaimed its old standing, and it’s an instrument of love and communication.

And the flute is featured prominently in “Music of the Sun,” is it not?Yes. And there are some new composi-tions that are pretty far out. I really enjoy playing with ETHEL because they’re so in tune with what’s going on around them — classically trained, yet very aware of improvisational modes and techniques and things like that.

Is there a lot of improvisation in the show?Oh yeah. There’s a nice mix of impro-visation with stuff that is very tightly composed.

Is it important to you to highlight parts of your culture to a wider audience through music?To me personally, as an artist, it’s about collaboration. It’s about bringing musical storylines into a theme. And that theme in this case is the sun, and how univer-sally we respect the sun — the life-force of all things, but also an element that

can easily destroy us. So there’s this homage to something much greater than the human existence. And to do it in collaboration with such a prominent fixture in American music, the string quartet, is great. You’ve got two violins, you’ve got the rhythm with the cello, and the in-between with the viola. Then to bring in the native flute on top of that, it becomes a unique, very interest-ing collaboration.

It sounds almost like a spiritual practice. Not only the subject matter, but the actual practice of creating the music is a spiritual endeavor.I think you hit the nail on the head. I think collaboration is spiritual. Because no matter where you’re from, if you’re showing up musically, and you’re show-ing up in a unique way — you’re creating something real, something important. The only way to show up is to love, with your heart open. And that in itself is something we forget about in daily life. Some people work ten, twenty years at something and never show up, com-pletely, with their heart open. For us to perform a piece based around the sun, the only way we can approach this is through our own experiences. But I can’t put the audience into my experience from a cultural standpoint. All I can do is try to convey my experience through music and hope that the audience can find a spiritual connection.

Music of the SunETHEL with Robert Mirabal

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The operas of Giacomo Puccini are among the most popular in the

operatic repertoire. Three of them — La Bohème, Madame Butterfly and Tosca — are permanent tenants of the operatic “Top 10” list. Classic Italian opera, which began in the early 1800s with the bel canto operas of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti and reached its maturity with the stylish and authoritative dramas of Verdi, reaches its apex in the full-throated vocalism and orchestral splendor of Puccini’s melodramas.

The hallmarks of Puccini’s style are his passionate melodies, rich

orchestral sonorities, and his ability to make the audience cry. His genius in creating empathy is unparalleled, and he achieves it through a

combination of unforgettable melody and shocking theatrical realism.

Premiered in 1904, Madame Butterfly is a product of the Orientalism that was in vogue in European art and literature in the late 19th century. Although the exotic legends and alluring mysteries of China and the Middle East had long been a source of inspiration for European writers, Japan had been closed to the outside world until the mid-1800s. The arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 and the political events known as “bakumatsu” (end of the curtain) that followed caused profound social, economic and cultural changes in Japan. They also generated great interest among Western artists and intellectuals, who were fascinated by this newly revealed

“Land of the Rising Sun.” Most important,

the sudden influx of

Western ideas, customs

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the great cultural dichotomy that is

still evident in modern Japan. This dichotomy

lies at the heart of the story of Madame Butterfly.

The plot of Madame Butterfly originates in an 1898 short story by John Luther Long and its play adaptation by David Belasco. A strikingly similar story titled Madame Chrysanthème had been published in 1887 by Pierre

Loti, a French naval officer whose autobiographical stories were very much the essence of exoticism and had inspired the creation of Delibes’ opera Lakmé. Long claimed that Madame Butterfly was based on actual events related to him by his sister Jennie Correll, who lived for several years in Nagasaki as a Methodist missionary.

In Act I, a young American naval officer, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, stationed at the American base of Nagasaki, marries Cio-Cio-San (“Butterfly”), a young Japanese girl from an impoverished noble family. Presumably, her father, who is said to have committed suicide, was a member of the samurai class that lost its power after the “bakumatsu.” Pinkerton thinks of his marriage as a temporary arrangement; Butterfly sees it as the promise of eternal love and a new life in the United States. After the exquisite love duet that concludes Act I, Pinkerton departs for America, promising to return for Butterfly.

Act II finds Butterfly alone, a single mother of a Western-looking child and shunned by family and friends. She stubbornly clings to her conviction that Pinkerton will return to take her to America, despite the pleas of her faithful nurse Suzuki, the weathy Japanese suitor Yamadori, and the American Consul, Sharpless. This Act contains some of the most well-known music from the opera: the aria Un bel dì (One fine day) in which Butterfly envisions the day of Pinkerton’s return; the “Flower Duet,” in

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which Butterfly and Suzuki are gathering flowers to welcome Pinkerton home; and the “Humming Chorus,” which captures the anticipation of Pinkerton’s return.

Act III is one of stark realism and quick dénouement: Pinkerton returns, accompanied by his American wife, Kate, to fetch his son. As soon as he enters Butterfly’s house, he is overcome by fond memories and remorse. Butterfly finds out the truth and commits ritual suicide so that her son will be free to have an unburdened life in her unseen but beloved America.

Puccini’s ability to stir up passionate empathy manifests itself in all of its strength in Madame Butterfly. No audience ever roots for an operatic character or weeps for her fate as much as one does for Cio-Cio-San. It is impossible to remain immune to such a devastating combination of naiveté, hope and premonition, expressed by Puccini alternately in elegant Oriental modes and passionate Italianate melodies. Conversely, Pinkerton, although arguably not as great a villain as Scarpia or Macbeth, is perhaps the most reviled of all. Audiences typically deny him any forgiveness, despite the contrition he shows in the final act, and sometimes greet him with “boos” no matter how stellar his vocal performance!

Tulsa Opera’s 2012 production of this beloved classic brings with it two very important Tulsa debuts. Soprano Maria Kanyova and tenor Frank Lopardo not only are great singing actors acclaimed for their portrayals of Cio-Cio-San and Pinkerton, but they have long-standing careers singing leading roles at major opera houses. Maria has portrayed violetta in La Traviata, Mimì in La Bohème and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at venues such as the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. She comes to Tulsa immediately after reprising one of her signature roles, Pat Nixon, in John Adams’ Nixon in China at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, where an opening night review said that “her portrayal was extraordinary” and “her voice could stop time.”

Frank is one of the most distinguished tenors working today. He has sung in virtually every major opera house from the Met to San Francisco and from Covent Garden to La Scala, and has recorded for the London and Deutsche Grammophon labels. He is renowned for the beauty of his tone, his impressive technique and his nuanced and stylish interpretations of the Italian repertoire. Frank believes Cio-Cio-San was undoubtedly Pinkerton’s first real love:

“I certainly can’t sing Pinkerton’s third act aria without believing in my heart that Pinkerton felt something real for Cio-Cio-San.”

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Lots of people like to garnish a trip to the PAC with a bite to eat before or

after a show. In the past year or so, quite a few fresh options have been added to that charming stretch of 15th Street between Peoria and Utica known as Cherry Street. Parking can be a challenge, but it’s an interesting neighborhood to stroll.

A “Going Out” Experience

If you’re reading this magazine, you probably enjoy turning off the Tv, getting out of the house, and having authentic, real-life experiences. If that’s true, then you will appreciate Andolini’s Pizzeria on Cherry Street. The cozy, brick-walled restaurant makes everything from scratch, has no Tvs, and doesn’t serve the kind of beer you can buy at QuikTrip.

“When you go out, we want it to be a ‘going out’ experience,” co-owner Mike Bausch explains. “You’re there to see people; you’re not there to watch a muted Knicks game. I could very easily buy frozen dough, put a Tv in, and sell Coors or Bud, but then what’s different about that from just staying home and watching ESPN with a Boboli pizza and a beer?”

Talk to Bausch for a few minutes, and you realize that he takes his dough-making very seriously. He has a college-level degree in pizza-making from the Tony Gemignani International School of Pizza, and when we spoke, he was in Las vegas getting ready for the International Pizza Expo.

“I will be competing next week, and I like to come out early to get my dough

prepared, so I can let it get a full rise,” he said. Most people could think of

other reasons to extend a visit to vegas, but Bausch

is anticipating stretching the kind of dough you eat, not the kind you

put in your wallet. Although, some might have thought he was rolling the dice seven years ago when he decided to become a pizzaiolo instead of a prosecutor.

Bausch, who grew up in New Jersey and Northern California, had just graduated from St. Mary’s College near San Francisco and been accepted to law school when his big brother Jim Bausch was transferred to Tulsa by his employer, a rental car company. Mike decided to join him, and they opened their first Andolini’s in Owasso.

“The quality of life has been so great that my mom, my dad, and my sister have all moved out here too,” Mike says. “I also brought in my best friend, as a co-owner, about two years into it.”

Andolini’s on Cherry Street opened in 2011. Although the main focus is pizza — Bausch’s favorite is the Demarco of Brooklyn — the menu also includes appetizers, salads, Italian sandwiches, pasta dishes, and desserts. Beer on tap includes Oklahoma brands like Coop and Marshall’s, Louisiana’s Abita, as well as beers from Belgium, Italy and Germany. There’s also a wine list and a long list of bottled beer. 1920s-style cocktails complete the drink menu and complement the restaurant’s 1920s-New-York-bar-style décor. “There’s nothing more comforting to me than that style of ambience,” Mike says.

Mike’s comfort with and knowledge of East and West Coast food traditions come together at Andolini’s, where he has combined aspects of each to create something that’s just right for Tulsa.

“It’s a New York style with California-style ingredients,” he explains. “Someone said, ‘You’re right in the center of the country doing both styles, kind of better — you should call it Tulsa-style.’ I think that works, because Tulsa is a unique place. It’s a place where people have the best of the Midwest — the hospitality, the kindness, the honesty — but also

have the ingenuity and service mentality of New York and California. I think that stands out with our restaurant and with our food as well.”

Andolini’s Pizzeria1552 East 15th

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open later on weekendsSandwiches and salads: $7 Pizza and pasta: $10-$25

Try the garlic knots, limoncello salad, Demarco of Brooklyn pizza

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Other Cherry BlossomsMi Cocina1342 East 15th

Upscale Tex-Mex from Dallas11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday;

open till 11 p.m. on weekendsMost entrees: $9-$14

Try the guacamole, tamales, tacos de brisket, mojitos

SMOKE. 1542 East 15th

Woodfire grill and bar11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Saturday; closes at 9 p.m. on

Sunday; bar and cigar lounge stay open laterMost entrees: $8-$14 (lunch and Sat.-Sun. brunch),

$15-$28 (dinner)Try the hanger steak salad, quail, bacon jam bruschetta

La Madeleine 1523 East 15th

French bakery & caféSet to open this monthMost entrees: $5-$10

Try the chicken friand, crepes, quiche

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Remember when your mom read P.D. Eastman’s Are You My Mother? to you at bedtime? Or how you carved Zs into the sides of buildings while fending off bad guys with Zorro-

like swagger in your dreams? What about pretending you were in a fairy tale like Snow White or singing along to your favorite songs? This month, introduce your kids (and reintroduce your inner child) to these fantastical stories and new songs via the stage!

The Verve PipePresented by tulsa Children’s MuseuM

April 1 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. J O H N H . W I L L I A M S T H E A T R E

Tickets are $10.

What better way to introduce your kids to live concerts than by one of the bands from your past? The verve

Pipe, with hits like “The Freshman” in the ’90s, has come out with a new album for a new audience. “The verve Pipe’s A Family Album is full of inventive and creative lyrics about everyday goings-on that provide strong, positive messages to children and parents,” says TCM program manager Melissa Colegrove.

The verve Pipe is the final PAC concert for the 2011-12 TCM Family Concert Series. “The Family Concert Series exposes children and families in our community to music education through performances where artists represent a variety of genres and use audience participation and humor to engage and entertain,” says Colegrove. “We work closely with the Performing Arts Center to create an environment that welcomes a lively and energetic environment where kids are free to move and dance along with the music.”

Each concert features a programming component that correlates with each genre presented. Creating hands-on, arts-based, shared-learning experiences for children and families before and after each show helps to keep kids and parents engaged, Colegrove says.

Although the performances are entertaining for the entire family, children ages 4 to 10 will find TCM’s Family Concert Series most enjoyable. This year’s series concludes with the Free Family Music Festival at Mayfest, which will include local favorites The Claptet and Arthur Thompson’s dance company, A Taste of Africa.

The Lost Pages of Snow White: Search for

the Dark ScrollsPresented by enCore! theatre arts

April 12-14 at 7:30 p.m.April 14-15 at 2 p.m.

L I D D y D O E N G E S T H E A T R ETickets are $16; $13 for students over age 13 and seniors over 65.

Another revamped classic fairy tale comes to life from the creative minds of Mindy Barker (Encore’s director of

youth education) and Joshua Branson Barker (Encore’s artistic director). The Lost Pages of Snow White and the Search for the Dark Scrolls recounts the years after the events in Encore’s March production, The Lost Pages of Cinderella and the Phantom Fairy.

“The original fairy tale story is still intact (the Magic Mirror, the dwarves, the poison apple, etc.); we simply added additional characters and plot twists to work alongside the original tale,” Mindy explains. A slew of characters, both good and evil, make this an entertaining show for all audiences. “Everyone, from very young children to older adults will enjoy the colorful and imaginative sets and costumes, as well as the silly humor, the interactions between well-known fairy tale characters, the brilliant stage magic and pyrotechnics, and the adventurous sword fights,” she adds.

“After we saw how much fun we and the cast had with Cinderella, and throughout rehearsals for Snow White, we continued to come up with new ideas for other fairy tales,” Mindy continues. So look for more fairy tales to come in the 2012-13 season. Hint: If you pay attention to certain characters and twists in the plot, you can probably make some accurate guesses about the next few “Lost Pages” shows.

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ZorroPresented by the PaC trust

April 27 at 7 p.m.Apr. 28 at 11 a.m.

J O H N H . W I L L I A M S T H E A T R ETickets are $10.

The Trust’s I-Squared Series ends the season with swashbuckling pizzazz as Zorro takes the stage! A trans-generational superhero,

Zorro will not only delight its younger audiences but also prod the imagination of adults. Zorro (Spanish for “fox”) is dedicated to defending the poor against tyrannical nobility in 17th century California. Creativity abounds as visible Fictions of Glasgow, Scotland, uses puppetry, music, and an imaginative set to recreate this historical and well-loved adventure tale. Children and adults alike will come away ruminating on the qualities of leadership, self-esteem, aspirations and tolerance.

You may remember visible Fictions from their production of Jason and the Argonaut, part of the Trust’s 2009-10 series. The innovative company returns, bringing its belief that art and education are natural partners, promoting change and empowerment. Although Zorro will best be enjoyed by third- to eighth-graders, all children’s shows this April will provide an entertaining and enriching experience for all who attend, be they young or old.

Are You My Mother?

Presented by the PaC trust April 20 at 7 p.m.Apr. 21 at 11 a.m.

J O H N H . W I L L I A M S T H E A T R ETickets are $10.

Learning about determination, friendship and self-empowerment has never been so fun! In a musical adaptation of P.D. Eastman’s 1960s children’s picture book, Are You My Mother?, ArtsPower National Touring Theatre’s playwright and

lyricist Greg Gunning and composer Richard DeRosa put their imaginations together to bring Baby Bird’s classic story to life. Shaken out of her nest, Baby Bird finds herself faced with the scary adventure of finding her mother. Fortunately, with the help of colorful characters like Dog, Cat and Hen, she finds not only Mother Bird but friendship and courage as well.

As one of the last productions in the PAC Trust’s 2011-12 Imagination Series, Are You My Mother? will be best enjoyed by children Pre-K through 3rd grade. PAC Trust Marketing Coordinator Chad Oliverson is an advocate for introducing performing arts to children at a young age. “The Trust’s Imagination and I-Squared series are great training for kids when it comes to learning the beauty of live theater,” he explains. “If you start young enough, you can make it a lifelong passion.” ArtsPower’s mission is exactly that: “We are committed to enriching children’s lives through the performing arts. By introducing our audiences to enthusiastic characters … children can see new possibilities in life and in themselves,” says ArtsPower’s executive producer Gary Blackman.

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What constitutes true friendship? How well do we really know those we feel closest to in our lives? What do we do and how do we cope when

relationships and circumstances change? Theatre Pops explores these questions in Dinner With Friends, a funny yet

bittersweet play by Donald Margulies that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as several other major theater awards.

The plot centers around two middle-aged couples: Gabe and Karen, who share a passion for gourmet cooking that has turned them into international food writers, and their friends, Tom and Beth, whom they first fixed up during a weekend at Martha’s vineyard.

A little over a decade has passed since then, and one night Beth arrives for dinner alone. Tom, she says, had to go out of town on business. But then the emotional dam breaks and she spills the truth — Tom has cheated on her and they are getting a divorce. After she leaves, Tom, whose flight has been cancelled, arrives to tell his side of the story, and Gabe and Karen struggle to find their perspective on the situation. Over the course of the play, through flashbacks and in the present, the protagonists explore their feelings about their needs and emotions, and about each other.

The play is very real, says director Kelli McLoud-Schingen, “A very authentic depiction of what relationships look like, and an intimate look at how these relationships play themselves out and how sometimes [changes] happen before we can even stop them from getting as far as they have gotten.”

While one couple seems to communicate by shouting, the other “seems to communicate a great deal, [but] at the end of the day they are not,” she says. A lot is left unsaid.

Dinner With Friends isn’t just about the two couples, but about the relationships of friends, says McLoud-Schingen, who previously directed Loose Knit for Theatre Pops. “You see the relationship between the women and how it is still being held together by a thread, and you also see the dissolution of the relationship between the two men as the friendship of a lifetime disappears in front of your eyes.”

It reminds her of the old statement, “Some people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime,” she says, and the characters in Dinner With Friends are discovering friends they thought would be there for a lifetime are there for a reason and a season. “I don’t think the play is preachy in that way, it just allows experiences to unfold.”

She notes that the play may have couples in the audience pondering just what a healthy relationship is, how well their own is functioning, and whether they are communicating in a way that is going to keep them together for a long time.

Dinner With FriendsPresented by theatre PoPsApril 26-28 at 8 p.m.April 29 at 2 p.m. L I D D y D O E N G E S T H E A T R ETickets are $15; $10 for seniors and students (mature audiences only)MyTicketOffice.com and 918-596-7111

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arsenIc and old laceWRITTEN IN 1939 by Joseph Kesselring, this well-known and timeless farcical black comedy revolves around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves.

Brewster’s family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with homemade wine laced with arsenic. Meanwhile, a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt is busy digging locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home, providing a convenient place to bury the bodies.

Billie Sue Thompson directs this production, starring Edward Zoellner as Mortimer Brewster, Priscilla Mayfield and Rita Boyle as his aunts, Geoffery Yeager as Teddy Brewster, and Ed Burguiere as Johnathan Brewster. May 11-12, 17-19 at 7:30 p.m.May 13 at 2 p.m.L I D D y D O E N G E S T H E A T R ETickets are $12.

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fIddler on the roof“WITHOUT OUR TRADITIONS, our lives would be as shaky as...as a fiddler on the roof,” announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. And so begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance — and changing traditions.

Tevye’s wrestling with the new customs of a younger generation is punctuated by an unforgettable score that weaves the haunting strains of “Sunrise, Sunset” and the rousing “If I Were a Rich Man” with the exuberant “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and triumphant “Tradition.” When his daughters choose suitors who defy his idea of a proper match, Tevye comes to realize, through a series of incidents that are at once comic and bittersweet, that his children will begin traditions of their own.

Fiddler on the Roof premiered on Broadway in 1965, winning nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. This production, starring veteran actor John Preece as Tevye, features Jerome Robbins’ original direction and choreography.

May 8-13C H A P M A N M u S I C H A L LTickets are $20-$60.

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John edward hasseIN “RAGTIME, BLUES AND JAZZ: A Piano Concert with Commentary,” pianist and music historian John Edward Hasse takes you on an informative and entertaining concert tour through six decades of jazz, from Scott Joplin through Herbie Hancock.

Hasse serves as Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, where he was founding

Executive Director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He also started national Jazz Appreciation Month, celebrated every April throughout the U.S.

Hasse is the author of a critically acclaimed biography, Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke ellington, and the editor of a major illustrated history, Jazz: The First Century.

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lombardIThough football’s Super Bowl trophy is named for him, few know the real story of Vince Lombardi the man — his inspirations, his passions and his ability to drive people to achieve what they never thought possible. Based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss, this play brings the audience into the life and times of one of America’s most inspirational and mercurial personalities.

Lombardi was head coach of the Green Bay Packers throughout much of the 1960s. He led the team to five league championships within seven years, three in consecutive years, which included the first two Super Bowls.

Written by Eric Simonson, Lom-bardi ran on Broadway from 2010 to 2011.

May 11-12, 16-19 at 8 p.m.May 13 at 2 p.m.J O H N H . W I L L I A M S T H E A T R ETickets are $30; $24 for seniors and students

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musIcal fIreworksOoh! Aah! Grammy-nominated conductor Alastair Willis leads a sparkling program that includes Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks — a piece composed for London’s 1749 celebration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, marking the end of the War of Austrian Succession. Unfortunately, the wooden structure from which the fireworks were launched caught fire shortly after the event began, sending the crowd fleeing for their lives!

The Symphony will also perform one of 20th century Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s most popular works, Concerto for Orchestra, composed on his deathbed during the final stages of leukemia.

On a less tragic note, TSO’s Principal Trumpet Tim McFadden will be featured in Concerto for Trumpet, which Haydn composed for his longtime friend Anton Weidinger.

May 5 at 7:30 p.m.C H A P M A N M u S I C H A L LTickets are $15-$65.

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the unmentIonablesThanks to their missionary zeal, a motley collection of do-good Americans stir up tension and trouble in an isolated African village. A wealthy entrepreneur, a pair of Christian charity workers, and a flamboyant government official get caught in a web of good intentions and bad judgments in this scathingly funny and provocative work making its Oklahoma premiere.

The Unmentionables was written by Bruce Norris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the play Clybourne Park.

May 10-12 at 7:30 p.m.May 13 at 2 p.m.C H A R L E S E . N O R M A N T H E A T R ETickets are $25; $18 for seniors and children.

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TuLSA TOWN HALLJohn edward hasseMay 4 at 10:30 a.m.Chapman Music Hall

RIVERFIELD COuNTRy DAy SCHOOLalmost, maineMay 4-5 at 7:30 p.m.Charles E. Norman Theatre

TuLSA SyMPHONymusical fireworksMay 5 at 7:30 p.m.Chapman Music Hall

CELEBRITy ATTRACTIONSfiddler on the roofMay 8-13Chapman Music Hall

THE PLAyHOuSE TuLSAthe unmentionablesMay 10-12 at 7:30 p.m.May 13 at 2 p.m.Charles E. Norman Theatre

AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANylombardiMay 11-12, 16-19 at 8 p.m.May 13 at 2 p.m.John H. Williams Theatre

THEATRE TuLSAarsenic and old laceMay 11-12, 17-19 at 7:30 p.m.May 13 at 2 p.m.Liddy Doenges Theatre

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adminisTraTive offiCes are located at 110 E. Second Street, Tulsa, OK., 74103-3212. Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone 918-596-7122. Fax 918-596-7144. Please subscribe to our monthly PAC broadcast e-mail online at TulsaPac.com.

loCaTion. Downtown Tulsa at Third Street and Cincinnati Avenue, accessible from the Broken Arrow Expressway, Interstate 244, Hwy. 75 and Riverside Drive.

Parking. Convenient underground parking is located west of the building, accessed from Second Street. Event parking also is available in several lots across the street to the east and south of the PAC.

admission and laTe seaTing. Lobby doors open two hours prior to an event. Chapman Music Hall doors normally open 45 minutes prior to curtain. The remaining theaters open 30 minutes before curtain. Late seating is at the discretion of each sponsoring organization. Latecomers may be temporarily held out of the theater or asked to take seats at the back if available.

TiCkeT offiCe hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A free parking zone is available in front of the Third Street ticket office,101 E. Third Street (Third and Cincinnati) on the south side of the PAC. In addition to regular hours, it opens two hours prior to curtain for events scheduled in Chapman Music Hall. The Second Street ticket office,110 E. Second Street on the north side of the building, opens two hours prior to each curtain for tickets to events scheduled that day in John H. Williams Theatre, Liddy Doenges Theatre or Charles E. Norman Theatre.

Phone orders. Call the PAC ticket office, 918-596-7111, or from outside Tulsa call 1-800-364-7111. Nominal service charges are added to all phone and Internet orders. The PAC ticket office accepts DISCOvER, MasterCard or vISA. Subscriber hotline: 918-596-7109.

online TiCkeT orders serviCe oPTions. Buy tickets online and print them at home when you purchase at TulsaPac.com and MyTicketOffice.com. Use DISCOvER, MasterCard or vISA for online purchases. view our website and purchase tickets on your cellphone at TulsaPAC.mobi. In addition, purchase tickets through TulsaPAC.com or MyTicketOffice.com, choose the Tickets@Phone option and have your tickets sent to your cell phone. Tickets will be scanned by ushers at the door.

exChanges. The ticket office gladly exchanges tickets to events with more than one performance, subject to certain guidelines. Otherwise, all sales are final.

24-hour evenT line. For recorded information about ticket prices, dates, theater locations, upcoming events, Broadway series and season tickets, call 918-596-2525.

grouP sales and Building Tours. Group discounts are available. Please call 918-596-7109 for group sales assistance. Tours of the PAC are offered free of charge and last approximately 45-60 minutes. Arrangements may be made by calling 918-596-7122.

serviCes for Persons wiTh disaBiliTies. All Performing Arts Center facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. Please ask about wheelchair-accessible seating when purchasing your ticket. Parking is located on the street level of the parking garage near the PAC elevators. Use the south elevator to reach Chapman Music Hall. Restroom facilities are located in the Third Street Lobby for Chapman Music Hall events, and adjacent to the John H. Williams Theatre Lobby for events in the PAC’s other theaters. Headsets for the Sennheiser infrared hearing assistance system in Chapman Music Hall may be picked up at the Coat Check in the Third Street Lobby for Chapman events, or from the House Manager on duty in the Williams Lobby for John H. Williams and Liddy Doenges Theatre events. The PAC’s TDD number is 918-596-7211.

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