Oh what a beautiful Morning

Winner, 2023 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, Best Actor in a Musical for Arthur Darvill.

After critical and award-winning success at both its Off-Broadway and Broadway bows, this brand new staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's iconic American hit transfers from the Young Vic to the West End in February 2023, offering Londoners the chance to discover this highly intriguing reimagining for themselves. 

Oklahoma! but not as you know it

Although recognisable as the beloved and influential Rogers and Hammerstein show, director Daniel Fish and team have approached the musical with a fresh vision, examining the darker themes that roil below the surface of the romance and innocence of the original, whilst still retaining the optimism and timelessness of the early American Dream in a confection that zings with vibrancy and topicality more now than ever. 

Stripped back, with new choreography by John Heginbotham and orchestrations and music from Daniel Kluger, this Oklahoma! invites the audience to immerse themselves in the story further than ever before, presenting the scene as a local jamboree where the narrative unfolds. A seven-piece band provides the music, allowing Rodgers and Hammerstein's wit, talent and fundamental understanding of human nature to shine. 

What is the story?

An upcoming box social is stirring strong emotions among the population of a small (pre-statehood) Oklahoma town in the early 1900s. Curly McLain has asked farm girl Laurey to accompany him but she has refused, instead of accepting the invitation of the mysterious and sinister farmhand Jud Fry. Laurie's friend Ado Annie is going with her boyfriend Will Parker, but while he's been away she has been seen flirting with Persian pedlar Ali Hakim. On the night of the social, matters come to a head, in a whirlwind of passion, rivalry, jealousy, and fighting.