Oklahoma!
Musical by Oscar Hammerstein IIWikipedia
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Sep 11, 2026
ClaraHOST
But cracking the code was notoriously difficult.
ClaraHOST
The titans of the musical golden age, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the men who revolutionized the art form with Oklahoma, and the Sound of Music attempted to adapt Pygmalion.
AdrianHOST
And they gave up, right?
ClaraHOST
Yeah.
Lisa Stephen FridayGUEST
Yeah, when I wrote this, I set out to very...
Lisa Stephen FridayGUEST
I very intentionally am writing a very traditional book musical in the vein of, you know... she loves me or even as far back as, you know, Oklahoma, whatever, pulling my cues from all of those moments and letting it really influence what this is.
Lisa Stephen FridayGUEST
Because my goal is to, to tell a love story of a transgender woman and not be stuck in this place of trauma and fear and violence that so many trans stories, that narrative is just always pulled out.
Lisa Stephen FridayGUEST
Yeah.
Scott BayetteHOST
Um, so, [laughs] so this was all just kind of a part of her.
Scott BayetteHOST
And then we started working at, um, at, at BDT, and, um, it w- the, the, the one show that I remember the most, this was Oklahoma!, when I was Ali Hackam, and she was Ado Annie.
Scott BayetteHOST
And there's a scene where, um, Ali Hackam is trying to let her down easy, and it was out in...
Scott BayetteHOST
It was performed out in the aisles at the top of, of the stairs coming out of, of the D, the pit section.
Bob HoeffeHOST
Yeah.
Scott BayetteHOST
She would just go after me.
Scott BayetteHOST
And I think it was... 'Cause that was in, like, '94, I think is when we did, uh, Oklahoma!.
Bob HoeffeHOST
Wow.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
And in terms of a musical, oh, you know, I remember seeing Sweeney Todd in New York many years ago, and I really liked that musical.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
But my favorite favorite is probably Oklahoma!, because I played Will Parker in Oklahoma!.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
Will sings a particular song about Kansas City, and he sings, "I got to Kansas City on a Friday.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
By Saturday, I learned a thing or two.
Charlie MurphyHOST
[laughs]
Ryan Scott OliverGUEST
... you know, Laurie in Oklahoma!, like-
Charlie MurphyHOST
Amazon algorithm or whatever
Ryan Scott OliverGUEST
... you know? Yeah, totally.
Travis WalterGUEST
Um, and, and it feels like a Golden Age musical.
Travis WalterGUEST
So it's, it's one of those things when you're doing this with your audience that it's, you know, um, n- not everyone can do Oklahoma all of the time, right? Like, it's a beautiful show.
Travis WalterGUEST
I love what it did for musical theater.
Travis WalterGUEST
I adore it.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
I will not- Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! And in terms of a musical, oh, you know, I remember seeing Sweeney Todd in New York many years ago, and I really liked that musical.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
But my favorite favorite is probably Oklahoma!, because I played Will Parker in Oklahoma!.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
Will sings a particular song about Kansas City, and he sings, "I got to Kansas City on a Friday.
Kyle MacLachlanHOST
By Saturday, I learned a thing or two.
Steven FoxworthyGUEST
And then he's a Broadway guy from way back.
Steven FoxworthyGUEST
So he's you know, he was curly in the Broadway of the 2000s Broadway revival of Oklahoma.
Steven FoxworthyGUEST
He's in I would say he's easily the hands down the best part of Joel Schumacher's Phantom of the Opera.
Steven FoxworthyGUEST
Like that's I mean, it's a low bar, but he clears it very well.
Jack SamuelGUEST
yeah.
Jack SamuelGUEST
You know, Sound of Music, Rodgers and Hammerstein stuff, Oklahoma.
Jack SamuelGUEST
And I used to love those so much.
Jack SamuelGUEST
Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins.
Donna LambGUEST
You know, that's how she was happened to be teaching.
Donna LambGUEST
But what happened is that the song of Ado Annie I Can't Say No from Oklahoma, that was the song I show up with, uh, to, to do it, and it's supposed to be like actually auditioning for the class, you know.
Donna LambGUEST
But I'm really like, "I hope I'm strong enough to be back in acting school," and, and everything.
Donna LambGUEST
And I'm really like, "Whoa." And so, uh, she calls on me finally, and I get up and I do the song, and w- you know, all that showbiz glitz and everything and belting it out.
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