Well, I'm here in Oklahoma City, and I'm SUPER excited about tonight's "Stripped" Festival.

On Sunday, the students at Oklahoma City University will be presenting their "Stripped" Musicals Project. This series will bring four new musicals to the stage. They don't use sets, costumes, props or an orchestra. Just the actors, a piano and the show itself. Submissions for this year's series were received not only from the U.S. but also Canada and England.

The "Stripped" New Musicals Project will be presented on Sunday, April 23rd at 7PM in the Petree Recital Hall on the Oklahoma City University campus. The event is free and open to the general public. For further information, you can call 1-800-633-7242 extension 5410 or by email at strippedOCU@yahoo.com.

They've been able to generate a ton of great publicity. Here's a rundown of the links:

>> Broadwayworld.com

>> National Alliance for Musical Theater (newsletter)

>> XM Satellite Radio Channel 28 on the "Broadway and Beyond"

>> Theatermania

>> Oklahoman Newspaper "Living" section

I'm particularly fond of the XM Radio AmericanTheaterWeb.com quote, in which the reviewer (Andy Propst) says: "One of these shows, "Plane Crazy," I actually saw last year at the New York Music Theatre Festival. The book, music and lyrics here are all by Suzy Conn. "Crazy" centers on two airline stewardesses in the 1960's when stews were required to be sexy and the world was sexist. It's a terrific lark of a show."

..."terrific lark of a show.": I LIKE IT!!!

I'm especially looking forward to meeting the owner of this PARTICULARLY CRAZY face, which you can see in context on my last OSU post.

Now, THAT'S Crazy!

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