Trafalgar Releasing, in partnership with Harmony Originals and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Group, has introduced the worldwide cinema launch of the Nationwide Theatre’s acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning manufacturing of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Starring then-newcomer Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables, The Best Showman) as Curly, this riveting stage revival was filmed following its record-breaking 1998 run in London.

The movie will probably be screened in additional than 800 cinemas across the globe for 2 days solely, on Sunday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 19 – together with the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Eire, Norway and Australia.

Directed by theatre legend and three-time Tony Award winner Trevor Nunn (CATS, Les Misérables) with new choreography by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, Loopy for You), the movie additionally stars Maureen Lipman as Aunt Eller, Josefina Gabrielle as Laurie, Tony and Olivier Award winner Shuler Hensley as Jud Fry, Vicki Simon as Ado Annie, Jimmy Johnston as Will Parker and Peter Polycarpou as Ali Hakim. The stage manufacturing transferred to London’s West Finish in 1999, and gained 4 Olivier Awards, together with Excellent Musical Manufacturing.

This 25-year-old manufacturing of Oklahoma! – coinciding with the 80^th anniversary of the musical’s groundbreaking 1943 premiere on Broadway – options among the most delightfully hummable songs by the legendary staff of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist/lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, together with “Oh, What a Lovely Mornin’,” “The Surrey with the Fringe on Prime,” “Folks Will Say We’re in Love” and the joyous title tune, “Oklahoma.”

The inventive staff contains set and costume designer Anthony Ward, lighting designer David Hersey, music director John Owen Edwards and orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, with extra orchestrations by William David Brohn and new dance music organized by David Krane.

The 1998 manufacturing is taken into account Jackman’s breakout musical function. “It’s exhausting to think about a extra instantly charming Curly than Jackman,” wrote Selection in 1998. “He’s as pliable, the staging suggests, as Jud is rigidly doomed, and Jackman makes an interesting (and fantastically sung) case for a person who gained’t be left behind by the winds of change in ‘this right here loopy nation.’”

“The eightieth anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! permits us to share this quintessential slice of Americana with international followers,” mentioned Kymberli Frueh, SVP of Content material and Programming Acquisitions at Trafalgar Releasing. “This explicit manufacturing is acknowledged as probably the greatest by way of the eight many years of performances in theatres all over the world. All of the expertise on this basic model of Oklahoma! hit their mark brilliantly and musical theatre followers can expertise for themselves why it’s credited with launching Hugh Jackman’s stage profession. We’re proud to be part of this momentous anniversary.”

“This musical is the dwelling, respiratory proof that necessary works will discover and affect a number of generations in significant methods,” mentioned Sophia Dilley, SVP of Harmony Originals. “We couldn’t be extra proud to champion this anniversary re-release of Sir Trevor Nunn’s beautiful 1998 revival with Trafalgar Releasing.”

“80 years after first premiering on Broadway, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is acknowledged as a theatrical landmark,” mentioned Imogen Lloyd Webber, SVP at Harmony Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Group. “It was the primary profitable, really unified musical – a seamless integration of music, story and dance. This 1998 manufacturing masterfully mixed these three parts, and the ensuing movie is a treasure trove for musical theatre followers of all ages.”