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GRAY Rachel Chavkin has been one of my greatest collaborators — I’ve been in six of her shows — and, during the “Great Comet” tent phase, other kids in the cast were doing “Hadestown,” and I was like, “What’s ‘Hadestown?’” Then they were doing a staged workshop, and I came in to audition.

on Broadway, is finishing his run on the show with a bang. I gather neither of you ever expected to be in “Oklahoma!”. Damon Daunno, the guitar-strumming leading man of Oklahoma! We went on different paths — I went to England and worked with Kneehigh for six months, and then toured Russia and Eastern Europe with a jazz singer friend — and by the time “Oklahoma!” came back, I had grown quite fond of Curly. DAUNNO I learned a lot about stillness, about planting your feet in the ground and trying to stand up for what is right. It took me a moment to wrap my brain around it. The Great Work Begins!

The “Oklahoma!” revival was born at a Bard College summer festival and then retooled in Brooklyn; “Hadestown” began as a concept album and became a full-fledged stage show Off Broadway, then traveled to Canada and England to shore up its footing before returning to New York. It was just a week in New York, but it was lovely, and I got to know Anaïs through that.

In “Hadestown,” he was again a young lover, but she was a much older (like, eons older) goddess. First, Ms. Gray portrayed the farmgirl Laurey to Mr. Daunno’s besotted Curly in “Oklahoma!” Then he played the mellifluous Orpheus to her intoxicating Persephone in “Hadestown.” But the shows have been in development long enough that along the way, Ms. Gray had two children; Mr. Daunno got married; and their paths to Broadway diverged. Doesn’t he mean Aunt Eller?” I’ve been a theater broad since I was 13, so that’s in my head — it’s ridiculous, but that’s how we get trapped as performers. At the time I did “Hadestown,” it was so new, and the part didn’t say very much, so it was a lot of internal work, and I had to learn not to be afraid of that. DAUNNO This business can be complex, with scheduling and things like that, and you need to make decisions and keep moving. The actors and friends Damon Daunno and Amber Gray shared the stage in both “Oklahoma!” and “Hadestown.” For the big move, something had to give. Log in, Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Marcel Carné’s ‘Children of Paradise’, Jack Was Kind: A Confused Wife on Her Husband’s Public Indiscretion, Coastal Elites: Paul Rudnick Rages Against the Right-Wing Machine, Coastal Elites: Red Meat for Blue Staters, Girl From the North Country: Bob Dylan, American Poet, Dana H.: Mother’s Day, with Knives and Tats, A Soldier’s Play: Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer-Winner in Stunning Revival, Jagged Little Pill: Everything’s Gonna Be Fine, Fine, Fine. But they came back and said, ‘Trust me, this is not your grandmother’s “Oklahoma!,” and then I Googled some bits of the movie and Hugh Jackman, and cobbled together a video of me playing “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin.” I wasn’t going to try to please them, but just do it the way I do it, and it turned out that’s what Daniel Fish was looking for. There wasn’t a time for me when I had to choose — it was just no longer an option. GRAY Laurey is young and green to a lot of life experiences, and has lots of questions. Clockwise from top left: Ms. Gray and Mr. Daunno in “Oklahoma!” at Bard College; Ms. Gray in “Hadestown” in London; the actors in “Hadestown” at New York Theater Workshop; Mr. Daunno in “Oklahoma!” at St. Ann’s Warehouse. (Photos by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com), This production ended its run on Jan. 19, 2020. He was extremely nice to everyone, and he didn't seem sick or anything. Now they are arriving on Broadway, a few days and a few blocks apart. actors I trained with. The Tony-winning revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's classic musical is set to close on January 17. DAUNNO I really hope so.

revival announces that the superb Oscar Hammerstein II-Richard Rodgers musical has been “rewritten for the 21st century,” which begs the musical question, “Does the classic truly need to be rewritten for the 21st century?. Both women wake up, but in very different ways — Laurey gaining experience, and Persephone remembering how open she used to be when she was young. Daunno, who was nominated for a Tony Award for playing Curly in Oklahoma!, is the newest star to get a cartoon portrait, which will hang on the walls of the restaurant.