This caught my eye, since I just played Jud in Regina Lyric Light Opera‘s production of Oklahoma!:
Oscar-winner Shirley Jones will be featured in the Pittsburgh CLO’s upcoming staging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!, according to the theatre’s website. Oklahoma! runs through July 1st.
Jones, who famously played Laurey in the 1955 film version of Oklahoma!, will now play sensible Aunt Eller.
Of course, the first I knew of Shirley Jones was as Ma Partridge on The Partridge Family.
Laurey becomes Aunt Eller. I’m tempted to write something mystical about the mysterious workings of time, or maybe burst into a chorus of “The Circle of Life,” but really, all I’m thinking is…gee, I sure am glad I’m not getting any older!
