Tulsa, Oklahoma

===Performing arts, film and cultural venues===
Tulsa contains several permanent dance, theater, and concert groups, including the [[Tulsa Ballet]], the [[Tulsa Opera]], the [[Tulsa Symphony Orchestra]], [[Light Opera Oklahoma]], [[Tulsa Signature Symphony|Signature Symphony]] at TCC, the [[Tulsa Youth Symphony]], the [[Heller Theatre]], [[American Theatre Company]], which is a member of the Theatre Communications Group and Oklahoma's oldest resident professional theatre, and [[Theatre Tulsa]], the oldest continuously operating [[community theatre]] company west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theatretulsa.org/history/history.html| title=History of Theatre Tulsa| publisher=Theatre Tulsa| access-date=April 26, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630030120/http://www.theatretulsa.org/history/history.html| archive-date=June 30, 2007| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Tulsa also houses the Tulsa Spotlight Theater at [[Riverside Studio]], which shows the longest-running play in America ([[The Drunkard]]) every Saturday night. Many of the world's best choreographers have worked with Tulsa Ballet including: [[Leonide Massine]], [[Antony Tudor]], [[Jerome Robbins]], [[George Balanchine]], [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]], [[Kurt Jooss]], [[Nacho Duato]] (ten works), [[Val Caniparoli]] who is its resident choreographer (with seven works and four world premieres), [[Stanton Welch]], [[Young Soon Hue]], [[Ma Cong]], [[Twyla Tharp]] and many others. 
In April 2008, Tulsa Ballet completed an ambitious $17.3 million integrated campaign, which was celebrated at the opening of the brand new Studio K; an on-site, three hundred-seat performance space dedicated to the creation of new works.

Tulsa's music scene is also famous for the eponymous "[[Tulsa Sound]]" which blends rockabilly, country, rock 'n' roll, and blues and has inspired local artists like [[J.J. Cale]] and [[Leon Russell]] as well as international superstars like [[Eric Clapton]] and [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]].

A number of concert venues, dance halls, and bars gave rise to the Tulsa Sound but [[Cain's Ballroom]] might be the best known. Cain's is considered the birthplace of Western Swing,<ref name="Selling Tulsa">{{cite news|date=July 15, 2006 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=060715_Bu_E1_Tulsa51913 |title=Selling Tulsa: Branded |first=John |last=Stancavage |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=April 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811123505/http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=060715_Bu_E1_Tulsa51913 |archive-date=August 11, 2007 }}</ref> housed the performance headquarters of [[Bob Wills]] and the [[Texas Playboys]] during the 1930s. The centerpiece of the downtown Brady Arts District, the [[Brady Theater]], is the largest of the city's five operating performing arts venues that are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="National Register of Historic Places">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OK/Tulsa/state.html| title=National Register of Historic Places – Oklahoma, Tulsa | publisher=National Register of Historic Places | access-date=July 14, 2007}}</ref>  Its design features extensive contributions by American architect [[Bruce Goff]]. The Pearl District features [[The Church Studio]].

Large performing arts complexes include the [[Tulsa Performing Arts Center]], which was designed by [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] architect [[Minoru Yamasaki]], the [[Cox Business Center]], the art deco [[Expo Square Pavilion]], the [[Mabee Center]], the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for Education, and the River Parks Amphitheater and Tulsa's largest venue, the BOK Center. Ten miles west of the city, an outdoor amphitheater called "Discoveryland!" holds the official title of the world performance headquarters for the musical ''[[Oklahoma!]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://discoverylandusa.com/awards.shtml |title=Honors and Awards |publisher=Discoveryland! |access-date=April 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405010705/http://www.discoverylandusa.com/awards.shtml |archive-date=April 5, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city's film community hosts annual festivals such as the Tulsa United Film Festival and Tulsa Overground Film and Music Festival.