Oklahoma

===Arts===

{{Further|List of Native American artists from Oklahoma}}
[[File:Philbrook.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Philbrook Museum of Art]], one of the nation's top fifty<ref name="philbrook" />]]

In the state's largest urban areas, pockets of [[jazz]] culture flourish,<ref name="ok arts" /> and Native American, [[Mexican Americans|Mexican American]], and Asian American communities produce music and art of their respective cultures.<ref>{{cite web|year=2007 |url=http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=335&Itemid=415 |title=Oklahoma's Diversity |publisher=Oklahoma Department of Commerce |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627063022/http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=335&Itemid=415 |archive-date=June 27, 2007 }}</ref> The Oklahoma Mozart Festival in [[Bartlesville]] is one of the largest classical music festivals on the Southern Plains,<ref>{{cite web |year=2007| url= http://www.okmozart.com/folders.asp?action=display&record=11 | title= Oklahoma Mozart Festival | publisher=OK Mozart Festival| access-date=August 4, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104541/http://www.okmozart.com/folders.asp?action=display&record=11|archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> and Oklahoma City's Festival of the Arts has been named one of the top fine arts festivals in the nation.<ref name="ok arts" />

The state has a rich history in ballet with five Native American ballerinas attaining worldwide fame. These were [[Yvonne Chouteau]], sisters [[Marjorie Tallchief|Marjorie]] and [[Maria Tallchief]], [[Rosella Hightower]] and [[Moscelyne Larkin]], known collectively as the [[Five Moons]]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' rates the [[Tulsa Ballet]] as one of the top ballet companies in the United States.<ref name="ok arts" /> The [[Oklahoma City Ballet]] and University of Oklahoma's dance program were formed by ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and husband [[Miguel Terekhov]]. The university program was founded in 1962 and was the first fully accredited program of its kind in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title =Ballet Russes| publisher=Geller/Goldfine Productions|year = 2009 | url = http://www.gellergoldfine.com/russes_dancers.html| access-date = February 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Capri Films| publisher=Geller/Goldfine Productions|year = 2008 | url = http://www.caprifilms.com/images/press/ballet/ballets_russes_presskit.pdf| access-date = June 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624204404/http://www.caprifilms.com/images/press/ballet/ballets_russes_presskit.pdf|archive-date=June 24, 2008}}</ref>

In [[Sand Springs, Oklahoma|Sand Springs]], an outdoor amphitheater called "Discoveryland!" (since closed) is the official 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 <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date = April 5, 2007}}</ref> [[Ridge Bond]], native of [[McAlester, Oklahoma]],<ref name="tulsaworld.com">{{cite news|author=World's own Service |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/ridge-bond-oklahoman/article_e2ff45ae-ca37-5202-af63-bb100aac9507.html |title=Ridge Bond, Oklahoman—Tulsa World: Archives |newspaper=Tulsa World |access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> starred in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and International touring productions of ''Oklahoma!'',<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu">{{cite web |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/1990s/1998/oktdv48n2.pdf |title=Oklahoma Today February–March 1998 Volume 48 No. 2: 1997 Year in Review |website=Digital.library.okstate.edu |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050115/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/1990s/1998/oktdv48n2.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnh.com/show/78/Oklahoma#shows-trivia |title=Oklahoma!: Rodgers & Hammerstein: Show Details |website=Rnh.com |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616184805/http://www.rnh.com/show/78/Oklahoma#shows-trivia |archive-date=June 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridgebond.com/wp-content/uploads/Titania-Palast-Berliner1Festwochen-Program-1951.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image: Berliner Festwochen: Oklahoma! |website=Ridgebond.com |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505070649/http://www.ridgebond.com/wp-content/uploads/Titania-Palast-Berliner1Festwochen-Program-1951.jpg }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridgebond.com/image-gallery/#jp-carousel-288 |title=Ridge Bond Archives—Images |website=Ridgebond.com |date=September 21, 1951 |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322222812/http://www.ridgebond.com/image-gallery/#jp-carousel-288 }}</ref> playing the role of "Curly McClain" in more than 2,600 performances.<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu" /><ref name="okhistory.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.okhistory.org/about/transcript.php?episodedate=March |title=OHS Podcasts |website=Okhistory.org |date=March 24, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 1953 he was featured along with the ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' cast on a [[CBS]] [[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]] television broadcast.<ref name="okhistory.org" /> Bond was instrumental in the [[Oklahoma (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Oklahoma! title song]] becoming the Oklahoma state song<ref name="tulsaworld.com" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/okheritage/docs/december_2013/38 |title=December 2013 Oklahoma: Magazine of the Oklahoma Heritage Association by Oklahoma Hall of Fame |publisher=Issuu |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314205454/https://issuu.com/okheritage/docs/december_2013/38 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is also featured on the U.S. [[postage stamp]] commemorating the musical's 50th anniversary.<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/musical-actor-to-be-honored-with-hall-of-fame-award/article/2447341 |title=Musical Actor to Be Honored With Hall of Fame Award |publisher=News OK |date=November 7, 1993 |access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> Historically, the state has produced musical styles such as [[The Tulsa Sound]] and [[western swing]], which was popularized at [[Cain's Ballroom]] in Tulsa. The building, known as the "Carnegie Hall of Western Swing",<ref>{{cite news|date=March 25, 2007 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/cain-s-ballroom-a-music-icon-venue-is-a-landmark/article_0396d765-d322-51d6-9711-4cdbc2711e03.html |title=Cain's Ballroom—A Music Icon: Venue is a landmark for Western swing, punk fans |first=Matt |last=Elliott |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> served as the performance headquarters of [[Bob Wills]] and the [[Texas Playboys]] during the 1930s.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 15, 2006 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=060715_Bu_E1_Tulsa51913 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002801/http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=060715_Bu_E1_Tulsa51913 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |title=Selling Tulsa: Branded |first=John |last=Stancavage |work=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=August 4, 2007 }}</ref> Stillwater is known as the epicenter of [[Red Dirt (music)|Red Dirt]] music, the best-known proponent of which is the late [[Bob Childers]].

Prominent theatre companies in Oklahoma include, in the capital city, [[Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma]], Oklahoma City Theatre Company, Carpenter Square Theatre, [[Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park]], and CityRep. CityRep is a professional company affording equity points to those performers and technical theatre professionals. In Tulsa, Oklahoma's oldest resident professional company is American Theatre Company, and [[Theatre Tulsa]] is the oldest [[community theatre]] company west of the Mississippi. Other companies in Tulsa include [[Heller Theatre]] and Tulsa Spotlight Theater. The cities of Norman, Lawton, and Stillwater, among others, also host well-reviewed community theatre companies.

Oklahoma is in the nation's middle percentile in per capita spending on the arts, ranking 17th, and contains more than 300 museums.<ref name="ok arts">{{cite web|year=2007 |url=http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=413 |title=Oklahoma—A Great Place to Play |publisher=Oklahoma Department of Commerce |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627065030/http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=413 |archive-date=June 27, 2007 }}</ref> The [[Philbrook Museum]] of Tulsa is considered one of the top 50 [[fine art]] museums in the United States,<ref name="philbrook">{{cite web | url= http://ase.tufts.edu/arted/MuseumsOklahoma.htm| title= Museums of Oklahoma| publisher=Tufts University | access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> and the [[Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History]] in Norman, one of the largest university-based art and history museums in the country, documents the natural history of the region.<ref name="ok arts" /> The collections of [[Thomas Gilcrease]] are housed in the [[Gilcrease Museum]] of Tulsa, which also holds the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art and artifacts of the American West.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.travelok.com/atv/urban.asp | title= The All-Terrain Vacation | publisher= Travelok.com | access-date= August 4, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060410174845/http://www.travelok.com/atv/urban.asp | archive-date= April 10, 2006 | df= mdy-all }}</ref>

The Egyptian art collection at the [[Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art]] in Shawnee is considered to be the finest Egyptian collection between [[Chicago]] and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.4717 | title= Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Travel OK| publisher=Travelok.com | access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref> The [[Oklahoma City Museum of Art]] contains the most comprehensive collection of glass sculptures by artist [[Dale Chihuly]] in the world,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.okcmoa.com/p/6811/Default.aspx | title= About the Museum| publisher=Oklahoma City Museum of Art| access-date=August 4, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809185510/http://www.okcmoa.com/p/6811/Default.aspx|archive-date=August 9, 2007 }}</ref> and Oklahoma City's [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]] documents the heritage of the American Western frontier.<ref name="ok arts" /> With remnants of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] and artifacts relevant to Judaism, the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art of Tulsa preserves the largest collection of Jewish art in the Southwest United States.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.jewishmuseum.net/ | title= Sherwin Miller Museum of Judaism | publisher= Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art | access-date= April 20, 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100226183123/http://www.jewishmuseum.net/ | archive-date= February 26, 2010 | df= mdy-all }}</ref>