And so, opening night finally comes round. No doubt the forensic eye of award winning choreographer, Stephen Cullinane-O’Regan will have identified one or two things that need fine tuning.

However, as far as the masses were concerned the Mitchelstown Musical Society production of Oklahoma ticked all the boxes.

An almost full house were treated to some outstanding fare during this two hour + show in Mitchelstown CBS auditorium last Tuesday night. Backboned by Paul Finn (Curly McLain) and Elaine Lee Murphy (Laurey Williams), the musical fairly bowls along.

Set out west in the early 1900s, this production has a cast that comprises, cowboys country girls and plenty of God fearin’ townsfolk …

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