The boards; a new Laurey.('Oklahoma')(The Talk of the Town)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 08-APR-02

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Josefina Gabrielle, the English actress who has taken on the role of Laurey in the new Broadway production of "Oklahoma!," could well be Laurey No. 30,000. The show is probably the most frequently produced musical ever, and has been performed in countries all over the world, including Iceland, Hungary, and Israel, since the original opened here fifty-nine years ago, in 1943.

"I love being Laurey -- she's a classic, like Shakespeare," Miss Gabrielle said, in her trained, clipped accent, sitting...

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