“Oklahoma!” is moving from the Broadway stage to the small screen.
Skydance Television has cut a deal with the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and Concord to create a modern-day adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. The series will be written by John Lee Hancock and Bekah Brunstetter. The TV production will include music by Rodgers & Hammerstein reimagined for a contemporary audience, in addition to new music to support the story.
Hancock will also direct the first episode and serve as executive producer of the series alongside Brunstetter and fellow executive producers Ted Chapin of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Sophia Dilley of Concord, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross of Skydance Television.