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'''LOOK Musical Theatre''' (LOOK) is a professional [[musical theatre]] company based in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. The organization, governed by an elected board of directors, follows a repertory model in presenting a summer festival program of musicals and [[comic opera]]. LOOK's annual summer season of performances at the [[Tulsa Performing Arts Center]] is known as "The LOOK Festival."
The company was founded by John and Jane Everett in 1983 as a non-profit community theater called '''The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Tulsa'''.<ref name=Urban>[http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A17350 "The Glamour of Evil",] ''Urban Tulsa Weekly'', June 6, 2007</ref> It changed its name to '''Light Opera Oklahoma''' in 1997 in conjunction with its transformation into a professional repertory company and expanded its repertoire to works outside the corpus of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s comic operas.<ref name=Urban/> Eric Gibson was named the artistic director in 2002. The company rebranded itself again in 2012 under its present name.
LOOK draws its orchestral forces from the [[Tulsa Symphony Orchestra]] and often recruits its dancers from the [[Tulsa Ballet]] and [[Tulsa Youth Ballet]]. The company occasionally travels to other cities in Oklahoma, but most productions take place at the Williams Theatre of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in downtown Tulsa. LOOK also holds evening cabarets for Valentine's Day and during the fall season. LOOK is a member of the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa.<ref name=LOOKsite>[http://looktheatre.org/about#pagefold Information from the company's official website]</ref>
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