Eugene Weekly : Opening Nights : 07.06.06

OPENING NIGHTS

A Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday Tail Opens Tuesday, July 11 at the Mad Duckling Theatre on the UO campus

Eeyore has lost his tail! His friends Pooh, Tigger, Kanga, Rabbit and Piglet want to get it back before his birthday party. Show dates are July 11-15 and 18-22. Call 346-4192 for tickets.

Evita Opens Thursday, July 13 at Actors Cabaret of Eugene

Both beloved and hated, Argentina's complex and controversial Eva Perón is the subject of this musical that chronicles her life from her poor upbringing as an illegitimate child and fame as a B-picture actress to life as the wife of Argentinean president and dictator Juan Perón. Show dates at ACE are July 13-15 and 21 and 22. Call 683-4368 for tickets. The show moves to the Hult Center's Soreng Theater July 28-30. Call the Hult Center box office at 682-5000.

The Jungle Book Opens Thursday, July 13 at Actors Cabaret of Eugene Academy Youth Stage

"It's the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities; look on the sunny side of life …" Yep, the Disneyfied Rudyard Kipling story comes to Eugene, with Mowgli, the good Baloo, the ssssssssssssssscary Kaa and grrrrrrowly Shere Khan, not to mention Bagheera, King Louie and Mowgli's new buddy Shanti. Show dates are July 13-16. Call 683-4368 for tickets.

Kiss Me, Kate Opens Thursday, July 13 at Lane Summer Musical Theatre, LCC

"Too darn hot, it's too darn hot … " Cole Porter and William Shakespeare? Seems less bizarre post-Shakespeare in Love. This, er, immortal musical features a somewhat-updated-but-still-pretty-battle-of-the-sexes-oriented storyline that follows a production of The Taming of the Shrew. Show dates are July 13-16, 20-23 and 27-30. Call 463-5202 for tickets.