Opening up ‘Oklahoma’
The Bill Rauch era comes to an end with a gay utopia at OSF
When Bill Rauch became artistic director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2007, one of the first things he did was to validate my deep … Continue reading
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NAACP ACT-SO Showcase
Jazz Station • 6:00 pm • Tickets→
ACT-SO is an acronym for Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. ACT-SO is a major youth initiative of the NAACP. ACT-SO provides a forum through … Continue reading
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Drain the Swamp
Shrek The Musical, like a parfait, has layers of greatness at Cottage Theatre
Somehow it’s 2018 and we’re still talking about Shrek. But it’s for good reason this time. Cottage Theatre’s production of Shrek The Musical, directed by … Continue reading
This Is What I Have of You
A daughter plumbs her father’s mystery in an adaptation at OCT of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
Among all the subcategories in the domestic drama genre, one of the most rarefied and exclusive must certainly be this: The coming-of-age story of a … Continue reading
There’s No Place Like Home
The Emerald City takes on The Wizard of Oz at The Shedd
It’s hard to imagine there’s anyone alive who hasn’t seen the Wizard of Oz. Who has never experienced the thrill as Dorothy opens the door … Continue reading
Assassins Targets America
The Actors Cabaret production of the Sondheim musical takes aim at our current political hell
You’ve got to hand it to Actors Cabaret of Eugene. As the name implies, ACE is a homespun purveyor of musical theater, and as such, … Continue reading
Rust Never Sleeps
All the stage is a world for Cottage Theatre’s tireless Tony Rust
I once referred to local theater maven Tony Rust as the hardest-working man in local show biz, but I believe there’s a more apt description, … Continue reading
Channel Your Inner Light
Trek Theatre celebrates fifth anniversary with adaptation of classic episode
It’s clear by now that human civilization won’t change its ways to deter the worst-case scenario of climate change. With escalating temperatures and longer droughts, … Continue reading
On the Boards
Tragedy, farce and a bit of Jane Austen take the stage at this year’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The buzz in Ashland last weekend at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s season openings should, by all rights, have been about Bill Rauch. The popular and … Continue reading
NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Presentation
First Christian Church • 6:00 pm • Tickets→
Join the NAACP for an Environmental Climate Justice Presentation facilitated by NAACP staff member Luis Alvarez. Free to attend
Finding the Lost Thread
The Father offers a moving portrait of dementia
There is always a danger, as an artist, in launching forth with a single cause or affliction or ideology and melding it into a work … Continue reading
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Time Enough to Play
Local theater people stage a production from scratch with Operation Shadowbox’s 36-Hour Play Project
Seriously, I would like nothing more than to tell you all about the wonderful play set to premiere this Saturday at Lane Community College’s Blue … Continue reading
Tricky Dick is Back
This time he’s neither tan nor rested — but he certainly is honest by current standards
Richard Nixon has never looked so good. Once seen as a disgraced despot who — despite his earlier protestation that “I am not a crook!” … Continue reading
Out on a Limb
Cottage Theatre tells a tale of love and loss in the world premiere of Joe Musso’s Treehouse
It was a packed house at the Cottage Theatre this weekend, which is hosting the world premiere of Joe Musso’s play Treehouse. Cottage Theatre was … Continue reading
Minority Voices Theatre
Local theater project looks to confront Eugene’s diversity issues
Local theater directors Carol Dennis and Stanley Coleman had been churning around the idea of a diverse project for about six years after noticing a … Continue reading
Exposed Spotlights Nuke Danger
Play explores the plight of fallout downwinders
Murmurs of a nuclear threat from North Korea and Iran, along with the growing number of people suffering from nuclear fallout, create the context for … Continue reading
Fedora Fever
The Shedd takes on the tacky suits of the ’50s in Guys and Dolls.
America’s fondness for the 1950s is a strange thing. Beehive hairdos and TV dinners are relics of a consumer-driven past that should have died out … Continue reading