Nunsensical
ACE delivers the holy goods with the comic musical Nunsense
In what is perhaps the most appropriately named show in all of theater, Nunsense is the hilarious and irreverent holy mother of musical revues. A … Continue reading
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Tangled Dramedy
Karam’s Sons of the Prophet gets an uneven production at UO
In the past decade, the Lebanese American playwright Stephen Karam has garnered a substantial list of prestigious theater awards, including a Tony, an Obie and … Continue reading
Boy Meets World
OCT detects the human condition in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
At a quick glance, Oregon Contemporary Theatre is serving up some Sherlock Holmes vibes with a sprinkle of pitchforked pup in the Tony Award-winning drama, … Continue reading
Altared States
VLT scores a hit with Lewis Black’s Reagan-era romantic comedy One Slight Hitch
No doubt comedian Lewis Black is brilliant, but I’d hardly call him subtle. His standup traffics in apoplectic anger, escalating from a reasonable assessment — … Continue reading
Hungarian Rhapsody
An urbane She Loves Me hits all the right notes at The Shedd
Even Scrooge would have to love She Loves Me, playing through Dec. 22 at The Shedd’s Jaqua Concert Hall. After all, this endearing and enduring … Continue reading
For the Rest of Us
Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes pens an alternative holiday classic in At Winter’s Edge
With wry humor, canny wisdom and an expansiveness of heart that captures the true spirit of the season, Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes has penned a … Continue reading
And the Winner Is…
Two local playwrights go head to head in OCT’s Bunfight!
Got a short attention span? A show that runs through Dec. 15 at Oregon Contemporary Theatre is just your ticket. Bunfight! features eight new 10-minute … Continue reading
Smooth Criminal
Cottage Theatre’s production of Oliver! is stacked with a cast and crew of talent
Oliver! is set in an industrial England where work homes dealt with the poor who were given the short end of the privatization stick. It’s … Continue reading
A Legacy in Dance
Meet the Bontragers of Ballet Fantastique
Hannah and Ashley Bontrager were practically born into the arts, dancing before they could walk. “Not a lot of girls get to grow up … Continue reading
Belle for the Holidays
Beauty and the Beast brings cozy charm at ACE
Actors Cabaret of Eugene is kicking off the holiday season with a tale as old as time in Beauty and the Beast, the Musical. Red … Continue reading