Bravo! guide to local performing arts
DANCE
Dance Theatre of Oregon
689-5189 • www.dtodance.orgFeb. 1-2 Jungle Book (Hult Center)
Elsinore Theatre, Salem
503-375-3574 • www.elsinoretheatre.comFeb. 15 Rainbow Dance Theatre: One Village, Many Tribes
April 7 Forever Tango
Eugene Ballet Company
485-3992 • www.eugeneballet.orgTickets: 682-5000
Performances at the Hult Center
Feb. 23-24 Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear
April 19-20 Balanchine!
Hult Center
682-5000 • www.hultcenter.orgJan. 8-12 Riverdance
Jan. 26 Garth Fagan Dance
Feb. 8 Dance for a Reason
March 1 Phenomenon Hip Hop Co.’s Alter Ego
March 12 4-ISH
March 13 Detail Dance Co’s Cirque
May 10 TAP KIDS
May 27-28 STOMP
Lane Community College Dance Departmentwww.lanecc.edu
• Tickets: 463-5202
Performances at Performance Hall
Feb. 28-March 1 Collaborations
April 25-26 Spring Dance Concert
May 23-24 The Works Student Dance Concert
Sparkplug Dancewww.sparkplugdance.org
• 689-3233
Performance at Hilyard Community Ctr
March 16 The Gift of Dance
UO Dance Department
music.uoregon.edu
Performances at Dougherty Dance Theatre
Feb. 14-16 Faculty Dance Concert
March 12 Dance Quarterly
March 14 Winter Loft
MUSIC
Arts Umbrella Youth Orchestras
484-0473 • www.artsumbrellausa.org Performances at South Eugene High School
Feb. 26 Eugene Youth Symphony Symphonic Safari
May 20 String Academy, Encore Strings, Eugene Little Symphony Spring Concert
May 21 Eugene Junior Orchestra Spring Concert
May 22 Eugene Youth Symphony Spring Concert
Chamber Music Corvalliswww.violins.org
• Tickets: 757-0902
Performances at LaSells Stewart Center, OSU
Jan. 30 Schubert Ensemble of London
Feb. 27 Mandelring Quartet w/Robert Plane
April 16 Trio con Brio
May 6 Euclid Quartet
Corvallis/OSU Symphony Orchestra
758-3052 • www.symphony.peak.orgPerformances at LaSells Stewart Center, OSU, unless noted
Feb. 6 Barber, Medea’s Dance of Vengeance; Sibelius, Symphony No. 1; Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 (w/Roberto Plano, piano)
Feb. 21 Chamber Concert: Mozart, Cosi fan tutte Overture; Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1; Bach, Cantata No. 80, w/Tuebingen University Camerata Choir (First Methodist Church)
April 15 Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, w/Corvallis Repertory Singers & OSU Chamber Choir (w/Steven Zielke, conductor)
May 20 Shostakovitch, Festive Overture; Strauss, R:Death and Transfiguration; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 (w/Yuri Rozum, piano)
Corvallis Youth Symphony Association
752-9343 • www.cysassoc.orgFeb. 23 Meet the Stars of the Symphony (Corvallis High School)
April 27 Orchestravaganza! (LaSells Stewart Center, OSU)
May 21 Spring Concert (Crescent Valley High School)
Elsinore Theatre, Salem
503-375-3574 • www.elsinoretheatre.comJan. 17 California Guitar Trio
Feb. 21 Gaelic Storm
March 2 Salem Concert Band
March 4 JIGU! Thunder Drums of China
March 7 Saxophobia
March 8 Salem Pops Orchestra w/Mark Kershner
April 11 Franc D’Ambrosio
May 4 Salem Concert Band
May 10 Salem Pops Orchestra
May 17 Festival Chorale Oregon
Eugene Concert Choir
687-6865 • www.eugeneconcertchoir.orgo Tickets: 682-5000
Performances at the Hult Center unless noted
March 8 Broadway for Kids
March 9 Best of Broadway
April 4 Renaissance & Awakenings (Jaqua Concert Hall)
April 5 Renaissance & Awakenings (Wildish Theater)
April 26 Voices of Eastern Europe
Eugene Opera
485-3985 • www.eugeneopera.como Tickets: 682-5000
Performances at the Hult Center
Feb. 29 & March 2 Madama Butterfly
Eugene Symphonywww.eugenesymphony.org
• Tickets: 682-500
Performances at the Hult Center
Jan. 24 Argento, Valentino Dances; Barber, Concerto for Violin; Copland, Appalachian Spring; Gershwin, American in Paris (w/Stefan Jackiw, violin, and William Schimmel, accordion)
Feb. 14 Romeo & Juliet: Sierra, Fandangos & Concerto for Saxophones (w/James Carter, saxophone); Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet
March 20 Khachaturian, Masquerade Suite; Schubert, Symphony No. 8, Unfinished; Beethoven, Concerto for Piano No. 5, Emperor (w/Alastair Willis, guest conductor, and Valenina Lisista, piano)
May 15 Season Finale: Buxtehude/arr. Chavez, Chaconne in E Major; Bach, Suite No. 2 in B Minor; Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Special events for subscribers:
April 20 An Evening with Nicola Benedetti, violin
Florence Events Center
997-1994 • www.eventcenter.orgJan. 27 Newport Symphony Orchestra
Feb. 23 An Evening with Groucho
March 3 SSD All Choir Concert
March 28 The Alley Cats, Doo-Wop
April 25 Borealis String Quartet
May 4 Community Choir of Florence
May 9 Emerald City Jazz Kings
May 11 Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra
May 23 Oregon Mozart Players
Heart of the Valley Children’s Choir, Corvallis www.hvcchoir.com
Performances at LaSells Stewart Center, OSU
March 15 Spring Concert
June 1 Elizabeth Powell Scholarship Concert
Hult Center www.hultcenter.org
• Tickets: 682-5000
Jan. 18 The Slavic Wonderland
Feb. 1 St. Olaf Choir
March 5 Jigu! Thunder Drums of China
March 22 Peru Negro
April 27 Dave Brubeck & Ramsey Lewis
Lane Community College www.lanecc.edu
• Tickets: 463-5202
Performances at Performance Hall unless noted
Jan. 18 & 19 Oregon Jazz Festival Concerts
Feb. 21 Faculty Music Concert
March 6-14 Winter Ensemble Concerts
May 29-June 6 Spring Ensemble Concerts
LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis
737-2402 • oregonstate.edu/lasells/events.html
Feb. 3 Emerald City Jazz Kings: “Well, Git It!”
Feb. 6 Corvallis-OSU Symphony
April 15 Corvallis-OSU Symphony
May 1 Emerald City Jazz Kings: “Blowin’ Up A Storm!”
May 20 Corvallis-OSU Symphony
Newport Symphony Orchestra
265-ARTS • www.baymusic.orgPerformances at Newport Performing Arts Center
Jan. 26 Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel, Debussy
April 12 Rautavaara, Handel, Beethoven
Oregon Mozart Players
345-6648 • www.oregonmozartplayers.org• Tickets: 682-5000
Performances at the Hult Center unless noted
Jan. 19 French Roast: Fauré, Pavane Op. 50; Debussy, Danses sacrée et profane; Mozart, Symphony No. 31, K. 297; Ravel, Ma Mère l’Oye (complete ballet music)
Jan. 21 French Roast (Beall Hall)
March 15-16 Vestiges, w/Nathaniel Rosen, cello: David Crumb, Vestiges of a Distant Time; Haydn, Concerto for Violoncello in C, Hob. VII:1; Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b
May 3 Mozart’s Influence, w/Yuri Rozum, piano: Prokofiev, Classical Symphony; Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19; Mozart, Mass in C major, K. 167
May 4 Mozart’s Influence (Jaqua Concert Hall)
Salem Chamber Orchestrawww.open.org/~scomusic
Performances at Hudson Hall, Willamette University, unless noted
Feb. 17 Family Concert: Tripp/Kleinsinger; Bach
March 15-16 Masterworks III: Mozart; Fauré
April 26-27 Masterworks IV: Mendelssohn, Rossini, Mascagni, Puccini
Salem Pops Orchestrawww.salempopsorchestra.org
Performances at the Elsinore Theatre
March 8 A Pops Evening with Mark Kershner
May 10 Pops New Discoveries
Shedd Institute
Info: 687-6526 • Tickets: 434-7000
Performances at the Jacqua Concert Hall at the Shedd
Jan. 22 BeauSoleil
Jan. 31-Feb. 8 Emerald City Jazz Kings: “Well, Git It!”
Feb. 2 Chris Smither
Feb. 9 Brazilian Guitar Festival
Feb. 14 The Bad Plus
Feb. 20 Carolina Chocolate Drops
March 18 Gabriela Montero
March 20 Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
April 3 Gravitas Quartet
UO Music
music.uoregon.edu
Performances at Beall Hall
Jan. 17 Oregon String Trio
Jan. 20 Concerto-Aria Competition
Jan. 28 Chinese Children’s Choir & Young Women’s Chorus
Jan. 29 Music of Franz Liszt
Jan. 31 America’s Dream Chamber Artists
Feb. 3 University Symphony
Fec. 3 Fireworks
Feb. 6 Quadre: The Voice of Four Horns
Feb. 7 Amy Goeser Kolb, oboe & Laura Kennedy, piano
Feb. 10 Oregon Wind Ensemble
Feb. 11 Alexandre Dossin, piano
Feb. 12 Poetry in Song
Feb. 14 University Singers & Chamber Choir
Feb. 17 Douglas Webster, baritone & Victor Steinhardt, piano
Feb. 19 Oregon Composers Forum
Feb. 21 Lydia Van Dreel, horn
Feb. 24 Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin & David Riley, piano
Feb. 26 Pacific Rim Gamelan
Feb. 27 Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Feb. 28 Oregon Symphonic Band
Feb. 29 Tapestry
March 2 Oregon Wind Ensemble
March 4 Campus Band & Orchestra
March 5 Oregon Jazz Ensemble & Lab Bands
March 6 Mozart Piano Quartet
March 7 Traditional Music of Ireland
March 8 Oregon Percussion Ensemble
March 10 All That Brass!
March 11 Chamber Music on Campus
March 13 Repertoire Singers & Concert Choir
March 16 University Gospel Ensembles
Performances elsewhere:
Feb. 4 Jazz Lab Bands II & III
Feb. 10 Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (Collier House)
Feb. 13 Flute Class Recital (163 Music)
Feb. 15 The Jazz Café (178 Music)
Feb. 22 The Jazz Café (178 Music)
March 1 Future Music Oregon (163 Music)
March 7 A Little Knight Music (Knight Library)
March 14 Collegium Musicum (Collier House)
March 16 UO Opera Theater & UO Symphony (EMU Ballroom)
March 16 University Percussion Ensemble (163 Music)
Willamette Valley Concert Band, Albanywww.wvcb.info
March 16 Russian Music Concert (Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC)
May 22 Sousa Memorial Day Concert (Capital Manor, Salem)
May 26 Sousa Memorial Day Concert (LaSells Stewart Center, OSU)
THEATER
Actors Cabaret of Eugene
683-4368 • www.actorscabaret.orgPerformances at ACE theater and the Hult Center unless noted
Jan. 11-20 Pigs in Love (at the Annex)
Jan. 18-Feb. 23 Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show
March 7-29 The Flight of the Lawn Chair Man
April 11-May 10 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
June 20-July 26 Hair
ACE Junior Program
683-4368 • www.actorscabaret.orgPerformances in the Annex theater unless noted
July 24-27 Footloose!
Albany Civic Theater
928-4603 • www.albanycivic.orgJan. 11-19 Dinner with Friends
Feb. 15-March 8 Hello, Dolly
March 28-April 5 The Drawer Boy
April 25-May 10 The Diary of Anne Frank
May 30-June 14 Fawlty Towers
June 20-21 The Last Five Years
July 11-19 Nickel and Dimed
Aug. 8-23 The Compleat Works of Wllm Shksper (Abridged)
Corvallis Community Theatrewww.corvalliscommunitytheatre.org
• Tickets: 738-7469
Performances at the Majestic Theatre
Dec. 28-Jan. 6 Anne of Green Gables
Feb. 15-24 Harvey
May 16-June 1 Reefer Madness
Aug. 8-17 Knock ‘Em Dead
Cottage Theatre,Cottage Grove
942-8001 • www.cottagetheatre.orgTickets 942-9195
Feb. 1-16 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
April 4-26 Chicago
June 13-28 Harvey
Aug. 1-17 Forever Plaid
Elsinore Theatre, Salem
503-375-3574 • www.elsinoretheatre.comJan. 20 Peter Pan
Feb. 29 Aesop’s Fables
May 2 Winnie the Pooh
Florence Events Center
997-1994 • www.eventcenter.orgApril 19 Missoula Children’s Theater
May 29 LCC Dance Showcase
Hult Centerwww.hultcenter.org
• Tickets: 682-5000
Jan. 13 Jeff Dunham, ventriloquist
Feb. 9 Bill Cosby, comedian
Feb. 15 Lisa Lampanelli, comedian
Feb. 17 Moscow Circus
March 5-9 Menopause: The Musical
March 16 Gypsy
April 23 Capitol Steps musical theater troupe
April 29-May 4 Mamma Mia
Lane Community Collegewww.lanecc.edu
• Tickets: 463-5761
Performances at the Blue Door Theatre
Feb. 1-16 Buying Time
March 15 Shakespeare Showcase
April 4-12 A Soft Kiss While Visiting Samuel
May 2-17 Spring Inspirations
June 7 Shakespeare Showcase
Lord Leebrick Theatrewww.lordleebrick.com
• Tickets: 465-1506
Jan. 11-Feb. 2 Memory House
March 14-April 6 The Busy World is Hushed
May 9-June 1 Or Not To Be
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
482-4331 • www.osfashland.orgAt the Angus Bowmer Theatre:
Feb. 15-Nov. 2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Feb. 16-July 6 Fences
Feb. 17-Nov. 2 The Clay Cart
April 15-Nov. 1 The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler
July 23-Nov. 1 A View from the Bridge
At the New Theatre:
Feb. 19-June 20 Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter
March 26-Nov. 2 Coriolanus
July 1-Nov. 2 Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
At the Elizabethan Stage:
June 3-Oct. 10 Othello
June 4-Oct. 11 Our Town
June 5-Oct. 12 The Comedy of Errors
OSU Theatre, Corvallis
737-2853 • oregonstate.edu/dept/theatre
Performances at Main Stage Theatre
Feb. 7-16 All My Sons
May 8-17 Spin
June 4-8 Original One-Act Festival
Performance at Lab Theatre
March 6-9 Street Theatre
Pentacle Theatre, Salem
503-485-4300 • www.pentacletheatre.orgJan. 25-Feb. 16 The Sunshine Boys
March 7-29 The Diviners
April 18-May 10 Dorian: The Remarkable Mr. Gray
May 30-June 21 Betty the Yeti
July 11-Aug. 2 Doubt: A Parable
Aug. 22-Sept. 13 Guys and Dolls
University Theatre
346-4363 • darkwing.uoregon.edu/~theatre/
April 2-20 Wild Oats (Willamette Rep/Hult Center)
May 6-June 1 Or Not To Be (Lord Leebrick Theatre)
Performances at the Arena Theatre
Feb. 6-16 4:48 Psychosis
May 21-31 Lotus Lessons
Very Little Theatre
344-7751 • www.thevlt.comJan. 18-Feb. 9 Awake and Sing!
March 28-April 19 On the Razzle
May 30 The Memory of Water
Aug. 1 The Grass Harp
Wildish Community Theater
868-0869 • 630 Main Street, Springfield • www.wildishtheater.comJan. 18-Feb. 2 So Far From Shore • Tix: 606-1125
Feb. 22-24 Seussical (Rose Children’s Theatre • Tix: 434-0444)
March 13-15 Wizard of Oz (Upstart Crow Studios • Tix: 688-8260)
March 16 Springfield Puppet Festival (Tix: 727-3766)
Willamette Repertory Theatre
343-9903 • willrep.ourwest.com Tickets: 682-5000
Performances at the Hult Center
Feb. 6-24 Proof
April 2-20 Wild Oats
May 16-18 Readings in Rep