The Show Must Go On, Eventually
The Shedd Institute meets calamity with community
Eugene’s Shedd Institute for the Arts was riding the wave of one of its best years ever when Gov. Kate Brown banned public gatherings in … Continue reading
Alexis Reid
Author: Alexis Reid
‘Quarantine Sucks’
Our intrepid writer reports from the front lines of domestic isolation
I used to be good at avoiding my kids — all five of them. We had a mutually beneficial arrangement: I drove them to every soccer … Continue reading
Celtic Nintendo Ballet
Dragon and the Night Queen takes flight despite injuries
Ballet Fantastique danced with multi-mythological ambitions on wounded wings in Dragon and the Night Queen, an original ballet that pairs nicely with a Guinness. With … Continue reading
Good as Hell
Self-love in the age of Lizzo
I love a good run: the rhythmic pounding of my sneakers tempering the shame of last night’s fast food feast; Lizzo in the headphones, cheering me … Continue reading
Hollywood Radio
Radio Redux brings back a movie classic, minus the silver screen
Several first timers (including yours truly) filled the Hult Center’s Soreng Theater this past weekend at Radio Redux’s one-weekend run of the Hollywood classic Sunset … Continue reading
Beautiful Noise
As the group nears three decades of performance, STOMP keeps banging it out
STOMP, the high intensity percussion show that’s a perennial favorite in Eugene, brings its weird musical instruments — think hubcaps, Zippo lighters, brooms and garbage … Continue reading
Murder in the Grove
Cottage Theatre presents Arsenic and Old Lace
Cottage Theatre opens its 2020 season with new seats and an absurd, slow start. Let me be clear: It’s supposed to be slow. Directed by … Continue reading
Poised for Wonder
Eugene Ballet offers both a classic and a brand-new work
Eugene Ballet is putting on a whimsical double feature Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8 and 9, with its oft-performed Alice in Wonderland and an all-new … Continue reading
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
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