Good Dirty Fun!
The Bad Girls Comedy Tour lands in Eugene
Three women walk into a bar. One screams “vagina,” another scorns Ronald Reagan and the third puts a spunky twist on whiskey dick. Eugene’s own … Continue reading
Alexis Reid
Author: Alexis Reid
The Music Men
Joe Zingo and Jim Roberts have given Eugene a half century of musical theater
How does a 50-year-long fairytale romance in theater begin? It begins, once upon a time, during a low-budget production of Fiddler on the Roof, of … Continue reading
A Futuristic Dance With The Past
Eugene Ballet’s Firebird is A haunting blend of Russian folklore
I love life’s little synchronicities, like how a man named Igor created one of the most recognizably creepy compositions in music history. In a dystopian … Continue reading
Up in the Alps
Cottage Theatre closes its current season with an epic production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic The Sound of Music
Cottage Theatre is bidding auf Wiedersehen to its home of 20 years with a mountainous send off via The Sound of Music. Once the legendary … Continue reading
Doin’ the Watusi
ACE’s production of the musical Beehive raises girl talent to the flower power
Spring is in the air and so is the hairspray in Actor Cabaret’s production of Larry Gallagher’s off-Broadway revue Beehive. ACE veteran Ashley Apelzin makes … Continue reading
A Modern Midwest Thriller
Bennett Fisher’s suspenseful drama Damascus takes on the dangers of implicit and explicit bias
I was able to experience my first show at the Oregon Contemporary Theatre this past weekend for the West Coast premiere of Bennett Fisher’s modern … Continue reading
Bodies in Motion
Lane Dance blossoms with Collaborations 2019: A Collective Exhibition of Movement
Chronically lagging patrons of the arts might have felt a rush of dread walking into Lane Community College’s performance hall this past weekend, on March … Continue reading
Dancing Far From Home
Ballet Fantastique presents The Odyssey with a beatboxing feminine twist
The Hult Center hosted Eugene’s Ballet Fantastique this past weekend — a warm reprieve from the bitter snowpocalypse that left many of us without hot … Continue reading
Birds & Bees
A young mother prepares herself to have the sex talk with her daughter
No mom wants to explain boners to her eight-year-old daughter, right? And yet, there I was: slouched over the kitchen table, nervously sculpting non-threatening puppy … Continue reading
A Modernist Masterpiece of a Murderess
University Theatre takes on Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal
Calling all Murderinos! — The University of Oregon is putting on Sophie Treadwell’s hauntingly beautiful expressionistic play Machinal. Inspired by the real-life high-profile murder trial … Continue reading