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Dorothy Velasco

Author: Dorothy Velasco

To Die Like a Man

A powerful production at VLT explores the art of facing an unjust death

Theater 2 weeks ago

A Lesson Before Dying, Romulus Linney’s drama based on the acclaimed 1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines, is now playing in a heart-wrenching production at The … Continue reading →

Hot Pajamas

The Shedd Theatricals production brings a jazzy energy to a classic Broadway hit about unions

Theater 5 months ago

If you’re of a certain age and you like musical comedy, you can probably sing along with the multitude of hit songs in The Pajama … Continue reading →

The Lasting Charm of ‘Little Women’

A musical version of the much-loved novel at the remodeled VLT reminds us that we never outgrow the classics

ArtsPerforming ArtsTheater 6 months ago

How many times have you read or seen Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women? Or A Christmas Carol, or Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? In such … Continue reading →

Seeing Their Scars

Two women — and two goats — confront trauma in a bright new play at OCT

Theater 9 months ago

In Alabaster, a comic drama concocted by the prolific Southern writer Audrey Cefaly, Alabaster is a fictional town in Alabama, blown to smithereens by a … Continue reading →

Nora’s Back

OCT opens a sparkling production of a contemporary sequel to Ibsen’s classic A Doll’s House

Theater 11 months ago

Two years ago, for the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America, the University of Oregon produced A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. The Norwegian … Continue reading →

Nasty Women

UO Theater lights up Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

Theater 3 years ago

The University of Oregon picked a fine time to produce A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s groundbreaking feminist play that shocked the world for decades after … Continue reading →

Tangled Dramedy

Karam’s Sons of the Prophet gets an uneven production at UO

Theater 3 years ago

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 →

Hungarian Rhapsody

An urbane She Loves Me hits all the right notes at The Shedd

Theater 3 years ago

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 →

Speaking (and Singing) Truth

The famous orphan comes out ahead in the shedd’s production of Annie

Theater 3 years ago

After seeing Annie at The Shedd’s Jaqua Concert Hall, “Tomorrow” will be your shower song for many tomorrows to come. You can bet your bottom … Continue reading →

Late Stage Romance

Retired singles hit the modern dating scene in the heartfelt comedy Kalamazoo

Theater 3 years ago

What do widowed people do when their lonely lives are going nowhere and their grown children are nagging them to meet someone? They finally drag … Continue reading →

Dorothy Velasco

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