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Performing Arts

Bordering Hilarity 

Libyan activist-turned-comedian with Portland roots to perform at Wildish Theater on June 6 

Comedy 3 days ago

“I don’t know how to make this shit funny,” comedian Mohanad Elshieky says about his initial attempts to include an anecdote about being wrongfully stopped … Continue reading →

Earnestly Wilde About Spaaace

Roving Park Players perform a free rendition of The Importance of Being Earnest throughout Pride Month

Theater 3 days ago

The Importance of Being Earnest… in Spaaace!, performed by the Roving Park Players, delivers probably the freshest look at queer playwright Oscar Wilde’s classic play … Continue reading →

Insane in the Kinane

Portland via L.A. comic Kyle Kinane performs a three-night stand at Olsen Run Comedy Club & Lounge in Eugene

ComedyEW-Extra 4 days ago

Comic Kyle Kinane likes college towns. “They’re more self-sufficient,” he tells Eugene Weekly in a phone call from Portland, where he lives: Fewer big box … Continue reading →

Fairy Tale on Pointe 

Oregon Ballet Academy brings a playful, heartfelt ‘Snow White’ to the LCC Performance Hall

DanceEW-Extra 1 week ago

Oregon Ballet Academy brings a beloved fairy tale to life onstage at Lane Community College’s Ragozzino Performance Hall with Snow White and the Seven Dancing … Continue reading →

Recasting a Classic

Nearly a century after it premiered, ‘Our Town’ charms audiences in a production with three directors at Oregon Contemporary Theatre

Theater 1 week ago

When Oregon Contemporary Theatre held auditions for a production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, a record 100 actors of all ages showed up. The three … Continue reading →

The Return of Cuckoo’s Nest

The play, based on Ken Kesey’s novel and the movie, is at Oakridge’s Zero Clearance Theater May 16 through 18

EW-ExtraTheater 2 weeks ago

Randle Patrick McMurphy is as charismatic and rebellious as ever, and Nurse Ratched is every bit the iron-fisted manipulative control freak with zero empathy that … Continue reading →

Finally Recognized

The founder of Xcape Dance Academy is named the 2025 Eugene Arts and Letters Award recipient for her decades of community impact and artistic leadership

DanceNews 2 weeks ago

Vanessa Fuller — dancer, choreographer and longtime advocate for community arts — has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Eugene Arts and Letters … Continue reading →

Transforming Ballet

Fermata Ballet Collective, winner of this year’s Arts and Business Alliance visionary award, is diversifying ballet

Dance 2 weeks ago

Eugene’s Fermata Ballet Collective is transforming the local ballet scene by telling the story of those who normally might not have their story told, its … Continue reading →

Aladdin: The Rock Opera

Aladdin turned rock ballet performance Mother’s Day weekend

Dance 3 weeks ago

What if ballet was performed to rock? Or, as Ballet Fantastique asks, “What if Aladdin had a soundtrack by Queen?” This Mother’s Day weekend, the … Continue reading →

Join the Entourage

Actor Jeremy Piven, best known for roles in shows like Entourage and Mr. Selfridge, performs standup comedy at the McDonald Theatre April 26 in Eugene

Comedy 1 month ago

On stage, actor Jeremy Piven excels at roles like Hollywood agent Ari Gold from the smash hit TV series Entourage, which ran for eight seasons … Continue reading →

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