A Legacy in Dance
Meet the Bontragers of Ballet Fantastique
Hannah and Ashley Bontrager were practically born into the arts, dancing before they could walk. “Not a lot of girls get to grow up … Continue reading
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Hungarian Rhapsody
An urbane She Loves Me hits all the right notes at The Shedd
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
For the Rest of Us
Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes pens an alternative holiday classic in At Winter’s Edge
With wry humor, canny wisdom and an expansiveness of heart that captures the true spirit of the season, Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes has penned a … Continue reading
And the Winner Is…
Two local playwrights go head to head in OCT’s Bunfight!
Got a short attention span? A show that runs through Dec. 15 at Oregon Contemporary Theatre is just your ticket. Bunfight! features eight new 10-minute … Continue reading
Smooth Criminal
Cottage Theatre’s production of Oliver! is stacked with a cast and crew of talent
Oliver! is set in an industrial England where work homes dealt with the poor who were given the short end of the privatization stick. It’s … Continue reading
Belle for the Holidays
Beauty and the Beast brings cozy charm at ACE
Actors Cabaret of Eugene is kicking off the holiday season with a tale as old as time in Beauty and the Beast, the Musical. Red … Continue reading
Dragapella Chrismukkah
The Kinsey Sicks holiday show explores the R-rated version of silly
In one festive day, I went from decorating the tree with my wholesome, albeit irksome, family to a bawdy, mostly Jewish twist on Christmas with … Continue reading
All’s Well in Ashland
A reviewer takes in this season’s summer openings on her first visit to OSF
If you haven’t experienced the flag being raised high above the hammerbeam roof of the Allen Elizabethan Theatre just before the show begins at the … Continue reading
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Eugene Welcomes Home the Troops
A dark Bandstand offers 1940s swing and cigarette nostalgia
Truth be told, I half expected to see a small gathering of MAGA hats in the Hult Center for Bandstand, Broadway’s Tony award-winning musical that … Continue reading
Pilgrims and Progress
Identity politics get goosed in OCT’s The Thanksgiving Play
As I sat watching Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s current production of Larissa FastHorse’s cutting and uproarious comedy The Thanksgiving Play, I found myself several times recalling … Continue reading
Modern Molière Still Just Molière
UO Theatre presents Tartuffe, an absurdist romp through religious piety
I doubt Molière could have predicted that modern adaptations of his magnum opus would include a social media influencer, but that’s exactly what University of Oregon … Continue reading
Keeping Score
OrchestraNext’s Brian McWhorter has re-orchestrated Eugene Ballet’s Swan Lake from a mystery recording
When Eugene Ballet performs Swan Lake Nov. 9 and 10, live music will come from OrchestraNext, a student-professional orchestra conducted by Eugene musician Brian McWhorter. … Continue reading
Dance Macabre
Ballet Fantastique dances a horror show in Nevermore
Ballet Fantastique thrills and chills with another world premiere, this time in the spirit of the spooky. Nevermore, which ran at the Hult Center Oct. … Continue reading
A Musical Worth Melting For
Scores of children bring Frozen Jr. to the Eugene stage
Few things in life match the phenomenon that is Disney’s Frozen, the 2013 hit animated film that lodged “Let It Go” into the darkest depths … Continue reading