Island in the Sun
The Broadway classic South Pacific hits the Hult Center
After months of a gloomy winter, it might be time for the sunny island of Bali Ha’i, the fictional setting of South Pacific. But watch … Continue reading
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Nora’s Back
OCT opens a sparkling production of a contemporary sequel to Ibsen’s classic A Doll’s House
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
Smoke and Mirrors
Because nothing says Eugene like a cannabis-themed magic show
The only thing Portland magician Ben Zabin says he loves more than performing magic is smoking weed. Zabin even sold cannabis early on in his … Continue reading
Get a Handle on It
Comedian, author and TV personality Chelsea Handler performs in Eugene
It’s clear what’s on Chelsea Handler’s mind based solely on the title of her current tour. Her Chelsea Handler: Vaccinated and Horny Tour stops by … Continue reading
Love in the Basement
Buyer & Cellar at OCT provides perfect theater for the our isolated world
By Rick Levin A dear friend of mine tells this story about his self-awakening: It was a Saturday night in Euclid, Ohio, sometime in the mid … Continue reading
In Flight on the Last Night of 2021
Ballet Fantastique’s Arrivals: Rio premieres at the Hult Center followed by a NYE afterparty
Ballet Fantastique has defined itself by creative originality and fearless collaboration over the last decade, with the company’s founding mother-daughter team, Donna and Hannah Bontrager, … Continue reading
Driving Ambition
Seattle International Comedy Competition finalist performs in Eugene
Comedian Sam Miller is on his way to pick up another comic in Federal Way, Washington, taxiing the stand-up a few hundred miles back to … Continue reading
Eugene Ballet: The Nutcracker
Enraptured ballerinas-to-be, along with their adult handlers, will flock to Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center starting Dec. 17 for the seven-performance run of … Continue reading
VLT Grows Up
Eugene’s Very Little Theatre hires its first paid executive director as construction begins on a remodel that raises the stage roof to provide fly space
Very Little Theatre’s charismatic old building is undergoing a long-awaited remodel, and when its doors open to the public in 2022, more than just the … Continue reading
Enjoy the heartwarming musical Holiday Inn
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Performing Arts is dreaming of a white Christmas, and Eugene audiences should be, too. In December, Shedd Theatricals … Continue reading