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Performing Arts: Page 16

Seeing Their Scars

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

Theater 3 years 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 →

The Bard is Back 

After taking 2021 off, a much-changed OSF kicks off a new season

Theater 3 years ago

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is back. After two years of pandemic shutdown, made worse by summer wildfire closures and the layoffs of 90 percent of … Continue reading →

Heaven and Earth

Dance 3 years ago

It took two years of moving Heaven and Earth through the tangled mess of rescheduling brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Eugene Ballet will … Continue reading →

Headed for the Great White Way

A 28-year-old playwright who grew up in Eugene hits the big time next month when her new play opens on Broadway

Theater 3 years ago

Broadway is the stuff of legend in American theater. We have songs about the difficulty of making it there, like “On Broadway,” first made popular … Continue reading →

A Poundstone of Jokes

Paula Poundstone brings her observational comedy to Eugene’s Hult Center

Comedy 3 years ago

The first time that comedian Paula Poundstone was in Eugene, she saw a sign on the side of the road that left an impression.  “There … Continue reading →

Thank You for the Music 

Cottage Theatre opens, after a COVID-induced break, with the infectiously fun Mamma Mia

Theater 3 years ago

If Shakespeare had written a musical, it’d probably look like Mamma Mia.  This may sound blasphemous to the strict Shakespearean types, but the Bard’s comedies … Continue reading →

Island in the Sun

The Broadway classic South Pacific hits the Hult Center

Theater 3 years ago

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 →

Nora’s Back

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

Theater 3 years 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 →

Smoke and Mirrors

Because nothing says Eugene like a cannabis-themed magic show

Comedy 3 years ago

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

Comedy 3 years ago

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 →

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