Ballet Fantastique celebrates a pair of premieres
Ringing in the new year, Ballet Fantastique (BFan) launches two exciting premieres, with stagings of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Aladdin. EW recently caught up … Continue reading
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Boys Will Be Boys
Gentlemen scientists gather in VLT’s comic romp The explorer’s Club
Legend has it that when a team of British archaeologists outfitted themselves to excavate the tomb of King Tutankhamen, their journey began with an errand … Continue reading
Radioman Diaries
Popular NPR host Ira Glass hits the stage in Eugene
Before binge-watching, there was binge-listening, and NPR’s This American Life damn near invented the practice. To some, the hugely popular show might seem ponderous and … Continue reading
The Spin
Who’s who and what’s what in dance this month
It’s a new year, and you should be dancing: Ballet Fantastique Academy’s winter session has begun, and BFan offers a Free Dance Week, Jan. … Continue reading
Ghosts of Christmas Quaint
A local holiday tradition brings Welsh author Dylan Thomas to Eugene
Eugene actor David Stuart Bull was born and raised in England, just over the border from Wales. And for 30 years, Bull has brought a … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing in Santaland
David Sedaris is a masterfully droll storyteller, and his one-man play The Santaland Diaries, playing now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, is the perfect pairing for … Continue reading
Hungry for Generations
The Big Meal at Oregon Contemporary Theatre is full of dynamic performances
Dan LeFranc’s quickly dives into a chaotic script with his play, The Big Meal, which features an otherwise mellow plot. Two young lovebirds meet and … Continue reading
The Spin
Who’s who and what’s what in dance this month
Ah, October: Corn mazes, jack-o-lanterns, kids in costumes and … undead ballet! Eugene Ballet Company revives its masterful Giselle at 7:30 pm Oct. 28 and … Continue reading
A New Spin on Good & Evil
Eugene Ballet reimagines Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen
Next spring, Eugene Ballet Company will stage the biggest project the outfit has undertaken in its 38-year history — a brand new, quarter-million-dollar envisioning of … Continue reading
Left of the Dial
Fred Crafts brings back the golden days with Radio Redux
From screwball comedies to hardboiled gumshoes to fantasy, science fiction and holiday fare, Radio Redux brings the past into the present. “We’re exploring great … Continue reading