Pebbles in the Pond
Local High School Remembers Mathew Shepard
If you want to feel hope for the future, I recommend interviewing South Eugene High School theater students. Emma Mowry and Jakobi Luke, both seniors, … Continue reading
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Joy Dancer
UO hosts South African dancer Vincent Mantsoe for a performance of KonKoriti
Growing up in Soweto township, choreographer and dancer Vincent Mantsoe found strength in the daily rhythm set by the women in his life. “My grandmother, … Continue reading
Power and Prowess
Ballet Fantastique takes on 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'
How do you present an antiquated, strictly traditional art form like ballet to an audience whose musical oldies are only 30 years old? Answer: fusion. … Continue reading
Theater is the Life for You
Humor and melancholy mingle in VLT’s production of Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds from Broadway
I’m a snob and a sniff and a two-bit dilettante of the lowest rank. For instance, I once dismissed Stephen King as an immature populist … Continue reading
Garrison Keillor dishes on art, poetry, radio and the Swedish Academy
Eugene Weekly chats with the star of A Prairie Home Companion before his appearance at the Hult Center
Garrison Keillor’s 40-year run as host of A Prairie Home Companion came to an end last year, but the consummate storyteller continues to perform. At … Continue reading
The Killer Inside
Director Mark VanBeever delves into the exquisite evil of Jekyll & Hyde
Like so much that descends to us from the rich and fertile period of the late 19th century — Freud, Nietzsche and Marx, to name … Continue reading
Wild, Wild Movement
Mowgli is the perfect ballet for the inexperienced viewer
If you’re like me, your experience with ballet is limited to The Nutcracker. As such, I associate ballet with incredible athletics, surreal costumes and incomprehensible … Continue reading
What’s the Deal with Everything on Earth?
OCT opens its season with playwright Will Eno’s masterful Middletown
Will Eno’s Middletown, playing now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, is a masterfully written, beautifully produced effort that seeks the extraordinary in the everyday. Directed by … Continue reading
What’s the Buzz?
Actors Cabaret goes all out with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar
Somewhere during the first act of Jesus Christ Superstar — playing now at Actors Cabaret of Eugene — I realize that basically Jesus is every … Continue reading
Reinventing Tesla
Harmonic Laborator plugs into a collaborative, multi-media effort based on great 20th-century futurist
For Harmonic Laboratory, the concept of “collaboration” keeps getting redefined. “It’s been a topic of conversation for six years,” says the group’s inter-media, music and … Continue reading