A Ghostly Comedy Classic
Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit is haunted at VLT
Whatever your particular feelings might be about the reality or unreality of ghosts, you must admit: A ghost is a fantastic literary device. To the … Continue reading
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Kafka-esque belly laughs
Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s The Understudy is an absurdist winner
Theresa Rebeck’s one-act play The Understudy, which opened Jan. 18 for a three-week run at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, appears on the surface to offer a … Continue reading
A Step Forward
New work by Eugene playwright explores tensions between Palestinians and Israelis
In a world of constant political tension and polarized opinions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Martin Cohen’s new play Checkpoint seeks to bridge the gap of … Continue reading
A Feast for the Senses
Broadway production of The Lion King brings something new to Disney’s animated classic
I have a confession: I never really liked The Lion King. As a child of the ’90s and subsequently Disney’s Renaissance period, I was obsessed … Continue reading
Hear Me Roar
Catching up with The Lion King’s Michael Curry
If you’ve seen the Broadway musical The Lion King, then you know that its puppets and masks are some of the most beautiful and complex … Continue reading
All the World’s a (Kids’) Stage
Local children’s theaters are creating ‘cultural ninjas’
I often feel like I live in my car. Hundreds of miles in a dusty sedan littered with granola-bar wrappers and the sweaty water bottles … Continue reading
Staging the Holidays
A little something for everyone in this year’s offering of Christmas productions by local theaters
The sheer intimacy and immediacy of theater lends itself splendidly to the holidays. It’s as though, facing the stage, we are basking as one in … Continue reading
An Authentic and Magical Oz
Color and humor bring new life to The Wizard of Oz at Actors Cabaret
Lions and tigers and bears — again? Oh my! Actors Cabaret is hosting Eugene’s second production of The Wizard of Oz in as many months. … Continue reading
Tangled Up in Crude
Puppets prick precious political correctness in UO’s hilarious Avenue Q
It’s hard to imagine that a musical from the early 2000s could be seen as controversial and even outdated for our current political and social … Continue reading
Evil Is As Evil Does
Dracula travels back to the source of Bram Stoker’s classic in Very Little Theatre’s excellent production
Steven Dietz’s 1996 adaptation of Dracula maintains a disorienting fidelity to Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, hewing close to the spirit and characterization of the original. … Continue reading