Legally Blonde, The Musical
“Girls, I’m going to Harvard,” Elle Woods says to her sorority sisters in the iconic 2001 film Legally Blonde. As former president of Delta Nu … Continue reading
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To Die Like a Man
A powerful production at VLT explores the art of facing an unjust death
A Lesson Before Dying, Romulus Linney’s drama based on the acclaimed 1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines, is now playing in a heart-wrenching production at The … Continue reading
Pegasus Playhouse Takes Flight
Theater company opens new location, continues to expand limits of the youth musical
“I can’t help but want to create something,” says Scott Frazier-Maskiell, founder and artistic director of Pegasus Playhouse. “I’m addicted to it.” Pegasus Playhouse, a … Continue reading
‘Finding Each Other’
Eugene theater set to host original play about breast cancer, space and discovering friendship under the unlikeliest of circumstances
“You can find connection with any person if you’re able and open to listen,” says Siena Marilyn Ledger, the playwright of Man and Moon. Eric … Continue reading
Life Lessons in the Death House
VLT opens an adaptation of a prize-winning novel on facing mortality
In Ernest J. Gaines’ 1993 novel A Lesson Before Dying, a young African American man innocent of any crime is sentenced to the electric chair … Continue reading
Christmas May Yet Come to Pemberley
OCT's COVID-delayed production of the holiday show is now set to open Dec. 14
The Grinch known as COVID has done its best to steal Christmas this year at Eugene’s Oregon Contemporary Theatre. But OCT is fighting back and … Continue reading
The Hills Are Alive And Well
A talented cast renews the classic musical with liveliness and heart, making for a nostalgic theater experience
Few children ever forget the image of a blondish Julie Andrews twirling around the glorious Austrian countryside, and in The Shedd Institute’s winter production of … Continue reading
Christmas at the Trailer Park
Actors Cabaret of Eugene provides an intimate setting for a musical that’s as heartwarming as it is hilarious
Welcome to Armadillo Acres Trailer Park, where blowup flamingos wear Santa hats, old beer cans make perfectly festive wreaths and a good margarita is always … Continue reading
Lady Stardust
Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a flawless production
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is one of those special works that earmark a chapter of my life. During my high school senior year and … Continue reading
Funnier Than You Remember
VLT’s Murder on the Orient Express offers a fresh take on the Agatha Christie classic
Few stories boast enough dramatic staying power to capture our collective imagination almost a century after publication, but Agatha Christie’s 1934 classic novel Murder on … Continue reading