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Performing Arts: Page 2

Navigating River City

Putting on a 1957 play set in 1912 Iowa presents a few sensitivity challenges in 2023. But, oh, those 76 trombones!

Theater 3 months ago

When Kirk Boyd signed on to direct The Music Man, which opens Friday, July 7, at The Shedd Institute, he knew right off he’d have … Continue reading →

A Show For Everyone

The Vaudeville Revival is June 30 at Whirled Pies

Performing Arts 3 months ago

Ladies and gentlemen, come on in to witness a blindfolded knife thrower, a snake charmer, a contortionist, a very different take on the classic ballet … Continue reading →

Oregon Contemporary Theatre unveils a biting new comedy

Explore cultural appropriation and food all at once in 'Colonialism Is Terrible, But Phở Is Delicious' at OCT May 19 through June 4. 

ArtsTheater 4 months ago

The satiric comedy provides insight into historical colonialism conflicts and the traditional Vietnamese dish, phở. The story begins in 1880s French Indochina, where a willful … Continue reading →

COVID Shuts Down ‘Cat Lady’

Several cast members said to have come down sick after VLT show

ArtsPerforming ArtsTheater 5 months ago

Performances of the Jen Ferro comedy Cat Lady have been canceled at Very Little Theatre after several cast members tested positive for COVID, the theater … Continue reading →

The World According to Cats 

Jen Ferro’s ‘Cat Lady’ at VLT has claws but could use development

ArtsTheater 5 months ago

Stage Left at The Very Little Theatre is proving to be an incubator for new plays by local playwrights. Cat Lady, a comedy by Eugene … Continue reading →

Look on the Bright Side

Portland comedian Jaren George performs in Eugene

Comedy 6 months ago

Stand up comedian Jaren George had been challenged in his life to get where he is today. Raised in Brooklyn, but now based in Portland … Continue reading →

Life In 10-Minute Slices

OCT’s NW10 Festival starts its two-week run March 31

ArtsPerforming ArtsTheater 6 months ago

A flurry of changing sets and quick, concise storylines is set to begin at Oregon Contemporary Theatre. NW10 Festival: Buckle Up!, the annual festival of … Continue reading →

Comedian Sellout

Nikki Glaser leaves behind a night to remember as she opens her Good Girl Tour at McDonald Theatre

ArtsComedy 6 months ago

Nothing was truly off-limits. Nikki Glaser threw zinger after zinger and spoke about controversial topics on McDonald Theatre’s stage the night of Saturday, March 25.  … Continue reading →

Nothing’s Off Limits

The comedian sells out Eugene’s McDonald Theatre

Comedy 6 months ago

Eugene, get ready for a night full of laughs — the good girl is on tour. Nikki Glaser takes her comedy act to McDonald Theatre … Continue reading →

This Is Not My Beautiful Wife

A body swap leads to love’s reckoning in VLT’s Prelude to a Kiss

Theater 6 months ago

I believe it was the great Irish playwright and staunch socialist George Bernard Shaw who, late in the game and long in the tooth, suggested that … Continue reading →

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