Eugene Ballet Dazzles with Concert Choir/Orchestra Next Collaboration
The Eugene Ballet Company performed boldly Sunday afternoon, with a program that delighted the senses, starting with “White Noise” by choreographer Amy Seiwert. Continue reading
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DanceAbility International will be featured on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat
DanceAbility International will be featured on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat and the community is welcome to an open house and viewing party 6:30 to 8:30 pm Thursday, Feb. 4, at 576 Olive St., Suite 208, with the segment airing on TV at 8 pm. Continue reading
To Be a Fool
Eugene theater mavens bring new resident company to Springfield’s Wildish Theater
In the 1970s, The New Mime Circus Theater Ensemble was one of Eugene’s several cooperative community projects. Today, the company has been resurrected in a new form by co-founders Judith “Sparky” Roberts and fellow performer Joe Cronin. Fools Haven, a nonprofit, launched its inaugural performance with a Shakespeare showcase at Springfield’s Wildish Community Theater in December 2014, and has since staged several showcases and other works at the Eugene Public Library, the Very Little Theatre and other public venues. Continue reading
To Bee or Not to Bee
Funny is the word in Cottage Theatre’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
What if you could peer into the hearts and minds of the participants of a middle-school spelling bee, just to see what makes them tick? What’s motivating them? What performance rituals do they employ to correctly spell words like autochthonous or eudaemonic? Cottage Theatre’s new production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee answers these questions and more in a winning production directed by Mark VanBeever. Continue reading
A Masterwork for the New Century: La Compagnie Hervé Koubi at WhiteBird Dance
A Masterwork for the New Century: La Compagnie Hervé Koubi at WhiteBird Dance A remarkable piece of movement, a triumph, really, Hervé Koubi’s Ce que le jour doit a la nuit, or in English, ‘What the day owes the night’ pulls together threads stretching into the past, the present and the future. Continue reading
The War at Home
An Iraqi vet returns home in University Theatre’s Water by the Spoonful
There’s something slightly off about University Theatre’s current production of Water by the Spoonful, the Pulitzer-winning second installment in Quiara Alegría Hudes’ trilogy of plays about a returning Iraqi War vet who struggles to reintegrate himself into civilian life in the U.S. Continue reading
Princess Act
Bawdy, naughty women set Disney straight in ACE’s Disenchanted
No holds barred: There is nothing the ladies in Disenchanted aren’t willing to throw down in an effort to overturn society’s ideal of a Disney princess. From tirades about historical inaccuracies to really dirty Pinocchio jokes, all’s fair in Actors Cabaret of Eugene’s (ACE) production of Dennis T. Giacino’s irreverent musical. Continue reading
Mission Accomplished
Get thee to the Hult for The Book of Mormon, the biggest musical of the year
Left: Billy Harrigan Tighe in The Book of Mormon. Photo credit: Johan Persson. Right: Alexandra Ncube in The Book of Mormon. Photo credit: Joan Marcus Continue reading
It Takes a Village
A peek behind the scenes at the technicians who bring Eugene theaters to life
When we think of live performance, we probably picture actors or dancers — the people we regularly see onstage. But where would a production be without the tireless, behind-the-scenes magicians who create the sets, lighting and sound? Continue reading
Parade of Portlanders
Rose City performers descend on Eugene
Once upon a time, it seemed as though music, like the Willamette, flowed mainly to the north: Eugene bands worked hard to play Portland, but the favor wasn’t always returned, especially in the classical and jazz arenas. More and more, though, we’re seeing Portland performers recognizing the value of the Eugene market and, accordingly, this winter and spring brings a parade of Portlanders here to perform additional, even exclusive concerts. Continue reading