Nothing’s Off Limits
The comedian sells out Eugene’s McDonald Theatre
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
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This Is Not My Beautiful Wife
A body swap leads to love’s reckoning in VLT’s Prelude to a Kiss
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
From Argentina, Let’s Tango!
Eugene Vocal Arts hosts ‘Tango Mass’ March 19
It’s time for the professionals to put on their dancing shoes at the Hult Center for stealthy, almost cat-like movements and dramatic attitude. It’s time … Continue reading
Still Relevant After All These Years
Dolly Parton’s decades-old 9 to 5 comes alive at South Eugene High School
Since sexism in the workforce is not a thing of the past, the South Eugene High School theater department put on an endearing performance of … Continue reading
A Grand Experiment
The new executive director at Very Little Theatre takes on the position at full force
“Almost everything I do is an experiment,” says Ron Evans, the very new executive director at Very Little Theatre. “I run off of data that … Continue reading
Family Affair
In Something Clean, Selina Fillinger examines rape from a mother’s viewpoint
Remember this name: Selina Fillinger. It’s the name of a young playwright — very young, precocious and prolific. And, a playwright who happened to be … Continue reading
Married to Shakespeare
Women take a break from the world around them to obsess over Shakespeare in a timeless new play by Dorothy Velasco
Who knew Shakespeare had so many wives? Dorothy Velasco’s new play Ladies Shakespeare Club, which opened Friday, Feb. 17, at Very Little Theatre, dramatizes love … Continue reading
And So The Peanuts Gang Meets Again
Cottage Theatre Hosts You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The actors of the Cottage Grove Theatre performed a charming yet quirky rendition of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown the night of Feb. 9. … Continue reading
Life Lessons from Shakespeare
Dorothy Velasco’s new work was inspired by the real-life Eugene Shakespeare Club
Springfield playwright Dorothy Velasco’s latest play, Ladies Shakespeare Club, premieres Friday, Feb. 17, for a two-weekend run at Very Little Theatre’s intimate Stage Left. The … Continue reading
Extralegal Rendition
An updated ‘Legally Blonde’ comes to town as a musical
Legally Blonde, The Musical, which ran at the Hult Center Feb. 3-5, was not what I was expecting. I’m a big fan of the movie, … Continue reading