Moodlight Theater
You can never have enough fringe theater, especially in Eugene, where spontaneity, grotesquerie and a flair for the absurd are major components of our offbeat … Continue reading
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Hollywood Radio
Radio Redux brings back a movie classic, minus the silver screen
Several first timers (including yours truly) filled the Hult Center’s Soreng Theater this past weekend at Radio Redux’s one-weekend run of the Hollywood classic Sunset … Continue reading
Murder in the Grove
Cottage Theatre presents Arsenic and Old Lace
Cottage Theatre opens its 2020 season with new seats and an absurd, slow start. Let me be clear: It’s supposed to be slow. Directed by … Continue reading
Nunsensical
ACE delivers the holy goods with the comic musical Nunsense
In what is perhaps the most appropriately named show in all of theater, Nunsense is the hilarious and irreverent holy mother of musical revues. A … Continue reading
Tangled Dramedy
Karam’s Sons of the Prophet gets an uneven production at UO
In the past decade, the Lebanese American playwright Stephen Karam has garnered a substantial list of prestigious theater awards, including a Tony, an Obie and … Continue reading
Boy Meets World
OCT detects the human condition in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
At a quick glance, Oregon Contemporary Theatre is serving up some Sherlock Holmes vibes with a sprinkle of pitchforked pup in the Tony Award-winning drama, … Continue reading
Altared States
VLT scores a hit with Lewis Black’s Reagan-era romantic comedy One Slight Hitch
No doubt comedian Lewis Black is brilliant, but I’d hardly call him subtle. His standup traffics in apoplectic anger, escalating from a reasonable assessment — … Continue reading
Hungarian Rhapsody
An urbane She Loves Me hits all the right notes at The Shedd
Even Scrooge would have to love She Loves Me, playing through Dec. 22 at The Shedd’s Jaqua Concert Hall. After all, this endearing and enduring … Continue reading
For the Rest of Us
Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes pens an alternative holiday classic in At Winter’s Edge
With wry humor, canny wisdom and an expansiveness of heart that captures the true spirit of the season, Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes has penned a … Continue reading
And the Winner Is…
Two local playwrights go head to head in OCT’s Bunfight!
Got a short attention span? A show that runs through Dec. 15 at Oregon Contemporary Theatre is just your ticket. Bunfight! features eight new 10-minute … Continue reading