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Theater: Page 17

ABBA is for Everyone

ACE’s production of Mamma Mia! brings out the music’s charm and fun

Theater 6 years ago

The film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried, might cast quite the shadow on a community theater’s attempt at the ABBA … Continue reading →

Don’t Fear the Reaper

Cottage Theatre takes a new look at the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet

Theater 6 years ago

Along with being the most accessible and arguably the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet is also something of an outlier among his … Continue reading →

A Modernist Masterpiece of a Murderess

University Theatre takes on Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal

Theater 6 years ago

Calling all Murderinos! — The University of Oregon is putting on Sophie Treadwell’s hauntingly beautiful expressionistic play Machinal. Inspired by the real-life high-profile murder trial … Continue reading →

Starcrossed Rust

The director of Romeo and Juliet talks love, life and theater

Theater 6 years ago

Cottage Theatre kicks off its 2019 season this weekend with a traditional production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by Tony Rust.  Before becoming … Continue reading →

A Ghostly Comedy Classic

Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit is haunted at VLT

Theater 6 years ago

Whatever your particular feelings might be about the reality or unreality of ghosts, you must admit: A ghost is a fantastic literary device. To the … Continue reading →

Kafka-esque belly laughs

Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s The Understudy is an absurdist winner

Theater 6 years ago

Theresa Rebeck’s one-act play The Understudy, which opened Jan. 18 for a three-week run at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, appears on the surface to offer a … Continue reading →

A Step Forward

New work by Eugene playwright explores tensions between Palestinians and Israelis

Theater 6 years ago

In a world of constant political tension and polarized opinions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Martin Cohen’s new play Checkpoint seeks to bridge the gap of … Continue reading →

A Feast for the Senses

Broadway production of The Lion King brings something new to Disney’s animated classic

Theater 6 years ago

I have a confession: I never really liked The Lion King. As a child of the ’90s and subsequently Disney’s Renaissance period, I was obsessed … Continue reading →

Hear Me Roar

Catching up with The Lion King’s Michael Curry

Theater 6 years ago

If you’ve seen the Broadway musical The Lion King, then you know that its puppets and masks are some of the most beautiful and complex … Continue reading →

All the World’s a (Kids’) Stage

Local children’s theaters are creating ‘cultural ninjas’

Theater 6 years ago

I often feel like I live in my car. Hundreds of miles in a dusty sedan littered with granola-bar wrappers and the sweaty water bottles … Continue reading →

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