Enjoy the heartwarming musical Holiday Inn
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Performing Arts is dreaming of a white Christmas, and Eugene audiences should be, too. In December, Shedd Theatricals … Continue reading
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‘Dear Sugar’
Oregon Contemporary Theatre comes back from the pandemic with a fast-paced reflection on pain, sorrow and redemption
The culture of therapy provides the framework for Tiny Beautiful Things, a moving but unconventional play that marks the return to live performance after a … Continue reading
Check out Eric Millegan as he returns from Broadway to perform in ACE’s Elf
He may not be a household name, but Eric Millegan is the closest thing Springfield has to a local child actor who grew up to … Continue reading
It’s a Miracle!
Milagro tells the story of a Eugene girl’s miraculous bicultural life
OK, show of hands: Who in the arts world hasn’t ever daydreamed of writing a musical and having it go to Broadway? Eugene singer Evynne … Continue reading
Smoked Out
Wildfire smoke in Ashland canceled all but two August performances of the only play running this summer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which shut down most of this season and last due to COVID, has been slammed by wildfire smoke as it tries … Continue reading
‘Good Times and Bum Times’
Performing arts groups and venues demonstrate resilience and flexibility in face of COVID-19 resurgence
The entertainment industry’s current predicament could be symbolized by a half glass of water. Planning and preparing amid a minefield of COVID-19 regulation changes and … Continue reading
Drawing Back the Curtains
At long last, local theaters open their doors to live audiences
After 16 months of tiny audience numbers, virtual shows or nothing at all, Eugene-area performance venues are making a comeback. Local theaters and their leaders … Continue reading
A Very Earnest Fannie
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival rebounds from the pandemic with a rushed and borrowed show — and no Shakespeare
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has had a very rough couple of years. Already hurting from the late summer wildfires whose billowing smoke shut down performances … Continue reading
The Show (Finally) Goes On
Eugene area theaters will see live shows this summer and fall
After a year of dark, empty stages, local theaters have at last begun to open again with live shows on the books as we continue … Continue reading
Fighting to Vote
Dorothy Velasco’s new short play She Flies With Her Own Wings tells the story of women’s suffrage in Oregon
The story of women’s suffrage in Oregon was made for drama. The leading suffragist here, Portland’s Abigail Scott Duniway, spent decades in the late 19th … Continue reading