376 stories from Oregon ArtsWatch
Ashland's high-flying popular company, thriving after 10 years under Rick Robinson and Val Rachelle's leadership, honors its origins as it prepares to launch its 41st season.
The final two shows of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2025 season rethink a classic Western and Cervantes' "Don Quixote" in fresh and stimulating ways.
The Oregon playwright's newest, opening at 21Ten Theatre, spins a small-town story of tart memories and emotional isolation on a family farm.
The Hatchery is introducing two shows at its festival of new works, and Milagro Theatre is premiering "Worry Dolls" by Portland native Maya Malan Gonzalez. Plus: Other opening plays, continu…
In the University of Oregon's riveting production of Salmah Sabawi's play at Portland Center Stage, characters still laugh and love in the midst of war.
The comic and dramatic actor, part of an acting family and a welcome figure on stages from Portland to Ashland, gathered a host of friends in her 35 years of life.
Javier "Javi" Dubon, in his new role at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival less than two months, is leading with a collaborative approach, bent toward understanding audiences " "what makes them…
Review: With sparkly costumes and snazzy performances, Broadway Rose stages a de-lovely production of the classic Cole Porter musical.
Danyelle Tinker, a co-founder of North Portland's Twilight Theater Company, is bringing innovative and accessible shows to Oregon's North Coast. Plus: Fresh openings, holdover shows.
Who's on first? Clackamas Rep's bright and sassy revival of the 1950s musical-comedy hit about a phenom who comes out of nowhere beats the Devil at his own nefarious game.
The pop-filled, frisky touring musical "& Juliet," which gives Juliet a new lease on life, plays Portland Aug. 5-10. Plus: Broadway in Portland's 2025-26 season.
This year's shows have been a tapestry of storytelling forms, including Andrea Parson's "The One," Sofia Leonila Marks and Isabel Strongheart McTighe's "La Mariposa," erin rachel's "un/seen,…
Theater companies in Bend and Sisters combine to stage the world premiere of "Voiceless: A Musical," centered on the story of a woman who loses her voice.
Also onstage: The Devil, a Greek muse, and an Elvis-like character make appearances in musicals. Plus other openings, continuing shows, and theater news.
Portland Shakespeare Project's "Merchant" uses a new modern-verse translation by Elise Thoron to mirror contemporary American othering.
"It's always fun to play the amoral baddie": Veteran stage, TV, and voiceover actor Rick Wasserman relishes playing the villain in Oregon Cabaret Theatre's campy summer musical.
Humanizing "this untouchable figure": Markus steps into the giant shoes of pop star Michael Jackson in the touring Broadway musical "MJ," playing in Portland July 15-20.
Clackamas Rep's "Sherlock Holmes" is her last turn as a sought-after stage manager for more than 30 years, Mulligan says. But she'll still be busy in the director's chair.
The Willamette University-based theater development program expands its offerings, and brings them to Portland this weekend.
Lewis's nonprofit is a home for developing adventurous new performance ranging from dance to physical theater, femme storytelling, clowning, and more.
Children's Repertory of Oregon Workshops " C.R.O.W. " offers low-cost classes in dance, musical theater, and performance " not to mention The Tutu Dads.
The veteran actor, a longtime favorite at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, returns to Ashland to star in three roles in David Lindsay-Adaire's stage comedy.
The Bard's work is on outdoor and indoor stages all over, with the return of Portland Actors Ensemble, shows by Original Practice Shakespeare Festival, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ash…
Broadway Rose's "Waitress" successfully blends music and magical realism with a strong message about female empowerment.
A visit to the horrors of tech week in the Underworld, which despite the hellishness of the play's plot seems to be settling in quite comfortably, thank you very much.
