407 stories from Oregon ArtsWatch
Beginning its second season in its new Aloha home, the immersive theater company produces its first Spanish-language play (and brings back an old favorite, "The Rise of Houdini").
DramaWatch: Shaking the Tree finds a kindred spirit in Caryl Churchill, Profile embarks on a thrilling collaboration, Artists Rep stages a cantankerous comedy, and Halloween shows continue t…
Profile Theatre enlists musicians from 45th Parallel Universe, Portland Opera and Metropolitan Youth Symphony in the acclaimed playwright’s historical satire involving Hemingway, Dos Passo…
The new season will include nine productions, including "Hamlet," "Shrek The Musical," and a world premiere by longtime festival favorites John Tufts and Mark Bedard.
The fledgling Portland company debuts Sunday, October 18 with a concert reading of the musical 'Floyd Collins.'
Review: The prolific Don Nigro's "Nick Lucifer at Club Hell" and "Blavatsky" are irreverent, clear-eyed, and in Imago's hands, fine-tuned and compellingly iconoclastic.
A delightfully delicious delivery of Gilbert and Sullivan's maritime romp at the Brunish Theatre.
The eclectic music and Vaudeville variety show returns to Northwest Portland's historic Mission Theater on October 17.
Review: Tour de Force Productions’ breakneck, multimedia comedy gallops across the stage at Chapel Theatre.
Kate Hamill's adaptation of Jane Austen's romance at Portland Center Stage plays the novel's gentle humor with broad farce, and a talented cast makes the updating work.
Two ex-lovers meet up again at a bar with a feisty waiter in this well-acted and well-directed comedy, which speeds along amusingly and takes all the right turns.
DramaWatch: Oregon stages are rattling up some Halloweenish October surprises with a candy bag of openings, continuing shows, and theater news.
The works, selected from 350 submissions, will get staged readings at Southern Oregon University’s Main Stage Theatre Oct. 14-18.
After years of development in Ashland, Chicago and Dublin, the Irish musical will open off-Broadway with Nov. 4 debut.
An impromptu jam session by four early rock legends – Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash – becomes a rollicking joyride at Broadway Rose Theatre Company.
Zachary Keller stars in the lead role and native Oregonian Bradley Parrish plays multiple roles in the musical at the Keller Auditorium, Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
DramaWatch: Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse take comic looks at love, Broadway in Portland brings a dazzling “Water for Elephants,” sparks fly between the guys and dolls at …
Oregon's high desert country boasts its own variety of arts, from a world-premiere drama to an exhibit that examines how food harvesters are treated, to a bluegrass duo winging it in a park.
Milagro Theatre’s puppet production of Portland writer Ajai Tripathi’s play, onstage at Hillsboro’s Walters center Sunday, finds the childhood sources of the great Mexican artist’s i…
In the three-day fantasy festival at the Oregon Convention Center, fabulously dressed costumed characters took the tastiest slices of the cake.
Stephen Holgate, who has portrayed Honest Abe for years, appeared in full character before statue supporters — and later told Oregon ArtsWatch all about his story.
Review: Clackamas Rep's production of Jocelyn Bioh’s play uses color, humor and warmth to make a potent statement about the United States' attitude toward immigration.
Triangle Productions opens its season with an entertaining look at ego, art and men in a play about three famous actors stuck on a boat together.
Director Seth Renne says he hopes the tale of Germany's descent into fascism frightens audiences a little. “We are living through a time when authoritarian ideas are becoming normalized.”
Four solo plays by the prolific Don Nigro take the Imago stage in September and October, bringing a maverick flair to Portland's fall theater scene.
