383 stories from Oregon ArtsWatch
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.
The joyful outdoor production of Shakespeare’s comedy celebrates love and laughter as it aims to help revitalize a post-pandemic Portland.
Ashland New Plays Festival wins a grant to commission a bilingual work from Oregon playwright Octavio Solis built from the stories of 2020's Almeda and South Obenchain fire survivors and fir…
Clackamas Rep, Bag&Baggage and Rose City Shakespeare are rolling out comedies as CoHo Productions presents its 5th annual ClownFest. Plus: A bevy of season openers, continuing shows and …
We're all clowns, CoHo's late leader Philip Cuomo believed. And in its fifth year, ClownFest expands the comedy to a full five weeks, beginning Sept. 4 with a dance folly and Monel Chang's "…
The longtime actor and Oregon Shakespeare Festival stalwart has died at 86, leaving fond memories and a history of decades of inspirational performances.
Review: Mikki Gillette’s intimate and engrossing new play-with-songs hits all the right emotional notes in its world premiere at Twilight Theater Company.
The prolific Portland playwright's newest, a two-hander with songs at Twilight Theater Company, carries echoes of her own experiences with a villainous mentor.
DramaWatch: The Hatchery and Ten Fifteen are presenting developmental plays, and Mikki Gillette’s “The Dark Stuff” opens at Twilight Theater. Plus: "The Weill and Brel Show," a peek …
In review: The festival's 2026 season summer-opening indoor shows, by August Wilson and David Henry Hwang, dig deep into issues of race, culture, and relationships.
The superheroes at Anonymous Theatre Company are staging a campy musical production with actors who (surprise!) don’t know who else is in the cast.
At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, it's easy being Green (Shows). Fichot highlights a series of free shows five days a week through Sept. 26 outside the festival's theaters.
The Oregon actor's long career ranged from Juan Peron in "Evita" to Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha" to "1776" to Julie Andrews' Prince Charming in "Cinderella."
The brilliant dancer takes to the theatrical stage in a solo comedy show, mining her past for everything from sex and love to religion and her deep affection for cats.
A nightclub comedy routine grew into a deeply personal solo show, and now returns to OSF's Thomas Theatre stage for a second go-round following its 2024 debut.
Following a successful debut in December 2025, the festival of sharp-edged humor returns to venues throughout Ashland for a second go-round of comedy Dec. 4-6.
Colorful costumes and a top-notch cast add freshness and flash to Shakespeare’s comedy.
DramaWatch: Central Oregon’s Greenhouse Cabaret stages Tony Kushner’s epic “Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches,” Mt. Hood Rep brings “Into the Woods” to Gresham, …
Longtime fan Nick Dillenburg revels in playing title role in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which stages at Keller Auditorium Aug. 1-15.
Eva Curry’s new play, premiering this weekend at BodyVox studios, conjures an era when women made magic to make a living.
Review: Performers from near and far add pizzazz to the big dance musical at Broadway Rose.
DramaWatch: Salt and Sage takes on “Lear” and “Dream.” JAW new play festival and 21ten’s summer residency feature developmental works. Musicals from Clackamas Rep, Broadway in Port…
Pearlman began the children's theater company at the old Portland Civic Theatre and built it into a driving force that brought millions of young people into the theatrical fold.
Blind review of 350 scripts produced 12 finalists, from which ANPF artistic director Jackie Apodaca selected the winners.
In performances in Portland this weekend and Salem next month, the Willamette University-based company showcases and develops new plays by Northwest writers.
