335 stories from Oregon ArtsWatch
Mike Lew's canny and engaging comic battleground on the small Ellyn Bye Studio stage deftly dives below the stereotypes of Chinese American life and achievement.
Theater review: Corrib Theatre's warm variety show at T.C. O'Leary's Irish pub is a welcome respite from winter's cold.
With a set design as dazzling as its singing star, the new solo play about the life and art of the French ceramist Marie-Berthe Cazin makes lovely music (and pottery, too).
The playwright talks about his "absurd, irreverent satire" of Asian American identity, tiger parents, and the model-minority myth, opening at Portland's Profile Theatre.
Chapel Theatre, Corrib Theatre, triangle and Broadway Rose Theatre are presenting new shows. Plus: Stumptown's "Pippin" revival, other opening and continuing plays, and good news from Orego…
As a new year rolls out, shows are opening at Experience Theatre Project, Portland Center Stage and many more. Plus: Twilight Theater is 12 years old and as edgy as ever; Ten Fifteen Product…
Inside the Talent warehouse in Southern Oregon, thousands of festival costumes are
preserved and reused, then sent to stages across the country, including "Saturday Night Live."
Robert Westenberg, who plays Diamond as his older self in the Broadway touring musical that performs Jan. 6-11 in Portland's Keller Auditorium, talks about the pleasures of playing the grea…
A year on the boards: Even costumed characters protesting in front of an ICE facility couldn't upstage the stellar performances from Oregon's theater community this year.
David Saffert and Jillian Snow reflect ahead of their latest holiday run at CoHo Theatre as the two glittering stars, "quirky and larger than life in their own separate ways."
The city's largest theater company surpassed its first fundraising benchmark, raising more than $2.5 million by the end of August. Now, in the midst of a 14-month campaign, it's hoping to ra…
Agatha Christie's "The Murder of Roger Akroyd," "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical" and "Nervous Laughter" will be onstage in early January. Plus: Imago's 'ZooZoo,' 'Jinkx & De…
The 1980s two-actor hit "A Tuna Christmas" is packing 'em in at Bag&Baggage with a sly mix of small-town meanness and tongue-in-cheek mockery of the same.
Thirty years into a popular Portland tradition, the Revels sing, dance and play with Scottish tradition as the company prepares to enter a new chapter in its life.
The company, Oregon's only Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island-focused theater, is expanding its vision and opening up to ideas from its audiences.
Theater review: Salt and Sage offers a merry comedy of Shakespearean romantic mix-ups.
As its founding leader steps down after a decade, the Portland theatrical innovator celebrates its play development model with a two-play showcase this weekend and next " and a coming new mo…
Stumptown Stages' colorful revival of Lionel Bart's classic 1960 musical version of Charles Dickens' novel of scoundrels and pickpockets is an exuberant delight.
Review: PassinArt continues its long tradition with a gorgeous and moving production of Langston Hughes's gospel songplay, this year at Alberta Abbey.
Plus: Holiday shows, Northwest Theatre Workshop's Founder's Showcase, continuing shows, reading series celebrating William S. Gregory, theater news.
Review: In Lauren Gunderson's stage adaptation, Louisa May Alcott plays a central role among her creations, bringing an old-favorite novel into the modern age.
Dmae Lo Roberts' new podcast gets the lowdown from director Charles Grant and star La'Tevin Alexander on this year's Dickens classic onstage at Portland Playhouse.
The Little Theatre on the Bay presents a double-header of Christmas plays, followed by its 'Little Ole Christmas Opry,' in the renovated 1924 theater.
"Little Women," lots of musicals, and Recta the drag clown are among the offerings for this holiday season. Plus: Continuing shows and Rogue Theater Company's new season.
Review: Corrib Theatre's world premiere production draws from the tale of Rumpelstiltskin to challenge the online narratives of today's far right.
