G. Allen News

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open the world premiere of Lisa Loomer's Roe on April 24 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Preview performances are April 20, 22 and 23.

The Pasadena Playhouse presents the West Coast Premiere of CASA VALENTINA by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, the iconic playwright of the Broadway hits Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage Aux Folles, Newsies and Kinky Boots. The production opened on March 20 and will play through April 10, 2016, at The Pasadena Playhouse. Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team!

One of the biggest news stories of 2015 was the West African Ebola pandemic that claimed tens of thousands of lives. Telling extraordinary stories of courage and perseverance amidst the crisis, the groundbreaking short films EBOLA: THE DOCTORS' STORY

Discovery Channel announced today they will broadcast Academy Award®-winning director Louie Psihoyos's documentary RACING EXTINCTION tonight, December 2.

?HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS has acquired U.S. TV rights to BODY TEAM 12, winner of the Tribeca Film Festival award for best documentary short and recently nominated for an International Documentary Association award for best short.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Rowdy Shadehouse with Moon Poodle at the Fox Theatre tonight, September 4th, 2015.

Ashland, Ore.-The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Lynn Nottage's Sweat, the final production of the Festival's 2015 playbill, on August 2 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Preview performances are July 29, July 31 and August 1.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Rowdy Shadehouse with Moon Poodle at the Fox Theatre on Friday, September 4th, 2015.

The line-up for KEXP & Seattle Center Present Concerts at the Mural is now complete. The series offers live music on four evenings, featuring a curated line-up of noted indie musicians from our region, along with some noted national artists, free-of-charge, starting at 5:30 p.m., Fridays, today, Aug. 7, through Aug. 28, in Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center.

Discovery Channel announced today they will broadcast Academy Award®-winning director Louie Psihoyos's documentary RACING EXTINCTION on Wednesday, December 2

The line-up for KEXP & Seattle Center Present Concerts at the Mural is now complete. The series offers live music on four evenings, featuring a curated line-up of noted indie musicians from our region, along with some noted national artists, free-of-charge, starting at 5:30 p.m., Fridays, Aug. 7 - 28, in Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center.

On Sunday night, Benjamin Scheuer was selected as the recipient of a 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in The Lion. Scheuer, who also received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Lyrics, is currently performing The Lion to packed houses in Portland Center Stage's Ellyn Bye Studio through June 14.

KEXP & Seattle Center Present Concerts at the Mural brings live music to the Mural Amphitheatre stage for four evenings of highly entertaining, end-of-the-week respite featuring some of the region's best indie music, along with some noted national artists, free-of-charge, starting at 5:30 p.m., Fridays, Aug. 7 – 28, in Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center.

Richard Greenberg's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, Three Days of Rain, opens on Portland Center Stage's U.S. Bank Main Stage on May 22, with preview performances beginning May 17, 2015.

American Revolutions is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 10-year commissioning program (2008-2018) of up to 37 new plays that look at moments of change in America's past, with the goal of helping to establish a shared understanding of our national identity and illuminate the best paths for our nation's future.

Pearland Theater Guild to present Intimate Apparel, by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. Production premieres on Friday, January 30 and runs through February 15, 2015.

The Sphinx Virtuosi, led by the Catalyst Quartet, considered one of the nation's most dynamic professional chamber orchestras, will embark on its 7th annual tour, launching at Miami's New World Center today, Sept. 30 at 7:30pm.

The Sphinx Virtuosi, led by the Catalyst Quartet, considered one of the nation's most dynamic professional chamber orchestras, will embark on its 7th annual tour, launching at Miami's New World Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7:30pm.

DETROIT, Mich.— The Sphinx Virtuosi, led by the Catalyst Quartet, considered one of the nation's most dynamic professional chamber orchestras, will embark on its 7th annual tour, launching at Miami's New World Center onTuesday, Sept. 30 at 7:30pm. Comprised of 18 of the nation's top Black and Latino classical soloists, these alumni of the internationally renowned Sphinx Competition come together each fall as cultural ambassadors to reach new audiences. This unique ensemble earned rave reviews from The New York Times during their highly acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall in December 2004. Allan Kozinn described their performance as “first-rate in every way” and raved that “the ensemble produced a more beautiful, precise and carefully shaped sound than some fully professional orchestras that come through Carnegie Hall in the course of the year.” The Sphinx Virtuosi is an ensemble of The Sphinx Organization, a national nonprofit founded by Aaron P. Dworkin, with Yo-Yo Ma serving as Special Artistic Advisor.

The multiple Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of Spring Awakening, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, is set to receive an innovative, immersive production performed simultaneously in American Sign Language and spoken English. Presented by Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden, Spring Awakening opens tomorrow, September 13, at Inner-City Arts in downtown L.A. Click below to watch a new promo for the show!