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Tickets For THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Portland on Sale Next Week
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2025
 Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, will go on sale on Monday, December 8 at 10 am for its engagement at Keller Auditorium.
Crystal Skillman's THE ROCKET MEN To Receive West Coast Premiere
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2025
Playwright Crystal Skillman will receive a West Coast Premiere of her myth-shattering new play The Rocket Men this season with Oregon Contemporary Theatre.
Theaters Nationwide to Participate in 2026 National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives
by BWW News Desk - December 02, 2025
The Native Performing Arts Network will lead a National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) on May 5, 2026.
First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; GREASE THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025
The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Alex Ellis, Natalie Joy Johnson and More to Join BROADWAY IN BEND Benefit Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2025
Summit Health Cares will present its annual Broadway in Bend benefit concert at the Tower Theatre. This year's event, hosted by Christopher J. Hanke, will feature performances by Alex Ellis, Carly Hughes, Natalie Joy Johnson and more.
Review: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - November 26, 2025
What did our critic think of LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN at Portland Center Stage? I had forgotten that Little Women opens at Christmas until I started rereading the book in anticipation of Portland Center Stage's production of Lauren M. Gunderson's new adaptation: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN, a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
A GIFT TO REMEMBER by Joseph Robinette is Coming to Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2025
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre is inviting audiences to join them for a heartwarming holiday production of A Gift to Remember. Directed by William Crawford, A Gift to Remember captures the timeless spirit of connection, forgiveness, and family.
ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 15
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2025
BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups. The Top 15 includes...
Review: STILT at Corrib Theatre
by Krista Garver - November 21, 2025
Not knowing who you are can hollow you out, leaving a space that can too easily get filled with all sorts of dangerous things. Joy Nesbitt's STILT, now making its world premiere at Corrib Theatre under Holly Griffith's direction, takes that primal anxiety about identity and weaves it into something both mythic and unnervingly contemporary.
Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 15 Revealed
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!
National Tour Of THE BOOK OF MORMON To Play Limited Engagement At The King Center
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
The national tour of The Book of Mormon will return to Florida for a two-night engagement at the King Center in Melbourne on December 15–16, 2025. The Tony Award–winning musical will open the 2025–2026 Broadway at the King Center Series.
HADESTOWN To Play Morris Performing Arts Center In December
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
The national tour of Hadestown will visit the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend for a limited engagement from December 19–21, 2025. The production will launch the 25–26 Broadway in South Bend Series.
Profile Theatre Names Suzanne Raether as New Managing Director
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2025
Profile Theatre has announced new Managing Director Suzanne Raether - a position made possible through a three-year, $263,000 capacity-building grant from the Murdock Trust.
Recta's Back!Fuse Theatre Ensemble to Present RECTA’S CHRIS™AS CAREHOLE
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2025
Fuse Theatre Ensemble will present RECTA’S CHRIS™AS CAREHOLE December 5–20 in Portland, offering a darkly comic drag adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Tickets to LES MISERABLES in Portland to go on Sale Next Week
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2025
Tickets for the return of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES, will go on sale for the Portland engagement.
KINKY BOOTS Begins Performances At The Bank Of America Performing Arts Center In December
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony and Grammy Award–winning musical KINKY BOOTS at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center for a three-day engagement from December 12–14, 2025, as part of the 25–26 Broadway in Thousand Oaks Series. 
KINKY BOOTS Will Open The Broadway In Santa Barbara Series At The Granada Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS as the opener of the 25–26 BROADWAY IN SANTA BARBARA Series at The Granada Theatre, running December 9–10, 2025. 
Review: RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS at Third Rail Repertory Theatre
by Krista Garver - November 12, 2025
What did our critic think of RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS at Third Rail Repertory Theatre?
Tickets to THE MUSIC MAN and More to go on Sale at Pikes Peak Center
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2025
The American Theatre Guild has revealed that single tickets to the Broadway touring productions of Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN and more will go on sale at the Pikes Peak Center.
Review: MADONNA OF THE CAT at 21ten Theatre
by Krista Garver - November 05, 2025
What did our critic think of MADONNA OF THE CAT at 21ten Theatre?
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER to be Presented at Gallery Theater
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2025
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson will run from at Gallery Theater. The production will be directed by Debbie Harmon Ferry. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas.
STILT By Joy Nesbitt to Have World Premiere at Corrib Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2025
Corrib Theatre will present the world premiere of Stilt, a new play by writer and director Joy Nesbitt, running November 13–December 7, 2025, at the Historic Alberta House in Portland.
Review: SHUCKED at Keller Auditorium
by Krista Garver - October 29, 2025
In times like these, sometimes you just need to turn off your brain and laugh. That's exactly what the national tour of the musical comedy SHUCKED delivers – a few hours of unapologetically silly, pun-saturated fun.
Portland Opera To Present LA BOHÈME At Keller Auditorium
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2025
Portland Opera will present Puccini’s La Bohème November 15–23, 2025, at Keller Auditorium. Directed by Cara Consilvio and starring Hope Briggs and Alok Kumar.
Last Chance To Submit For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards
by BWW Awards - October 27, 2025
This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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