The latest theatre news from Oregon — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
BLUE MAN GROUP returns to Seattle's Paramount Theatre for a limited run as part of the Premera Blue Cross Broadway at The Paramount season, featuring a new 'Rockstar' character and a local cast member, Ursula Sargent.
Rose City Stage Company will present a stripped-down Lab production of Hamlet in Old Town, created in collaboration with Central City Concern during Mental Health Awareness Month.
From the Ground Up, Portland's feminist arts incubator, will present 10 YEARS OF BELONGING AND BECOMING at CoHo Productions, featuring 12 artists across theater, dance, comedy, and photography in its largest festival to date.
The Broadway touring production of CLUE will take the stage at Morris Center as part of the Broadway in South Bend series, based on the 1985 Paramount Pictures film and the classic Hasbro board game.
When I saw Portland Playhouse's 2025–2026 season announced, the show I was most irrationally excited about was THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL.
You don't often get the chance to see DOCTOR FAUSTUS on stage.
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE) will present TELEPHONE, a contemporary play by Ariana Reines, at Reed College.
Nearly 40 years after its Broadway premiere, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA continues to cast its spell.
The Broadway touring production of BEETLEJUICE will play a one-night-only Melbourne premiere engagement at the King Center, closing out the Broadway at the King Center Series.
For the final production in their 20th Anniversary Season, Third Rail will present Alistair McDowall's X—a work that blends science fiction, cosmic horror, and psychological drama.
Hello Gorgeous! Lakewood Theatre brings the curtain down on its 73rd season in spectacular fashion with the heartfelt, funny, and moving musical comedy Funny Girl.
Tour de Force Productions will present SHORT PLAY FEST: PART 1, an enhanced staged reading in Portland, Oregon.
CLOSE IN ★ FAR OUT, a citywide performance festival presented by PETE’s Institute for Contemporary Performance, will take place across Portland.
Krista Wigle of The Phantom of the Opera national tour will lead a vocal workshop for students at Arts + Communication Magnet Academy in Beaverton, Oregon.
Confession time: I saw the original production of FAT HAM on Broadway, and I thought “meh.
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning OPERATION MINCEMEAT announced a full North American tour route spanning over 25 cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, as the Broadway production hits 500 performances.
Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of Ragtime, directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, announced today that it will launch a North American Tour in the fall of 2027.
Fertile Ground 2026 wrapped up last weekend, and on the whole, it was fantastic.
The North American Tour of Oh, Mary! has announced the dates and cities for its 2026-27 season.
BroadwayWorld is launching the May 2026 Games Challenge - a month-long streak competition open to fans across the U.
From New York to Portland: David Obele, a Retired Music Contractor, Is Lighting a Fire for Portland Area Theatre Alliance’s Valentine Fund with Marsha Norman's 'night Mother https://www.
Stages Performing Arts Academy will present CATCH ME WHEN I FALL, an original social justice docudrama drawn from 50 interviews with Washington County residents facing economic hardship, at Masonic Hall in Hillsboro.
Metropolitan Performing Arts will present FOOTLOOSE at Vancouver's Magenta Theater, featuring a cast of 31 actors from the Vancouver and Portland areas, including teens from MPA's Mainstage performance program.
On my way to Shaking the Tree Theatre to see Tennessee Williams' THE GLASS MENAGERIE, I realized I had seen more comical adaptations of the play, ranging from gently ribbing to outright farcical, than actual productions of it.
Cameron Mackintosh and LW Entertainment announced full casting for the new North American Tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre, led by Isaiah Bailey in the title role.
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Hands on a Hardbody Lakewood Theatre Company (7/10-8/16) |
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Into the Woods Mt Hood Repertory Theatre (8/07-8/23) |
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THE BIG ONE-OH! Bridgetown Musical Theatre (8/01-8/02) |
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MrBallen: Lights out Live Chevalier Theatre (10/10-10/10) |
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NT Live: Inter Alia Third Rail at PAM CUT's Tomorrow Theater (8/19-8/19) |
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Bad Seed Twilight Theater Company (10/15-11/01) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Patricia Quinn Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (10/16-10/16) |
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Smote This, A Comedy About God... and Other Serious $H*T Oregon Shakespeare Festival (8/27-10/24) |
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You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! Oregon Shakespeare Festival (4/16-8/21) |
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Sense & Sensibility 5G's Ranch (7/23-8/08) |
