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Bag&Baggage Productions Reveals New Leadership
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
 Bag&Baggage Productions announced the formation of an Artistic Leadership Committee to guide the company’s artistic direction after the departure of former Producing Artistic Director Nik Whitcomb.
Javier Dubon Appointed Interim Executive Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) announced a transition in its senior executive leadership. Gabriella Calicchio, who began her tenure as Executive Director in November 2024, will conclude her time with the organization on July 1, 2025.
Frank Wildhorn's BONNIE & CLYDE: THE MUSICAL is Coming to Bridgetown Portland Musical Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2025
Bridgetown Portland Musical Theatre is presenting Frank Wildhorn's Bonnie & Clyde, the Musical in a two-week run in July at Bridgetown's Black Box space in The Tiffany Center, Portland. Learn more!
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - June 19, 2025
Kamilah Bush's new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST transplants the action to 1919, creating a world that mirrors contemporary D.C.'s obsession with wealth, identity, and reputation as social currency. 
Review: MOTHER RUSSIA at Profile Theatre
by Krista Garver - June 19, 2025
The play centers on Evgeny (Bets Swadis) and Dmitri (Orion Bradshaw), two twenty-five-year-olds whose career aspirations – cushy government work and KGB glory, respectively – have been rendered obsolete. With no other work available, they find themselves surveilling a former subversive-pop-star-turned-school-teacher (Ashley Song) instead. All the while, the character of Mother Russia, brilliantly personified by Diane Kondrat, watches her children struggle to understand the implications of their hard-won independence.
LES MISERABLES Comes To The Morris Center in August
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2025
Tickets are on sale now for Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES.
BEATLES VS. STONES – A MUSICAL SHOWDOWN Returns to Warner Theatre This December
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2025
Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown will return to the Warner Theatre’s Oneglia Auditorium in Torrington, CT on Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 PM. In this thrilling concert experience, tribute titans Abbey Road and Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show go head-to-head in a high-energy battle of iconic hits,
THE BED TRICK Included in Artists Repertory Theatre's 43rd Season
by Emmy Rice - June 14, 2025
Artists Repertory Theatre (ART) has announced its 43rd season– marking its second year back home at 1515 SW Morrison St. Artists Rep’s 2025/26 lineup continues to showcase vibrant local voices from our own backyard, featuring the work of three talented Pacific Northwest playwrights. 
Profile Theatre Hosts Playwright Festival 2025
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2025
 Profile Theatre will welcome two-time Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman and Richard Rogers award winner, Tony Voter, and Dramatist Guild Council Member Mike Lew for their residency in Profile’s 2025-2027 cycle! 
The Oregon Symphony Performs Scheherazade and Celilo Falls
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
The Oregon Symphony has announced a historic performance that bridges timeless music with the cultural and ecological legacy of the Pacific Northwest: Scheherazade and Celilo Falls.
Century High School No Longer Offers Theater Electives to Students
by Emmy Rice - May 31, 2025
Hillsboro School District has made the deicision to stop offering theater electives for the 2025-2026 school year at Century High School. In response, students walked out of class in protest earlier this week. 
OrpheusPDX Partners With Multiple Sclerosis Society of Portland For JACQUELINE
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2025
OrpheusPDX has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Portland, centered around performances of Jacqueline, an opera based on the life of legendary cellist Jacqueline du Prè.
Producing Artistic Director Nik Whitcomb Concludes Tenure at Bag&Baggage Productions
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2025
Bag&Baggage Productions today announced that Producing Artistic Director Nik Whitcomb will conclude his tenure with the company in June. Learn more here!
MARVIN'S RESCUE World Premiere to be Presented at Bridgetown Portland Musical Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2025
Bridgetown Portland Musical Theatre is presenting the world premiere of 'Marvin's Rescue,' a new musical by Marv Ross (Quarterflash - 'Harden my Heart' fame). Learn more!
PETE'S AW, HELL to Open at Reed College Performing Arts Building
by Emmy Rice - May 24, 2025
Demons on their lunch break. Virgil as a shady tour guide. A tenants association meeting as torture, food and sex combined in unholy ways, and confusion about which door leads to the blood pool.
FOOL FOR LOVE Comes to Tour de Force Productions
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Tour de Force’s revival of the classic play stars Max Bernsohn (Eddie) and Meghan Daaboul (May) as the ill-fated lovers, veteran actor David Heath as the ominous Old Man, and Brandon B. Weaver (Martin) as the innocent bystander.
National Broadway Tour Of THE ADDAMS FAMILY Comes To The Buddy Holly Hall In June
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
THE ADDAMS FAMILY will close out the 24–25 BROADWAY AT THE BUDDY HOLLY HALL Series at The Buddy Holly Hall June 13–15, 2025. Tickets available now.
Review: CHRIS GRACE: AS SCARLETT JOHANSSON at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - May 18, 2025
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson, currently playing at Portland Center Stage, is a delightfully disorienting theatrical experience that defies categorization and expectations.
Review: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE at Portland Playhouse
by Krista Garver - May 17, 2025
Portland Playhouse's latest production, August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, offers audiences a complex meditation on identity and belonging. As the second play chronologically in Wilson's Century Cycle, this work captures a pivotal moment in African American history during the Great Migration's early days in 1911.
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Launch Lottery for Portland Engagement
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON tour is launching a lottery ticket policy for the Portland engagement this spring! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!
The Oregon Symphony 2025 Gala Raises $1.79 Million
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
On Saturday, April 26, more than 500 passionate supporters came together for Gala 2025, to celebrate the power of live orchestral music in our community and in our lives.
Lindsey Stirling Will Perform With the Oregon Symphony
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2025
Experience the next evolution of Lindsey Stirling as she brings her groundbreaking fusion of electronic violin and orchestral grandeur to the Symphony stage. Learn more here!
George Takei's MY LOST FREEDOM: A MEMORY Comes to Portland Japanese Garden
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2025
Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) and Portland Japanese Garden will present a special event this month at the Garden’s Mount Hood Overlook Plaza in their first-ever collaboration.
Portland Playhouse Launches Statewide Fundraising Campaign to Offset NEA Grant Losses
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2025
Just a day before opening Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Portland Playhouse lost $25,000 in NEA funding—but their community rallied, replacing the funds in 36 hours. Now, they’re launching Oregon Arts Rising, a statewide GoFundMe to recover $590,000 cut from arts organizations across Oregon.
Portland Center Stage Launches Emergency Campaign To Avoid Closure
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2025
Portland Center Stage, the largest theater company in Portland and one of the most influential regional theaters in the country, has launched an urgent fundraising campaign to raise $9 million by June 2026. 

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