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Zäanderberger is the brainchild of Anne Zanderand Phil Schallberger.

Portland'5 Centers for the Arts is thrilled to announce that Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) LIVE: Time Bubble Tour will play at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Tuesday, January 4 at 7:00pm.

Portland Stage has canceled its 25th Anniversary live, in-theater production of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens due to the rise in COVID-19 community transmission coupled with breakthrough cases within its community.

Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance announces the opening of “The Ghosts All Around You” in the Howe Theatre, running Dec 10-12 and 17-19, 2021 (in-person & livestreamed).

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Check out the first photos of Wendy Westerwelle as Bella Abzug in Bella Bella! opening November 26th at 7:30 pm at The Sanctuary At Sandy Plaza.

Chamber Music Northwest brings the Brentano String Quartet, CMNW 2020/21 Artists-in-Residence, to Portland the first week in December for two live concerts, and a host of community education activities including quartet-centered masterclasses for Portland Youth Philharmonic and Portland State Univer

BARBECUE is laugh-out-loud funny while also shining a big bright spotlight on things we’d rather keep hidden.

Bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge has nearly humbugged his way through another Christmas Eve when the specter of his former partner, Jacob Marley, appears to warn him that three spirits will visit in the night to lead him through Christmases past, present, and future.

While most of us were cooped up in our houses wondering if theatre would ever be able to return, Portland playwright and actress, Jane Comer, was busy creating and honing three original solo-shows and submitting them to Fringe Festivals around the world.

Poet, performer, and visual artist Pamela Sneed is the inaugural winner for the Black Queer|Art|Mentorship Award for Artists and Organizers and photographer Lola Flash is the winner of the 2021 QueerArt|Prize for Sustained Achievement.

Corrib Theatre announces a three-show season: Maz and Bricks by Eva O'Connor, The Smuggler by Ronán Noone, and Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue.

Oregon Children's Theatre (OCT) presents Merry Happy Everything!, an original, three-part performance featuring local artists sharing favorite holiday stories and memories, a special holiday-themed improv performance from the teens of Impulse!, and a musical cabaret.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in partnership with Artizen and Museum of Other Realities, will present the first-ever Quills Fest, an annual two-day immersive digital festival at the intersection of live theatre and Extended Reality.

The story of Afong Moy, the central character in Lloyd Suh’s THE CHINESE LADY, now running at Artists Rep, so perfectly captures the American tendency to exotify, stereotype, and disparage other cultures that I should not have been surprised to learn that it’s true.

The funny and poignant autobiographical journey to fatherhood “Searching for Mr.

The Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, a program of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA), has announced the five projects awarded $500 to produce new work in the 2022 festival.

The Tony award-winning play based on the best-selling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will return to Portland Center Stage from November 27 to December 24.

After bouncing back from the pandemic with his wildly successful 2021 Berty Boy Relapse Tour, award-winning comedian, podcast host, and author Bert Kreischer is taking no breaks from touring.

These are the final weeks to submit nominees for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

MARTHA BAKES gets to the real story behind the mythology that George Washington freed all his slaves upon his death.

The holiday season is approaching fast, and what better way to kick it off than with a hilarious family musical! Lakewood Theatre Company presents Elf - The Musical on the Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Center for the Arts November 5 – December 19.

'That Golden Girls Show!' is a brand-new show that parodies classic Golden Girls moments - with puppets! Get set for an evening of cheesecake, laughter, jazzercise, shoulder pads, sex, and the elegant art of the quick-witted put down.

Ashland New Plays Festival's 29th annual flagship Fall Festival features four new plays by Thomas Brandon, TyLie Shider, Meghan Brown, and Andrew Lee Creech.

Over the years, Evynne Hollens' Contemporary Songbook Project has celebrated a variety of popular musical theatre songwriters and highlighted music from Broadway's hottest shows.