PORTLAND THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 6

What did our critic think of THE BED TRICK at Artists Repertory Theatre? Is all well that ends well? If you’re familiar with Shakespeare's comedy, you know this is a loaded question.

Bridgetown Musical Theatre is presenting The World According to Snoopy!!! for the holiday season in Portland and Salem.

When I saw Portland Center Stage lineup for this season, the show I was most excited about was Eboni Booth’s PRIMARY TRUST.

The annual Fall Festival presented by the Ashland New Plays Festival is just around the corner.

Shucked, the Tony Award winning musical comedy, is coming to Portland’s Keller Auditorium this fall.

Water for Elephants opens the 2025–2026 Broadway at the Buddy Holly Hall Series in Lubbock, TX, January 16–18, 2026.

The Oregon Symphony is launching a new music festival that spotlights homegrown Portland musicians alongside Oregon Symphony musicians, spanning multiple genres through the lens of orchestral arrangements.

Profile Theatre will launch its 2025–26 season with Witch, the subversive and spellbinding play by Jen Silverman, running October 16–November 2, 2025 at The Ellyn Bye Studio at The Armory.

This October, Ping & Woof Opera will open their 11th season with Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium.

Portland Opera has elected longtime board member Kregg Arntson as its new Board President and welcomed three new members—Laura Howe, Ayaka Jones, and Vanessa Valencia.

Individual tickets for the Portland engagement of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, will go on sale next week.

As the lights dimmed at the end of ORANGE FLOWER WATER, the debut production of 100 Lives Repertory, a deafening silence settled over the audience, as if we were collectively deciding whether to clap or let out a primal scream.

When I first learned that a musical romance would be built around the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire — one of New York's most devastating industrial disasters (there’s an excellent book about it) — I'll admit I was skeptical.

The American Theatre Guild will present Kimberly Akimbo, the 2023 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, at Birmingham’s BJCC Concert Hall November 25–30, 2025.

Portland Opera has announced the upcoming retirement of General Director Sue Dixon, who will step down on December 31, 2025, after 11 years of extraordinary service, including six as General Director.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will enchant audiences in Kansas City when it arrives at Music Hall October 28–November 2, 2025.

Advance Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE) has announced Lee Cataluna, Denmo Ibrahim, and Anya Pearson as the recipients of the 2025 AGE Legacy Playwright (ALP) grants.

Sunstone Theatre Company will present The Grown-Ups by Skylar Fox and Simone Henriques in September.

The Tony Award-winning musical comedy Shucked will play the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, OH, January 20–25, 2026, as part of the Broadway in Toledo Series.

Right now, with political divisions seeming to slice through every aspect of our lives, Bekah Brunstetter's 2017 play THE CAKE arrives at triangle productions with uncomfortable timeliness.

Nominations are now open 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.

This fall marks the debut of 100 Lives Repertory, a new theater company creating raw, intimate, and emotionally honest work centered on the craft of acting and the work of women artists over 40.

What did our critic think of SOME LIKE IT HOT at Keller Auditorium?

Calling new and established playwrights! Ashland New Plays Festival will open script submissions for their 2026 Fall Festival on Wednesday, September 3rd.

The North American Tour of The Lion King will play at Portland's Keller Auditorium in September.