Upcoming Shows
Award-winning PSU Opera program presents “Così fan tutte,” a two-act opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. PSU Opera’s interpretation of this brilliant comedic opera is...
by Krista Garver - April 01, 2026
Boublil and Schönberg's LES MISÉRABLES stormed back to the Keller Auditorium last night. I went in wondering how a show about a failed anti-monarchist uprising in 1832 might land differently now, on the heels of the third national 'No Kings' protest, than it did when it was last here in 2018. ...
by Krista Garver - March 30, 2026
DEAR EVAN HANSEN, now running at Broadway Rose, is a multiple Tony Award-winning musical about an anxious, depressed, and profoundly lonely high schooler who gets swept into an extraordinary situation when a classmate named Connor Murphy dies by suicide. ...
by Dawn Sellers - March 25, 2026
What did our critic think of ALMA DE LUNA at HART Theatre? Invisible Friends Productions presents a World Premiere production written by local playwright David Fuks and directed by Humberto Mugnai, now playing at Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre....
by Dawn Sellers - March 22, 2026
What did our critic think of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Twilight Theater?...
by Krista Garver - March 19, 2026
ATHENA, now running at the tiny but mighty 21ten Theatre, is a keenly observed comedy about two high schoolers training for the Junior Olympics. They are, by turns, practice partners, rivals, and almost-friends. Gracie Gardner's play understands that the last of those is by far the most difficult ch...
by Krista Garver - March 10, 2026
When seeing a new-to-me play, I typically try to walk in knowing as little as possible. I love the joy of discovery. That approach has never served me better than it did for A MIRROR, Sam Holcroft's gripping play now running at Third Rail Repertory Theatre. ...
by Krista Garver - March 09, 2026
If you had told me I would cry my eyes out at a musical about a young man with green, scaly skin who only leaves his apartment once a year to go on a Grindr date, I would have given you the side eye. But there I was on opening night of LIZARD BOY at Portland Center Stage, completely undone by this i...
by Krista Garver - March 09, 2026
As the Trump administration works to erase trans people from public life (literally removing the 'T' from LGBT on the government's website about the Stonewall Uprising, a movement to which trans people were central), it becomes urgent to understand that these events don't happen in a vacuum. They ar...
by Dawn Sellers - March 03, 2026
Few plays in theatrical history have achieved the enduring success of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. Since its premiere in 1952, the production has continued its celebrated run in London, earning its place as the longest running show of any kind in the world. ...
by Krista Garver - February 19, 2026
Portland Playhouse is not known for playing it safe, so it's fitting that their latest production centers on a woman, Anna Campbell, who built her entire legend on one audacious act. ...
Past Shows
NEW POWERHOUSE TRIO OF CMNW FAVORITESReturning to CMNW this fall are three of classical music’s most brilliant musicians: the exceptional clarinetist and Avery Fisher Prize-winner...
In this scathing comedy presented by Portland State's Theater Arts Program, the scheming fraudster Tartuffe worms his way into the household of the wealthy Orgon,...
Indulge in the elegance, romance, and comedic brilliance of Franz Lehar’s lighthearted operetta, “The Merry Widow” with an unexpected twist as presented by Portland State...
Power, corruption, ethics and sexual freedom are at the core of Portland State University Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” in a groundbreaking modern...
Music can be an extraordinary expression of personal suffering, loneliness, loss, and ultimately triumph. The wild colors of Alexander Scriabin’s brilliant third piano sonata, the...
Rarely in one concert will you experience a string quartet with piano, a saxophone quartet, a woodwind quintet, and a poetic monodrama! Set to poetry...
Three years in the making, be among the first to hear the exciting West Coast debut of this powerhouse composer collective and stunning ensemble of...
Three years in the making, be among the first to hear the exciting West Coast debut of this powerhouse composer collective and stunning ensemble of...
On this program of four master composers of song, Metropolitan Opera star soprano Susanna Phillips performs works by Franz Schubert and William Bolcom that feature...
Poetry and music, two of the most evocative art forms, are often intertwined to create an interdisciplinary experience called art song. German, English, and Persian...
PSU’s “The Magic Flute” invites audiences into a medieval, high-fantasy realm, rich with mystical, gothic visual themes and filled with terrifying serpents, mischievous fairies and...
It will topple the president of the United States. It will devastate two countries. It will kill two million people. And one man will try...
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