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Review: ARBUS & WEST at Triangle Productions


by Dawn Sellers - June 07, 2026

Performances that draw you in from the first exchange and hold you, off-balance, until the lights go down. ARBUS & WEST at Triangle Productions a must see about how women see themselves and others. On stage now through June 20th....

Review: MAMMA MIA! at Keller Auditorium


by Krista Garver - June 03, 2026

A jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! knows exactly what it is and makes absolutely no apologies for it. It’s fun!...

Review: KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage


by Krista Garver - June 02, 2026

What did our critic think of KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage?...

Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Broadway Rose


by Krista Garver - May 29, 2026

With music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by Marshall Barer, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS is a comedic musical romp based on the fairy tale 'The Princess and the Pea.' The kingdom is in crisis: Queen Aggravain has decreed that no one may marry until her son, the sweet but hapless Prince Dauntless, weds first. A...

Review: X at Third Rail Repertory Theatre


by Krista Garver - May 28, 2026

X is not the type of show you sit back and enjoy. It will put you on edge, drag you into dark places, and leave you thinking for days. If you're the kind of theatergoer who considers that a feature rather than a bug, this one's for you....

Review: THE PAVILLION at 100 Lives Repertory


by Krista Garver - May 20, 2026

Now onstage at 100 Lives Repertory, THE PAVILION is a play about time – the Narrator will tell you so at the outset. It’s also a play about scope. Craig Wright's poetic script opens with the creation of the universe and narrows, with breathtaking precision, to the story of two people at their 20...

Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Portland Playhouse


by Krista Garver - May 07, 2026

When I saw Portland Playhouse's 2025–2026 season announced, the show I was most irrationally excited about was THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL. I’m far from an expert on the SpongeBob SquarePants universe, but I've watched enough episodes to have completely fallen for the little yellow sponge in square pa...

Review: DOCTOR FAUSTUS at The Canon Shakespeare Company


by Krista Garver - May 07, 2026

You don't often get the chance to see DOCTOR FAUSTUS on stage. Christopher Marlowe's early 1600s masterwork is the ur-text of the Faustian bargain, the template for everything from the musical Damn Yankees to the Al Pacino-Keanu Reeves film The Devil's Advocate. And yet it rarely gets produced. Than...

Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Keller Auditorium


by Krista Garver - May 04, 2026

Nearly 40 years after its Broadway premiere, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA continues to cast its spell. I saw proof of that everywhere at the packed Keller Auditorium, including a young girl clutching a teddy bear wearing a tiny Phantom mask. The now and future PHANTOM fandom is in excellent hands....

Review: FUNNY GIRL at Lakewood Theatre


by Dawn Sellers - May 03, 2026

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. What a way to say goodbye to a landmark season. Get tix https://lakewood-center.org/...

Past Shows

The History of Empires
The History of Empires
May 16 – May 19, 2024

This exuberant dance theater work by acclaimed NY theater company Witness Relocation investigates the rise and fall of empires – historical, contemporary, urban, political, and even in...

The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu
The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu
Jan 18 – Jan 21, 2024

Enveloping performance ritual by avant-garde South African artists creates a space for collective healing and an opportunity for dignity to be reclaimed.

Ella: The Musical
May 28 – Jun 23, 2013

Main Stage: - Rob Ruggiero; book: Jeffery Hatcher; dir: Rob Ruggiero....

The People's Republic of Portland
Apr 30 – Jun 9, 2013

Ellyn Bye Studio: - Lauren Weedman; dir: Rose Riordan....

Clybourne Park
Apr 9 – May 5, 2013

Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin...

The Whipping Man
Feb 26 – Mar 24, 2013

Main Stage: - Matthew Lopez; dir: Rose Riordan....

Venus in Fur
Jan 29 – Mar 10, 2013

Ellyn Bye Studio: - David Ives; dir: Nancy Keystone....

I Love to Eat
Jan 8 – Feb 3, 2013

Before Rachel Ray, before Julia Child, there was James Beard, the first TV chef! He brought fine cooking to the small screen in 1946 and...

It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
May 22 – Jun 24, 2012
Black Pearl Sings!
Apr 24 – Jun 17, 2012

In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman...

Shakespeare's Amazing Cymbeline
Jan 31 – Apr 8, 2012
Red
Feb 12 – Mar 18, 2012

Videos


Arbus & West in Oregon Arbus & West
The Sactuary @ Sandy Plaza (6/04-6/20) PHOTOS
The Words Will Come in Oregon The Words Will Come
Shaking the Tree Theatre (6/04-6/28) PHOTOS VIDEOS
Next To Normal in Oregon Next To Normal
Twilight Theater Company (5/21-6/14)
You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! in Oregon You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (4/16-8/21)
Disney's Descendants the Musical in Oregon Disney's Descendants the Musical
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre (HART) (6/13-6/28)
Billy Strings in Oregon Billy Strings
Matthew Knight Arena (10/06-10/06)
Souvenir: Tchaikovsky Sextet in Oregon Souvenir: Tchaikovsky Sextet
PSU, College of the Arts, Lincoln Performance Hall (7/12-7/12)
Bluey’s Big Play in Oregon Bluey’s Big Play
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (10/12-10/12)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Oregon Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Keller Auditorium (8/02-8/15)
CHICAGO in Oregon CHICAGO
Actors Cabaret of Eugene (6/12-7/11)