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The dark and twisted Yukio Mishima could be funny, too – and in his kabuki play “Sardine seller,” is. Plus a fresh look at the AIDS era’s “Rent,” the OUTwright Festival and more.
A teller of tales and theater-artist-about-town digs into the “cauldron of creativity” of his happy place, the rehearsal room. And, oh: Got a story idea? Let him know.
After a long Covid layoff the Great White Way is bursting with energy, from “Hadestown” to “Six” to “A Strange Loop” and more.
The widely loved Foote, who retired to Mexico after years of helping Oregon Children’s Theatre rise to national prominence, was 69.
Say hello to Bella, “City Without Altar,” Hand2Mouth, a thin place and a floating bordello. Short runs for “Zandezi,” Shakespeare jokes, and “Shrek Jr.” Last chance for the excellent “The Children.”
Brunish gets his 12th nomination as a producer, for the Broadway revival of “Company.” Beaverton High grad Bean is honored for “Mr. Saturday Night.”
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Appropriate” spins the word through all of its many meanings, cultural, racial, and personal. Plus openings and closings.
Corrib Theatre’s play about a guy in a bar is being played by a guy in a bar. Oregon Children’s Theatre takes on Shakespeare and a bus trip with Grandma. Freud and C.S. Lewis get down to it.
How should audience members act and react in the theater? Who gets to decide? As the Oregon Shakespeare Festival reopens, the questions rise anew.
Old pros Mendelson and Alper continue a long onstage partnership in Artists Rep’s “The Children.” Plus: Ashland opens, new seasons, Lost Treasures & more.
In Part 2 of the “Queens Girl” trilogy, Lauren Steele dazzlingly embodies voices out of Africa; “Hamilton” and its hip-hop cousin settle in; “Titus” wraps things up.
The Portland stage star, 78, took classic turns in plays by Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Noel Coward, and G.B. Shaw.
Picking up what they began in New York, Clackamas Rep and star Lauren Steele take a stellar tale continental. Plus Forgotten Women, Chick Fight, Taylor Mac & more.
Stage notes: A conservatory throws a musical-theater gala, mystery theater and Lea Salonga at the Reser, the slap heard ’round the world.
Anthony Davis and Richard Wesley’s Pulitzer Prize winning opera shows how racism helped send innocent teens to prison
A conversation with writer Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, whose choreopoem “In the Name of Forgotten Women” is debuting at CoHo.
The movie star, who died in Portland on Sunday, performed in four plays with Artists Rep. Also: Getting grisly with “Titus,” comedy & more.
After a Covid postponement and with a largely new cast, Fuse Theatre’s premiere of Mikki Gillette’s play transitions to the stage.
An interview with the founder and creatives behind the non-profit PlayWrite
Portland Center Stage opens the masterful “Gem of the Ocean,” “The Queers” lights a Fuse, Milagro’s “Antigone” on the border, more.
