Performance
Sarah Hicks Conducts the Music of Angelo Badalamenti and “Twin Peaks”
“It’s a little bit theatrical, what we do. Lynch created such a visual world in films and in “Twin Peaks.””
“Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson” Promises to Solve Racism in 27 Minutes
The “Superstore” actor wants to make the issues raised by Johansson’s infamous response to casting criticisms “irrelevant.”
Corrib Theatre’s Godot Is a Woman Series Works Around Samuel Beckett’s Peskiest Limitation
These shows copy the minimalism of their inspiration, but pick and choose which of the play’s many themes to emphasize.
Portland Opera Takes Verdi’s “Falstaff” to a 1980s Country Club
“Falstaff is that dude who can afford dues for the pool, but not for the whole club.”
Legendary Burlesque Spotlights Golden Age Dancers Like Velvet Ice
Ice got her break when a stubbed toe hospitalized a hemophiliac burlesque dancer.
Durand Bernarr and Shae Universe Take Portland to Church
The Wonder Ballroom audience gave the R&B singers immaculate crowd energy on Saturday, April 26.
Contemporary Dancer Rakesh Sukesh Turned His Pain Into a Pizza Party at PICA
“because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it)” uses clownery and postmodern art to ask for basic human respect.
Arts Organizations Get Creative to Woo Back Season Ticketholders
“Subscribers equals loyalty equals donations.”
Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” Still Shocks More Than 130 Years After Its Premiere
Imago Theater commits to the bit down to every detail of Wilde’s erotic Biblical play.
Jessica Lind Proves Surprisingly Acrobatic in “Marilyn” Ballet
Oregon Ballet Theater succeeded in finding a new medium to tell America’s most glamorous cautionary tale.