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Opera in the Park Returns With a Free Performance of “Carmen”
The organization is prepared for another crowd of 5,000 on July 27 in Peninsula Park.
Trinity K. Bonet Reintroduces Herself During Portland’s LGBTQ+ Pride Weekend
The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alumna will perform at four events across the city this weekend.
Northwest Theatre Workshop’s New Play “Detours: A Walking Theatrical Event” Livens Up Oregon’s Capitol
The Portland-based theater company’s mobile show follows—literally and figuratively—two tour guides’ takes on Salem.
Fat Chance Serves Plus-Size Beauty and Talent at Echo Theater
The cabaret pageant attracted 10 drag and burlesque artists to compete for bragging rights, bookings and cash money.
Puppeteers for Fears’ “Robopocalypse: The Musical!” Is Not Your Kid’s Puppet Rock Opera
The Ashland-based troupe brings their “Muppets-Meets-Tron”-style show to Alberta Abbey for a July 10–19 run.
The Chocolate Dipped Brunch Show Closes Juneteenth Spirit Week at Alberta Street Pub
Brunch host Kourtni Capree Duv lured some guests off the street with the sound of her singing voice.
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble Finds Humor in Everyday Hellscapes
PETE adds modern clowning to Dante’s “Inferno” in its latest original show, “Aw, Hell.”
Here’s How to Pick Between Mikki Gillette’s New Glitter and Desire Plays (if You Have To)
“Tears and Glitter” and “Mimetic Desires” both explore the dynamics of transgender and nonbinary-majority friend groups.
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.”