OREGON PERFORMING ARTS

Theater, dance and classical music in Portland and throughout Oregon

Conductor Huw Edwards presents a typically ambitious pairing worthy of any major orchestra – Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, the powerful "Pathétique." Full story »

Atlanta's Brad Hughley performs works from Bach, others in bid to become the Canon of Cathedral Music. Full story »

Other offerings include "Cats" Full story »

The play is intended to help students grapple with the complex issues of 21st-century media saturation.  Full story »

Performances by the French-Canadian circus troupe, making its sixth visit in 10 years, will continue through May 16. Full story »

The program comprised three pieces, all premieres for the symphony. Full story »

Looking for auditions in and around the Portland area? Call Board offers creative outlets for singers, dancers, musicians and others. Full story »

Dean Applegate built a renowned church choir virtually from scratch. Full story »

Clear, emotionally resonant images and astute use of music mark the 45-minute program of solos and duets. Full story »

Lorraine Bahr not only accepts the daunting challenge of playing Lettice Douffet (originated by the incomparable Maggie Smith), she ably carries it off. Full story »

The players prove you don't need to lose your youth or be steeped in politics to get at the visceral appeal of Shostakovich's attempt at redemption after his controversial 1936 opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District." Full story »

Dancers put heart, soul and their fine-tuned bodies into performing a demanding, uneven and overlong program. Full story »

For the first time ever, the festival will stage a musical on the open-air Elizabethan Stage. Full story »

The new work from Bellingham, Wash., playwright Kamarie Chapman offers a bit of everything. Rooted in mythology, it's thoroughly modern. Spinning off from a titillating premise, it turns out to be a philosophical exercise. Infused with feminist overtones, its female characters nonetheless lust after Zeus and a return to his celestial harem. Full story »