Curtain Call: Alysia Beltran will begin her third season with OSF later this year, and you can see her now as one of the lead actors in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre.
Curtain Call: Popular orchestra conductor Martin Majkut has added another gig to his already busy schedule. Majkut, the music director of the Rogue Valley Symphony and the Queens Symphony Orchestra in New York, has been appointed the new music director of the Oregon Coast Music Association’s festival orchestra.
Curtain Call: What happens when love and murder collide in a musical comedy? Prepare for a killer combination of charm, wit, and mischief. “A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder” opens Jan. 24 at Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland and runs through March 30.
Curtain Call: You might want to rethink offering the classic theater sendoff “Break a leg!” to Ryon Lane, who currently is playing Capt. Georg von Trapp at Talent’s Camelot Theatre. It might be a little too close to home for a guy who broke his neck in 2008. In true theatrical tradition, Lane made a stunning comeback — recovering not only to act again but to run the New York City Marathon just two years later in under three hours.
Curtain Call: Abigail Mace is the artistic director and conductor of Jefferson Baroque Orchestra, a position she assumed last March. Jefferson Baroque’s upcoming concerts will be December performances of Handel’s “Messiah,” a beloved holiday tradition.
Curtain Call: Amirah David was 8 years old when she landed her first professional gig in “The Magic Stone, the Musical” at Actors’ Theatre in Talent, later rebranded as Camelot Theatre. Thirty years later she’s back on the Camelot stage as Maria in “The Sound of Music.” The iconic musical opens Nov. 20 and will run through Dec. 31.
Curtain Call: Terry Longshore’s “Full Circle: Turtle Wisdom” will bring artist Betty LaDuke’s vibrant “Turtle Wisdom” series to life through the resonant sounds of a gong orchestra on Nov. 8 at ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum. Performers will include Terry Longshore, the SOU Percussion Ensemble and students of Longshore’s SOU Honors College course, Making Music.
Even before completing her season on Oct. 12 as Lady Macbeth in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2024 production of “Macbeth,” Erica Sullivan was in rehearsal for Rogue Theater Company’s “Gidion’s Knot,” in which she plays a mother coping with grief over the suicide of her 11-year-old son.
Curtain Call: “The Heart’s Reflection,” a concert spanning 500 years and seven languages, seems to pose the question: In a world of division, what is it that unites us as human beings?
Curtain Call: Barret O’Brien plays the titular role of Scapino a valet who contrives to bring his master’s children and their various loves together through all kinds of trickery, despite his master’s own plans for them, in “Scapino!,” a French comedy opening Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Camelot Theatre in Talent.
Crews are making progress on the more than 70 fires burning in Jackson and Josephine counties as they face dangerous, dry conditions in the coming days.
Rick Wasserman has spent much of the past 30 years behind a mic as a voice-over artist. Known for his distinctive deep voice, his best-known roles include Thor and Hulk for Marvel Animation.
The Oregon Department of Human Services is offering free emergency kits and power stations for older adults and qualified people with physical disabilities. The emergency kits include flashlights, blankets, first aid items, food and other supplies. The power stations are portable and have rechargeable batteries.
The Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) has announced the winning playwrights for this year’s annual Fall Festival.
A project proposal by St. Louis-based firm McCormack Baron Salazar aimed at outlining a proposed housing development for senior independent living near the southeast corner of the Southern Oregon University campus could cost upwards of $64 million, pending selection by an evaluation committee and a finalized project plan.
Two Oregon lawmakers have launched a bipartisan caucus to promote trade, business development and international economic policy. Legislative caucuses are groups of lawmakers who share similar policy interests.
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