Review: Sometimes somber and serious, but also laugh-out-loud hilariously delirious and, other times, tear-inducing, “Waitress,” the current offering at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, is a musical that serves up a varied menu of emotions.
Curtain Call: When Julian Remulla was a kid and was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, the answer usually depended on the last movie he had seen or what make-believe game he had been playing. A doctor, a sailor, a baker, Spider-Man. Now he does it all and more — and gets paid for it.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, suffering the loss of a second distinguished alumnus in the span of little more than a week, flew its flag at half-mast in honor of the two men. James Edmondson, an actor, director, and educator with more than 38 seasons at OSF, born in Montrose, Colorado, on June 29, 1938, died at home in Ashland on April 2, eight days after the death of Tony-nominated and fellow OSF veteran Denis Arndt.
Review: Director Rosa Joshi’s rendition of Shakepeare’s ‘Julius Ceasar’ is a drama filled with espionage, betrayal, personal tragedies, divided loyalties and bloodshed. It is a situation that causes senators to turn on one another and comrades to betray one another. It’s a production disturbing yet powerful to its core.
“Waitress,” opening Friday at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, tells the plight of Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, who is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage — until a baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s handsome new doctor offer her a tempting recipe for happiness.
Review: At a time when so much erasure of Black stories and glory is happening around us, it feels especially fitting and delicious that two of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s season-opening shows — James Ijames’s “Fat Ham” and August Wilson’s “Jitney” — involve all-Black casts shining in transformative and celebrated plays by Black American playwrights.
Two of the four shows that have opened the 90th season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival — “Julius Caesar” and “The Importance of Being Earnest” — are classics of the sort OSF audiences count on to anchor the entire run any season, envisioned in a fresh way by two talented women directors. Both appear to be headed into very successful runs.
Sage on Stage: Developing a character is a huge part of the work an actor takes on for any role. Whether a character is a lead role or a supporting personality, the more prepared an actor is to embody a given character, the more easily and more quickly he or she can move in and out of that character’s space. Jessica Sage talks to actor Daniel Molina about his process.
Denis Arndt, a distinguished stage and screen actor whose decades-long career spanned Shakespearean classics, Broadway triumphs, Hollywood roles, and 15 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, died unexpectedly on March 25, 2025, at his home in Ashland. He was 85.
Rep. Pam Marsh: The legislation “would give Oregonians buying tickets for concerts, sporting events and other entertainment events protections in an industry that has seen increasing unfair and unscrupulous activities that drive up the cost of tickets and/or falsely sell tickets that are unavailable.”
Possible changes include allowing multifamily dwellings without a mixed-use requirement, requiring a minimum density of 30 dwelling units per acre, and increasing maximum building height to 50 feet, according to the notice.
The Butler Perozzi Fountain restoration project’s ongoing design phase has resulted in a possible cost of more than $1 million. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini.
Jackson County Parks took advantage of the dip in visitors to install upgrades such as ADA-compliant restrooms and granite tent pads in the campground. Lambert said the county replaced stairs and sidewalks throughout the park and remodeled the concessions area where waterslides used to be.
Interviews will be conducted through May 31, and the official appointment will take place at the June 3 City Council business meeting. The new councilor will serve through Dec. 31, 2026.
Oct. 11, 1987 — March 21, 2025 Tommy (Thomas Alfred Hurrell Jr.) made an unexpected transition from this world at age 37. His departure leaves an absence that simply cannot
Jeff Pevar & Inger Nova Announce Italy Tour and Innovative Album Release on Musical Bead Jeff Pevar and Inger Nova, a dynamic musical duo known for their eclectic blend of
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