Rainy-season shows range from the familiar to the original.Byline: FRED CRAFTS The Register-Guard SOME OF THE PLAYS that will be seen on Eugene stages this winter bring to mind Yogi Berra's quip about "deja vu all over again." If the lines in the Actors Cabaret of Eugene production of "The Foreigner" sound familiar in January, it's because they're the same ones delivered in the Very Little Theatre's version, which ended its run Nov. 10. Same thing with `The 1940s Radio Hour," which closed at the Cottage Theatre on Dec. 15 only to be revived in February at North Eugene High School North Eugene High School is a public high school of about 1,200 students in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is located at 200 Silver Lane near the Santa Clara area of Eugene.[1] North Eugene's mascot is the Highlander. . For all that, there also will be many trailblazers. Obie winner Amiri Baraka's "Primitive World" is one of those. It will be staged at the Lord Leebrick Theatre. Another is the latest of Encore Theatre's anecdotal pieces, "Gravity Is Winning." Dance Theatre of Oregon will walk a high wire by bringing in the Rainbow Dance Theatre's startling "Camouflage," and Eugene Ballet is prepping a fanciful production of Toni Pimble's "Alice in Wonderland." Speaking of classics, Actors Cabaret of Eugene will dust off Stephen Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the Very Little Theatre will pull out Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond On Golden Pond is a play by Ernest Thompson. It focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on Golden Pond. This year they are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancĂ© and his son in tow. ," University Theatre will revive Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" and the Lord Leebrick Theatre Company will crank up Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" and William Shakespeare's "As You Like It." Shakespeare will benefit from a collaboration between the Willamette Repertory Theatre and Eugene Symphony Orchestra on his comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and ." The actors will do a full production, and the orchestra will underscore the action with Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music. No organization will be trying more new things than the Oregon Festival of American Music Oregon Festival of American Music is an eclectic, thematically-based two-week summer music festival that has been held annually in Eugene, Oregon since 1992. Produced by The John G. , where the annual American Composers Series will focus on movie music and will mark the debut of its orchestra as the American Symphonia, conducted by James Paul. The orchestra will give several concerts during the coming year. The festival also will launch Now Hear This! a world music series that begins with Dave Douglas, then moves to Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall, Natalie MacMaster and Cubanismo. The festival's Emerald City Jazz Kings series will return with "We're in the Money!" The retro band is adding Medford to its tour route (along with Eugene, Florence, Roseburg and Corvallis) and is preparing two albums (Cole Porter and Irving Berlin) for February release. Fans of splashy Broadway productions will get to see national touring versions of two favorites: "My Fair Lady" and "Riverdance." Another super group heading this way is the Tokyo String Quartet The Tokyo String Quartet, (東京クヮルテット) is an internationally renowned string quartet. They were established in 1969 at the Juilliard School of Music. , which highlights the Chamber Music Series at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . The Eugene Symphony Orchestra also has a headline-grabber in last year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. This was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. gold medalist, Olga Kern. Not to be upstaged, the Eugene Opera will move into American programming with Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah," while the Eugene Concert Choir Eugene Concert Choir is a non-profit choral organization based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It consists of two mixed-voice choruses: the 100-member Eugene Concert Choir (ECC), and the semi-professional chamber group Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble (EVAE). returns to "The Sixties" and the Oregon Mozart Players Oregon Mozart Players is a professional chamber orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon. The orchestra presents six concert sets in a typical season, in addition to numerous small ensemble performances and recitals by guest artists. bring back guest conductor Frances Graffeo for their "Candlelight Romance" concert. The Hult Center Presents series includes the Philadelphia dance company Philadanco, the ZAPP Dancers, saxman Paquito d'Rivera and the Turtle Island String Quartet The Turtle Island String Quartet is a San Francisco Bay Area based jazz string quartet formed in 1985 and still actively touring worldwide and recording as of 2007. They were the first string quartet to achieve artistic and commercial success integrating jazz improvisation, jazz , and the juggling troupe Laser Vaudeville. CAPTION(S): Darryl Thomas, formerly with Pilobolus and now the leader of Rainbow Dance Theatre, appears with Dance Theatre of Oregon on Feb. 2-3. The Tokyo String Quartet appearance Jan. 17 is the highlight of the Chamber Music Series at the University of Oregon. Winter Arts Preview |
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