Category: Reviews
Review: Delgani String Quartet opens its 10th season with “refinement blossoming to exquisite fun”
By Daniel BuckwalterDelgani String Quartet has always been a beacon of stirring and graceful chamber music in its nine full years of performing, a breath of elegance and education playing classics and newer works with gusto. In...
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Reviewer: Eugene Symphony gives a “rambunctious” performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
By Daniel Buckwalter(#CommonManAtTheSymphony)I don’t know this for certain, obviously, but I...
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Review of “The Play That Goes Wrong”: How to LAUGH AT a murder
By Kari Boldon Welch Guffaw. Chuckle. Chortle. Cackle. Giggle. How many words describe the...
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Review of “The Mousetrap”: How to ENJOY a murder
By Kelly Oristano “Which of the Pickwick Triplets did it? Who of the crew could commit this crime?...
Read MoreReviewer: “Listening to Vik is always a highlight for me”
By Daniel BuckwalterResplendent in a hot pink gown, she strides to center stage in the melodic opening sequence of the song Where or When, from the musical Babes in Arms. It is showtime, and, as always, Siri Vik is in command....
Read MoreReviewer: Repeat of OFAM’s “Heart and Soul” on Aug. 7 “will be a wonderful way to spend an evening”
By Daniel BuckwalterFrom jazz to show tunes — with a sprinkling of tender melodies thrown in for good measure — the 2024 Oregon Festival of American Music, familiarly known as OFAM, got off to a lovely matinee start on Aug. 1 at...
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Reviewer: “The Fragile Blue Dot” should be required reading for everyone this summer
The Book Title: The Fragile Blue Dot: Stories from Our Imperiled BiosphereAuthor: Ross...
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Reviewer: Lexy Neale and Esack Francis Grueskin “are wonderful” in Pegasus Playhouse’s musical, “The Last Five Years”
By Daniel Buckwalter The unraveling of a marriage can, in retrospect, often be seen in the small...
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Pegasus Playhouse performs “The Last Five Years”
(Above: Lexy Neale and Esack Francis Grueskin star in Pegasus Playhouse’s The Last Five...
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Broadway Bonanza: Show-Packed Trip Sets the Stage for Sunday’s Tony Awards
(Above: This scene from Suffs depicts the day in March 1913 when 5,000 women marched up...
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Review: Play at Cottage Theatre highlights playwright Christopher Durang’s “lasting legacy of absurdist humor”
By Kari Boldon Welch Cottage Theatre invites audiences to enjoy Christopher Durang’s Tony...
Read MoreReviewer: Chamber Music Amici ends its season on Monday, June 10, with two “lively and melodic” piano quintets
By Daniel BuckwalterIt’s lively and melodic. It’s two piano quintets that end the subscription season for Chamber Music Amici, with a special touch from guest pianist Alexander Tutunov. Fans of chamber music absorbed the first...
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