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Tickets to go on Sale Next Week for MAMMA MIA! in Portland
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2025
Single tickets for the upcoming engagement of MAMMA MIA! in Portland will go on sale in December. Since premiering in London in 1999 and on Broadway in 2001, the musical has captured the hearts of millions around the globe.
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE National Tour is Coming to Portland
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2025
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, will make its Portland premiere at Keller Auditorium/
Experience Theatre Project Will Present A New Movement-Driven MACBETH Inspired By Radiohead
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2025
Experience Theatre Project will present a new adaptation of MACBETH directed by Alisa Stewart. The production will incorporate movement-driven storytelling and a soundscape inspired by the music of Radiohead.
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; 100 Lives Repertory Leads Favorite Theatre!
by BWW Awards - December 08, 2025
The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at Salt And Sage
by Krista Garver - December 05, 2025
Shakespeare's THE WINTER’S TALE is notoriously difficult to do well. One of the Bard's later 'problem plays,' it essentially presents two different theatrical worlds: the first half is a tragedy driven by King Leontes' sudden, irrational jealousy toward his pregnant wife Hermione and his best friend Polixenes.
Tickets To Three 25-26 Broadway In Wichita Series Productions On Sale Now
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2025
Single tickets to the Broadway touring productions of HADESTOWN and more are now on sale to the public as part of the 2025-2026 Broadway in Wichita series.
Tickets For THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Portland on Sale Next Week
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2025
 Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, will go on sale on Monday, December 8 at 10 am for its engagement at Keller Auditorium.
Crystal Skillman's THE ROCKET MEN To Receive West Coast Premiere
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2025
Playwright Crystal Skillman will receive a West Coast Premiere of her myth-shattering new play The Rocket Men this season with Oregon Contemporary Theatre.
Theaters Nationwide to Participate in 2026 National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives
by BWW News Desk - December 02, 2025
The Native Performing Arts Network will lead a National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) on May 5, 2026.
First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; GREASE THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025
The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Alex Ellis, Natalie Joy Johnson and More to Join BROADWAY IN BEND Benefit Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2025
Summit Health Cares will present its annual Broadway in Bend benefit concert at the Tower Theatre. This year's event, hosted by Christopher J. Hanke, will feature performances by Alex Ellis, Carly Hughes, Natalie Joy Johnson and more.
Review: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - November 26, 2025
What did our critic think of LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN at Portland Center Stage? I had forgotten that Little Women opens at Christmas until I started rereading the book in anticipation of Portland Center Stage's production of Lauren M. Gunderson's new adaptation: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE WOMEN, a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
A GIFT TO REMEMBER by Joseph Robinette is Coming to Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2025
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre is inviting audiences to join them for a heartwarming holiday production of A Gift to Remember. Directed by William Crawford, A Gift to Remember captures the timeless spirit of connection, forgiveness, and family.
ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 15
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2025
BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups. The Top 15 includes...
Review: STILT at Corrib Theatre
by Krista Garver - November 21, 2025
Not knowing who you are can hollow you out, leaving a space that can too easily get filled with all sorts of dangerous things. Joy Nesbitt's STILT, now making its world premiere at Corrib Theatre under Holly Griffith's direction, takes that primal anxiety about identity and weaves it into something both mythic and unnervingly contemporary.
Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 15 Revealed
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!
National Tour Of THE BOOK OF MORMON To Play Limited Engagement At The King Center
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
The national tour of The Book of Mormon will return to Florida for a two-night engagement at the King Center in Melbourne on December 15–16, 2025. The Tony Award–winning musical will open the 2025–2026 Broadway at the King Center Series.
HADESTOWN To Play Morris Performing Arts Center In December
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
The national tour of Hadestown will visit the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend for a limited engagement from December 19–21, 2025. The production will launch the 25–26 Broadway in South Bend Series.
Profile Theatre Names Suzanne Raether as New Managing Director
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2025
Profile Theatre has announced new Managing Director Suzanne Raether - a position made possible through a three-year, $263,000 capacity-building grant from the Murdock Trust.
Recta's Back!Fuse Theatre Ensemble to Present RECTA’S CHRIS™AS CAREHOLE
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2025
Fuse Theatre Ensemble will present RECTA’S CHRIS™AS CAREHOLE December 5–20 in Portland, offering a darkly comic drag adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Tickets to LES MISERABLES in Portland to go on Sale Next Week
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2025
Tickets for the return of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES, will go on sale for the Portland engagement.
KINKY BOOTS Begins Performances At The Bank Of America Performing Arts Center In December
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony and Grammy Award–winning musical KINKY BOOTS at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center for a three-day engagement from December 12–14, 2025, as part of the 25–26 Broadway in Thousand Oaks Series. 
KINKY BOOTS Will Open The Broadway In Santa Barbara Series At The Granada Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS as the opener of the 25–26 BROADWAY IN SANTA BARBARA Series at The Granada Theatre, running December 9–10, 2025. 
Review: RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS at Third Rail Repertory Theatre
by Krista Garver - November 12, 2025
What did our critic think of RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS at Third Rail Repertory Theatre?
Tickets to THE MUSIC MAN and More to go on Sale at Pikes Peak Center
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2025
The American Theatre Guild has revealed that single tickets to the Broadway touring productions of Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN and more will go on sale at the Pikes Peak Center.

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