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All the Way, LBJ!
Another review from Karen, this one on Robert Schenkkan’s play “All the Way.”
Robert Schenkkan’s play about Lyndon Baines Johnson takes place during the first year of his Presidency, immediately after the assassination of Jack Kennedy in 1963. The production went into rehearsal at the same time as the release of Robert Caro’s fourth volume of his LBJ biography, covering about the same time period. The play focuses less on the events of that year, and much more on the interactions between the President and the major players in those events: Martin Luther King, J. Edgar Hoover, Governor George Wallace, and Senators Dick Russell, Everett Dirksen, and Hubert Humphrey. Read More
Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa: a guest review
My dear friend and long-standing guest Karen writes this review of Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa. My opinions are in the comments.
Maybe it was the stress of worrying whether or not the fog was going to lift early enough for my Monterey-SFO flight to land in time for me to make my 1/2 hour connection to the plane to Medford. Or, perhaps it was the cab driver telling me that the audience for this show was “leaving in droves” at the intermission. Or, it could have been the other guests at my favorite bed and breakfast remarking how astonished they were that OSF would present a play that still needed so much work. Read More
Ashland Oregon, Bear Creek Festival at N. Mountain Park, 10/6/12
Ashland Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation North Mountain Park hosts “The Bear Creek Festival“
A free, annual event (first Saturday in October) and includes hand-on experiences offered by many local and regional organizations and sustainable farms. Participants can enjoy a variety of fun outdoor activities such as: mask-making, fly-casting, Native American demonstrations and learn to become better stewards of the local watershed.
Live entertainment takes place throughout the day and a wholesome and delicious food concession is provided.
Exhibitors and participants are asked to help make the Bear Creek Festival a Zero Waste event.
Camelot Theatre: The Best Man, 10/3/12 thru 10/28/12
THE BEST MAN October 3 – 28, 2011
by Gore Vidal
This Tony Award winning play examines the two front runners for their party’s presidential nomination. Ex-Secretary of State William Russell is a wit and a scholar with high principles but no integrity in the bedroom. Joseph Cantwell is a ruthless and hard-driving young man, a dirty fighter who will let no scruples stand in the way of his ambitions. Both vie for the support of ex-President Art Hockstader, a man who loves politics for its own sake, admires a rough-and-tumble battle more than a chivalrous one, and is determined to have the final say in selecting his party’s candidate.
“Vidal’s story is…suspenseful, funny…fresh!” — Associated Press.
Camelot Theater, a semi-professional company renowned for performing high-quality plays, musicals, and musical events year round. Ashland Oregon theater
Oregon Cabaret Theater: Song and Dance, 9/7 thru 11/4/12
Oregon Cabaret Theater
Song and Dance September 7 – November 4
Previews September 5 & 6
Performances Thursday-Monday @ 8:00, Sunday brunch matinees @ 1:00
Two of the Cabaret’s most popular and polished performers come together to create an enchanting evening of brilliant song and thrilling dance. Kymberli Colbourne has been a stand-out performer in recent productions of Whodunit and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Her ability to connect with the audience, her rich, expressive voice and her skill at creating both touching and comic characters always delight. Christopher George Patterson brings charm and charisma galore, a soaring soulful voice and dazzling dance to the party. Read More
OSF Noon Talks: 7/22–7/31
This Week: OSF Noon Talks
Through lectures, panel discussions and questions and answers, actors, artisans and other company members of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival will share their knowledge about the OSF, and theater in general.
Admission is free, no tickets are required.
All Oregon Shakespeare Festival noon talks are in the Bill Patton Garden, uphill side of the Elizabethan theater.
This week:
Jul. 22, Sunday Park Talk: Brent Hinkley and Kate Mulligan, Actors
Jul. 24, Tuesday Park Talk: Jacquelin Leighton, Costume Properties Artisan
Jul. 25, Wednesday Lecture: “Henry V on Film: Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branaugh,” David Riggs, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, Palo Alto
Jul. 26, Thursday Preface Plus: Party People Jul. 27, Friday Lecture: “As You Like It on Film: Laurence Olivier and Christine Edzard,” David Riggs, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, Palo Alto
Jul. 28, Saturday Performance/Discussion: “Virgins to Villains: My Life with Shakespeare’s Women,” Robin Goodrin Nordli, Actor
Jul. 29, Sunday Park Talk: Lydia G. Garcia, Literary Associate, Dramaturg
Jul. 31, Tuesday Park Talk: Michael Maag, Lighting Department Manager and Noah Beauregard, Master Electrician
OSF Noons 7/15 to 7/21
This Week: OSF Noon Talks
Through lectures, panel discussions and questions and answers, actors, artisans and other company members of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival will share their knowledge about the OSF, and theater in general.
Admission is free, no tickets are required.
All Oregon Shakespeare Festival noon talks are in the Bill Patton Garden, uphill side of the Elizabethan theater.
This week:
Jul. 15, Sunday Park Talk: Michael J. Hume, Actor
Jul. 17, Tuesday Park Talk: Thomas Curtis, Stage Operations Manager
Jul. 18, Wednesday Lecture: “Cross-Dressing and Gender Confusion in As You Like It,” Gina Bloom, University of California, Davis
Jul. 19, Thursday Preface Plus: Party People
Jul. 20, Friday Lecture: “’And though she feels as if she’s in a play / She is anyway:’ Cressida’s Dilemma in Troilus and Cressida,” David McCandless, Southern Oregon University, Ashland
Jul. 21, Saturday Interactive Workshop: Interpreting Romeo and Juliet, Kirsten Giroux, OSF Curriculum Specialist/Teaching Artist
Rogue Valley World of Wine Festival
Premier Rogue Valley wine festival “World of Wine Festival” turns 10!
World of Wine Festival
World of Wine Festival is: four days of wine, food and more; 60-plus wineries, expanded clinics, culminating with the Grand Tasting event!
The festival promotes not just the fabulous wines of Southern Oregon, but all of Southern Oregon by creating an exciting and unique event that ties together local businesses and the community.
For more information about the World of Wine Festival in the Rogue Valley.
Last year’s festival was very successful, with 85% of Southern Oregon wineries attending! Vintners and growers came from all over Southern Oregon and expressed their delight in the activities, and their desire to return this year.
Camelot Theatre: Woody Gutherie’s American Song, 8/8/12 thru 9/9/12
WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICAN SONG, August 8 – September 9, 2012
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie, Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer.
An exuberant musical celebration of America, Woody Guthrie’s American Song tells the life of the rambling folk singer through his words and music. The musical follows Guthrie as he travels from the Dust Bowl to California and east to New York City. After its debut in 1989, the musical traveled all over America to rave reviews. Twenty-two songs include, This Land is Your Land, Pastures of Plenty, Deportees and Bound for Glory.
“…the high beauty and the earthly humor of Guthrie’s love affair with America.” — The New York Times.
Camelot Theatre, a semi-professional company renowned for performing high-quality plays, musicals, and musical events year round. Near Ashland, Oregon
OSF Noons
This Week: OSF Noon Talks
Through lectures, panel discussions and questions and answers, actors, artisans and other company members of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival will share their knowledge about the OSF, and theater in general.
Admission is free, no tickets are required.
All Oregon Shakespeare Festival noon talks are in the Bill Patton Garden, uphill side of the Elizabethan theater.
This week:
July 8, Sunday, Park Talk: Elib Crist-Dwyer, Carpenter
Jul. 10, Tuesday, Park Talk: Katherine Gosnell, Education Outreach Programs Manager and Jason Sanford, Seasonal Teaching Artist
July 11, Wednesday, Lecture: “Romeo and Juliet: Thinking Inside the Box,” Richard Preiss, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
July 12, Thursday, Preface Plus: “Troilus and Cressida”
July 13, Friday Lecture: “‘Hath Romeo Slain Himself?’ Juliet, Fate and the Death-Darting Eye of Cockatrice,” Michael J. Allen, University of California, Los Angeles
July 14, Saturday Lecture/Demonstration: “Deaf and Loud,” with Greenshow Artist Sean Forbes, Detroit, MI
