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Duo Project Play the Hollywood Bowl in a Medford Warehouse – by Lee Greene

Have you ever had one of those eerie, exhilarating experiences of feeling “unstuck” in time and space, like the characters in a Kurt Vonnegut novel (e.g., Slaughterhouse-Five, The Sirens of Titan, Cat’s Cradle, etc.)? That’s what it was like attending my first concert at the Artistic Piano Gallery showroom on Biddle Rd. in Medford, a […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:10-07:00March 27th, 2015|Featured Stories, Performing Arts|Comments Off on Duo Project Play the Hollywood Bowl in a Medford Warehouse – by Lee Greene

OSF Presents Theatrical Thrill Ride Adaptation of Victorian Crime Novel “Fingersmith” – by Lee Greene

On Saturday, March 14, 2015, I had the great pleasure of viewing an absolutely stunning, magical Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) original stage adaptation of Sarah Waters’ critically acclaimed best-selling Victorian crime thriller novel, Fingersmith. The 2002 novel had been hailed as brilliant, portraying the seedy life of a Dickensian Victorian London, incorporating some surprising plot […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:11-07:00March 17th, 2015|Performing Arts|1 Comment

Rogue Valley Symphony Shines in Orchestra Showcase Concert – by Lee Greene

The Rogue Valley Symphony (RVS) presented its current season’s Masterworks 4 concert in performances on February 27 (Ashland),28 (Medford) and March 1 (Grants Pass), offering an “Orchestra Showcase” – i.e., the focus was on the orchestra itself and its own musicians; there wasn’t a featured soloist for this concert. Music Director Martin Majkut chose two […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:13-07:00March 7th, 2015|Performing Arts|Comments Off on Rogue Valley Symphony Shines in Orchestra Showcase Concert – by Lee Greene

Shakespeare Festival Opens 2015 Season with a Triumphal Update of Much Ado About Nothing – by Lee Greene

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) officially kicked off its 2015 Season on Friday evening, Feb. 27 with the opening performance of a new production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Much Ado was written by Shakespeare around 1598, in the middle of his career as a playwright, and right […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:14-07:00February 28th, 2015|Performing Arts|Comments Off on Shakespeare Festival Opens 2015 Season with a Triumphal Update of Much Ado About Nothing – by Lee Greene

Ashland Independent Film Festival Hosts an Oscar Winner! – by Lee Greene

As practically everyone is aware, Sunday, February 22, 2015 was the night of the Academy Award ceremony and broadcast from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre where this year’s Oscar winners were announced. Locally, the event was celebrated in a big way by the Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) which filled the Historic Ashland Armory with a black […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:17-07:00February 23rd, 2015|Featured Stories, Performing Arts|Comments Off on Ashland Independent Film Festival Hosts an Oscar Winner! – by Lee Greene

Performing Arts in the Rogue Valley, February 2015 – by Lee Greene

Music

February 1, 7:30pm: Jesse Cook, Guitar Concert; flamenco music. CRATE;
Tix: CRATE

February 6, 7:30pm: Tutunov Piano Series Concert III, piano duo Ivona Kaminska and Christopher Bowlby; works by Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy, Junkinsmith and Milhaud. SOUMRH; Tix: OCASOU

February 6, 7:30pm: Feelin’ Groovy, Music of the ‘60’s featuring Simon & Garfunkel; starring Jim Witter. CRATE; Tix: CRATE

February […]

By |2015-01-30T15:38:55-08:00January 30th, 2015|Performing Arts|Comments Off on Performing Arts in the Rogue Valley, February 2015 – by Lee Greene

Maestro Majkut Conjures Up a Kick-Ass Symphony Concert

One would not ordinarily associate the term, “kick-ass” with a symphony concert. So how does it come to be applied to the second concert of the 2014-2015 season by the Rogue Valley Symphony? Well, the term was originally tendered to describe piano soloist, Tanya Gabrielian’s performance of Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in this concert […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:30-07:00November 8th, 2014|Performing Arts|Comments Off on Maestro Majkut Conjures Up a Kick-Ass Symphony Concert

“The Best Play I’ve Ever Seen” – by Lee Greene

On Friday, October 31, I had the privilege of attending the Robert Schenkkan play, The Great Society in the Bowmer Theater at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland. The Great Society is the sequel to Schenkkan’s previous play, All the Way. Both plays are part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions: The United […]

By |2020-09-30T14:18:32-07:00November 3rd, 2014|Performing Arts|Comments Off on “The Best Play I’ve Ever Seen” – by Lee Greene
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