By Oregon Coast TODAY “Fiddler on the Roof” is in the middle of its three-week run at the Newport Performing Arts Center with performances Friday and Saturday nights and a matinee Sunday afternoon. Co-produced by Red Octopus Theatre Company and Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, the beloved Tony Award-winning musical from Joseph Stein, Jerry […]
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Classical favorite “The Music Man” continues run this weekend at Newport Performing Arts Center
By BARBARA B. COVELL/Oregon Coast TODAY Watch out, River City, trouble is coming. Luckily, you will be safe in Newport where Coastal Act Productions is performing “The Music Man,” which continues its three week run with shows Friday night and two shows Saturday. The performances wrap up next Friday and Saturday, March 8-9. This popular […]
New national and local report highlights the impact of Lincoln County arts organizations on the economy
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews For you, it may just be a night at the play, a trip to an art gallery or going somewhere to listen to live music. But with your admission ticket — maybe a dinner beforehand, drinks afterward, or overnight at a motel — that play, that gallery and that venue has […]
Coastal arts group in final stage of fundraising, renovating and modernizing 35-year-old Newport Performing Arts Center
By Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — In the coming year, when the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts finishes the long-awaited renovation project at Newport’s Performing Arts Center, performers will enjoy 3,000 square feet of “new” space – and it will come without adding one square foot to the building. “We’re shifting from storage to functionality,” said Jason […]
One actor plays 11 characters in edgy “Sex, Drugs Rock & Roll” comedy at Newport Performing Arts Center
By BARBARA B. COVELL/Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — It’s the 1980s all over again. So, strap on your seatbelt and get ready for the ride of a lifetime in “Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll,” Eric Bogosian’s edgy raw comedy about life as it was, and — in many ways — still is. Eleven characters […]
In first live play in two years, Newport Performing Arts Center hosts “The Christmas Show” Friday and Saturday
By Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — The last time Red Octopus Theatre Company performed on stage at the Newport Performing Arts Center was Christmas of 2019 with its holiday tradition, “The Christmas Show.” Within months, the theater went dark and stayed that way. You know the story. But finally, the lights are up again, and you […]