Music

Join scholars Dr. Lindsey Mantoan, author of It's All Happening: How Musical Theater Does High School (Oxford, 2026), and Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist (Simon & Schuster, 2025) for a free...

From the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy comes Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Young and impulsive, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow...

Portland premiere of the new 4k restoration and special shadowcast performance by The Denton Deliquents!

Wizard of Floyd is a dark reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, where the familiar journey through Oz is told through the lyrics of 21 iconic Pink Floyd songs, with a live Pink Floyd cover band creating an immersive soundtrack that drives the...

Speed Dating Tonight!Music & Libretto by Michael ChingBased on a concept by Dean AnthonyPortland State University’s Opera program kicks off its 50th anniversary season with Michael Ching’s “Speed Dating Tonight!” (2013). Set over the course of a...

Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies...

⭐ SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw is a brilliant combination of killer comedy and twisted romance, turning cinema's most iconic horror trap into a laugh-out-loud musical parody you'll never see coming. Highlights 🎭 A bold parody...

When Santa turns up missing, the Wonderettes use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party! Featuring great ’60s versions of holiday classics such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Run, Rudolph, Run,”...

Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin...

Book, music, and lyrics by Ezra Weiss Directed by Sarah Jane Hardy Dance your way through the holidays with NWCT’s original tap musical extravaganza. Young Cinderella knows she’s destined for the stage. But with jealous relatives standing between...