Krista Garver
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Review: GLASS. KILL. BLUEBEARD. IMP. at Shaking The Tree
The four plays are deeply impactful, asking you to confront some of the hardest-to-face parts of being a person.
Review: LIVE IN 3,2,1… at Tour De Force Productions
LIVE IN 3,2,1…turns RCA’s first live TV broadcast into total, ridiculous chaos.
Review: TABLE 17 at Portland Playhouse
Douglas Lyons' TABLE 17 is heartwarming and funny, and this production is thrilling from start to finish thanks to excellent performances by Tyharra Cozier, Marcus Lattimore, and Tyler Andrew Jones.
Review: PRIDE & PREJUDICE at Portland Center Stage
Kate Hamill's Pride & Prejudice at Portland Center Stage boasts a gorgeous set and a talented cast, but its broad farce trades Austen's sharp wit for slapstick.
Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Broadway Rose
A show like this lives or dies by the musical performances, and Broadway Rose's production delivers on its promise a hundred times over, especially Hunter Semrau as Jerry Lee Lewis.
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Keller Auditorium
The circus has rolled into town! The national tour of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, based on Sara Gruen’s 2006 best-selling novel, has pitched its big top in the Keller Auditorium, arriving with all of the promised spectacle.
Interview: Anne Zander on Bringing JUICEBOX Back
Anne Zander is bringing JUICEBOX to CoHo ClownFest on October 1 and 2.
Interview: Dru Rutledge of GOOD GRIEF, DRU RUTLEDGE! at Fuse Theatre Ensemble
This month, Rutledge brings her solo cabaret Good Grief, Dru Rutledge! back to Fuse Theatre Ensemble, after workshopping it at the Fertile Ground festival and performing it in her hometown.
Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at Broadway Rose Theater Company
NEWSIES is a big, joyful, high-energy dance spectacular at the theatre with a message about how to successfully stand up to corporate greed.
Review: THE ONE at The Boiler Room
Andrea Parson's solo show turns a very personal search for love into a funny, engaging, and highly relatable journey, whether or not you’ve ever stood at the altar of your own expectations about finding the one.
Review: LOBOTOMOMMY at CoHo Theatre
Part interactive, part clowning, part not-so-distant dystopian future imagining, Julia Bray’s new solo show LOBOTOMOMMY, performed as part of the 2026 CoHo Residency Program, is dark comedy at its sharpest.
Review: TELEPHONE at Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
Directed by Rebecca Lingafelter, this production by Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE) tackles the slippery uncertainty of how much gets lost, or invented, in transmission.
Review: STORM LARGE MAKES IT HOME at Portland Center Stage
Storm Large is back, and her new cabaret memoir explores what makes a home.
Review: THE ROOMMATE at Profile Theatre
Profile Theatre's THE ROOMMATE is a dark comedy that surprises, moves, and lingers, with knockout performances by Gail Dartez and Eleanor O'Brien.
Review: MAMMA MIA! at Keller Auditorium
A jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! knows exactly what it is and makes absolutely no apologies for it.
Review: KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage
What did our critic think of KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER at Portland Center Stage?
Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Broadway Rose
With music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by Marshall Barer, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS is a comedic musical romp based on the fairy tale 'The Princess and the Pea.
Review: X at Third Rail Repertory Theatre
X is not the type of show you sit back and enjoy.
Review: THE PAVILLION at 100 Lives Repertory
Now onstage at 100 Lives Repertory, THE PAVILION is a play about time – the Narrator will tell you so at the outset.
Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Portland Playhouse
When I saw Portland Playhouse's 2025–2026 season announced, the show I was most irrationally excited about was THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL.
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