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BWW Review: Alan Bowne's BEIRUT Explores Love and Freedom in a Dystopian Future, at the Shoe Box Theatre
BEIRUT, by Alan Bowne, now playing at the Shoe Box Theatre, premiered more than 30 years ago, but its themes are just as relevant in today's political climate.
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS Is Everything You Could Wish For, at Broadway Rose
INTO THE WOODS features a combination of a stripped-down musical score, movement-focused direction, and the strongest cast that Broadway Rose has ever assembled.
BWW Review: NATIVE GARDENS Finds Humor in What Divides Us, at Portland Center Stage
NATIVE GARDENS is an I Love Lucy-esque new comedy by Karen Zacarias now playing at Portland Center Stage.
BWW Review: LET ME DOWN EASY is a Moving Contemplation of Health, Life, Sickness, and Death, at Profile Theatre
LET ME DOWN EASY is a series of 20 monologues about life, health, sickness, and death.
BWW Review: Wife, Mistress Reflect on the Past in THE BREATH OF LIFE at Portland Center Stage
David Hare's THE BREATH OF LIFE tells the story of a meeting between Frances Beale, the ex-wife of hotshot lawyer Martin, and Madeleine Palmer, Martin's ex-mistress.
BWW Review: WELL Takes a Comedic Look at the Mess That Is Life, at Profile Theatre
'Why do some people become well and others don't?' This is the question at the center of Lisa Kron's funny, inventive WELL, now playing at Profile Theatre.
BWW Review: Heads Roll in Feminist French Revolution Comedy THE REVOLUTIONISTS, at Artists Rep
The French Revolution and comedy don't typically go together, but Lauren Gunderson upends many conventions in THE REVOLUTIONISTS, a fast-paced, feminist comedy set during France's 1793 Reign of Terror, now playing at ARTISTS REP.
BWW Review: ESCAPED ALONE Serves Up Afternoon Tea and Anxiety, at Shaking the Tree
By juxtaposing personal horrors with apocalyptic ones, Caryl Churchill's ESCAPED ALONE captures our current societal unease and also seems to reprimand us for sitting around lamenting our personal problems when much, much larger troubles are threatening.
BWW Review: JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN Exposes the Fragile Relationship Between Law and Justice, at CoHo Theatre
Commit the crime, do the time.
BWW Review: Love Knows No Borders in Sonya Kelly's Comedy HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN, at Corrib Theatre
In Sonya Kelly's HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN, now playing at Corrib Theatre, Irish Sonya falls in love with Australian Kate.
BWW Review: PassinArt's THE NO PLAY Hits a Nerve
THE NO PLAY tells the story of the relationship between the Cheeks, an African American family, and Yaveni Aaronsohn, a Jewish scholar writing a book about the commonalities in the two cultures' experiences.
BWW Review: JUMP Challenges Us to Seek Deeper Connections, at Milagro Theatre
Charly Evon Simpson's JUMP, which is having its National New Play Network rolling world premiere courtesy of Milagro Theatre and Confrontation Theatre, explores the obstacles that we too frequently put between ourselves and real human connection.
BWW Review: A Community Processes the Shooting of Michael Brown in Dael Orlandersmith's UNTIL THE FLOOD, at Portland Center Stage
Dael Orlandersmith's solo play UNTIL THE FLOOD, in which the Ferguson community processes the shooting, is just as vital now as it was when it was first commissioned by the Repertory Theatre of St.
BWW Review: At Broadway Rose, It's A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING Indeed
A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING is a musical review that weaves together songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein's most well-known shows (Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, etc.
BWW Review: ALADDIN Is a Big, Flashy Spectacle Full of Musical Magic, at Keller Auditorium
The famous magic carpet has landed, or, rather, it has taken off, at Keller Auditorium with the arrival of Disney's ALADDIN.
BWW Review: CROWNS Is a Rousing Gospel Musical Treat with Tons of Hattitude, at Portland Playhouse
Regina Taylor's CROWNS, now playing at Portland Playhouse is a jubilant musical that mixes gospel, jazz, and a little bit of hip hop into a celebration of sisterhood, self-expression, and, most importantly, fabulous hats.
BWW Review: Artists Rep Scores a Knockout with World Premiere of Hansol Jung's WOLF PLAY
Great theatre takes you out of yourself.
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Join us for the 2026–2027 Season Portland Center Stage at The Armory (9/27-6/27) |
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The Dark Stuff Twilight Theater Company (8/20-9/06) |
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You Can’t Take It With You Lakewood Theatre Company (9/11-10/18) |
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Barefoot In The Park Bag&Baggage Productions (9/03-9/20) |
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Smote This, A Comedy About God... and Other Serious $H*T Oregon Shakespeare Festival (8/27-10/24) |
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Beauty And The Beast Keller Auditorium (1/05-1/10) |
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Bad Seed Twilight Theater Company (10/15-11/01) |
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Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue Paramount Theater Ashland (11/04-11/04) |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Cuthbert Amphitheater (9/19-9/19) |
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Four Old Broads: Christmas Extravaganza Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre (HART) (12/05-12/20) |