BWW Review: Resonance Ensemble Shows Off the Art of Cabaret in Wildly Entertaining DIRTY, STUPID MUSIC
DIRTY, STUPID MUSIC, Resonance Ensemble's latest cabaret is a little dirty, a little stupid, and a lot of fun.
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BWW Review: Race, Religion, Elitism - Just a Few Issues Portland Playhouse Takes on in PEN/MAN/SHIP
PEN/MAN/SHIP at Portland Playhouse is a moving drama about robbing darkness of its power by bringing it into the light.
BWW Review: Maiesha McQueen Delivers Transcendent Performance in Ethel Waters Portrait HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, at Portland Center Stage
This Portland theatre season has been delightfully packed with stories about incredible women who have overcome seemingly impossible odds.
BWW Review: Hand2Mouth Gives Us a PEP TALK We All Really Need, at CoHo Theatre
Remember pep talks? Those inspiring speeches your [insert sport here] coach gave to pump up your team before you hit the field.
BWW Review: MARJORIE PRIME Asks Us to Take an Intimate Look at Our Relationship with Technology, at Artists Rep
Think about someone important to you who has died.
BWW Review: Discover the Fascinating Story of 'The White Queen of Soul' in Triangle Productions' FOREVER DUSTY
It would be difficult to know less about Dusty Springfield than I did when I walked into the Sanctuary at Sandy Plaza to see triangle productions' FOREVER DUSTY on Thursday.
BWW Review: Almost 50 Years Later, COMPANY Is Still Awesome, at Broadway Rose
Amazing that a musical from 1970 can still feel so fresh.
BWW Review: Despite Excellent Performances, Theatre Vertigo's CARNIVORA Never Finds Footing
I started to get nervous the moment I walked into the Shoebox Theatre to see Theatre Vertigo's CARNIVORA.
BWW Review: ASTORIA Brings the Founding of Oregon's Oldest City Vividly to Life, at Portland Center Stage
I read Peter Stark's Astoria last year on the suggestion of Portland Center Stage Artistic Director Chris Coleman.
BWW Review: Fertile Ground Opening Weekend: ATLANTIS, FREE BOX, THE BABY PROJECT, LEFT HOOK, and WINGS OF FIRE
Fertile Ground 2017 is in full swing! If you haven't checked it out yet, there's still a full week of new works being premiered around the city.
BWW Review: Who Was DB Cooper? We'll Probably Never Know, but at CoHo's db, You'll Have a Great Time Speculating
In 1971, a man (who the FBI describe as 'nondescript') going by the name Dan Cooper hijacked a plane from Portland to Seattle, negotiated $200K and some parachutes in exchange for the passengers, and then jumped out of the plane as it headed back south.
BWW Review: A VERY MERRY PDX-MAS is That Fun, Funny Christmas Musical You've Been Looking For, at Broadway Rose
Christmas shows usually come with a moral -- some 'true message of Christmas' about generosity or acceptance that we're supposed to carry in our hearts throughout the year to come.
BWW Review: Portland Center Stage's IRVING BERLIN is the Must-See Show of the Month
This month, millions of people across America will gather in squares, theatres, and many other places to sing their favorite seasonal carols.
BWW Review: A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS Reaches Back 150 Years to Bring Us a New, More Nuanced Holiday Story, at Artists Rep
Holiday shows can be pretty cliche -- someone learns the true meaning of Christmas and then everyone breaks into song.
BWW Review: ASSISTANCE Takes the Horrible Boss/Mistreated Underling Dynamic to a Whole New (and Funny) Level, at Theatre Vertigo
The next time you're getting ready for work, take a moment to be grateful that your boss is not Daniel Weisinger, the super-rich, super-entitled boss who sucks the life out of one assistant after another in Leslye Headland's ASSISTANCE, now playing at Theatre Vertigo.
BWW Review: Before You Vote, Go See HOLD THESE TRUTHS at Portland Center Stage
In this weird presidential campaign, where ideas like building a wall along our southern border and excluding entire groups of people from our country based on their religion are tossed around as if they were reasonable, it's important to look back at our shameful history -- in the hopes that we mig
BWW Review: AMERICAN HERO Takes on the Franchise System, at Artists Rep
What do you do if you work at a fast-food franchise that's been abandoned by the manager, but instructed by corporate to stay open, even without supplies?
BWW Review: Spooky Fairy Tales (and a Greek Tragedy) Come to Life in HEAD. HANDS. FEET. at Shaking the Tree
If you're looking for Portland's most creative theatre, Shaking the Tree productions are always in the running.
BWW Review: August Wilson on the Making of an Artist in HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, at Portland Playhouse
If you'd like to know how August Wilson went from humble beginnings to a beloved (and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning) playwright, then make your way over to Portland Playhouse for HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, a one-man show originally written as a memoir and performed by the playwright himself.
BWW Review: FLY BY NIGHT is the Kind of Musical That Makes You Fall in Love with Musicals, at Broadway Rose
If you're looking for that next musical to fall in love with, or you wonder what the big deal is about musical theatre, I very highly recommend you make your way out to Tigard to see FLY BY NIGHT at Broadway Rose.
BWW Review: Don't Feed the Plants! Do See LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Portland Center Stage
You know the songs by heart, you have complicated feelings about the dentist (Steve Martin could never really be that bad, right?), and, admit it, you always secretly root for the plant.
BWW Review: Margie Boule is Glorious as the Empress of Fashion in Triangle Productions' FULL GALLOP
I'm not that into fashion.
BWW Review: What TREVOR the Chimpanzee Teaches Us About Being Human, at Artists Rep
It seems like every time a previously docile animal, like a pet dog or an animal at the zoo, does something unexpectedly awful (usually in the form of harming a person), we hear things like, 'I don't know what happened.
BWW Review: THE GRADUATE at Bag&Baggage
She's back, The Seducer of the Sixties, infamous in song and film.
BWW Review: CoHo Productions' THE GUN SHOW Challenges Us to Have a Reasonable Conversation About a Divisive Issue
'Something happened 13 years ago.
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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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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Keller Auditorium (1/26-1/31) |
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Doja Cat at Moda Center Moda Center (10/17-10/17) |
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Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue Paramount Theater Ashland (11/04-11/04) |
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Bluey’s Big Play Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (10/12-10/12) |
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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. by Caryl Churchill Shaking the Tree Theatre (10/08-11/07) |
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August Wilson’s King Hedley II Oregon Shakespeare Festival (7/16-10/24) |
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Billy Strings Matthew Knight Arena (10/06-10/06) |