BWW Reviews: Post5 Is the Right Place to Spend THE LAST DAYS
by Patrick Brassell - October 06, 2014
There are some dark laughs along the way, and some gross-out moments, but the action feels realistic, as if these four people were being besieged on all sides, and the stress was taking a toll on each of them in a different way.
by Patrick Brassell - October 06, 2014
There are some dark laughs along the way, and some gross-out moments, but the action feels realistic, as if these four people were being besieged on all sides, and the stress was taking a toll on each of them in a different way.
BWW Reviews: Learn About Great Acting at THE PIANO LESSON at Portland Playhouse
by Patrick Brassell - October 06, 2014
The performances are all excellent, and they are all of a piece. You believe that these people all exist in the same time frame, the same culture, and the same place.
by Patrick Brassell - October 06, 2014
The performances are all excellent, and they are all of a piece. You believe that these people all exist in the same time frame, the same culture, and the same place.
BWW Reviews: EXILES Is a Muddled Immigration Story at Artists Rep
by Patrick Brassell - October 06, 2014
The specificity of the Cuban immigrant experience is discarded in favor of a Survivor-style fight among the passengers to see who will control the boat's destiny.
by Patrick Brassell - October 06, 2014
The specificity of the Cuban immigrant experience is discarded in favor of a Survivor-style fight among the passengers to see who will control the boat's destiny.
CoHo Presents Playwright Marsha Norman's 'NIGHT, MOTHER, 10/17-11/08
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2014
Marsha Norman's 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning play, 'NIGHT, MOTHER was the first Broadway show written by a woman with a cast of only woman. She has won numerous awards, including a Tony for the book of The Secret Garden and a Peabody award for her writing on the HBO series In Treatment..
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2014
Marsha Norman's 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning play, 'NIGHT, MOTHER was the first Broadway show written by a woman with a cast of only woman. She has won numerous awards, including a Tony for the book of The Secret Garden and a Peabody award for her writing on the HBO series In Treatment..
Lakewood Theatre Company Presents IT'S A BIRD... IT'S A PLANE... IT'S SUPERMAN, 10/24-25
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2014
Lakewood Theatre Company presents It's A Bird ... It's A Plane ... It's Superman Part of the Lost Treasures Collection Series October 24 & 25, 2014 The Lost Treasures Collection, a series of rarely performed musical gems, is back for a fifth season at Lakewood Theatre Company.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2014
Lakewood Theatre Company presents It's A Bird ... It's A Plane ... It's Superman Part of the Lost Treasures Collection Series October 24 & 25, 2014 The Lost Treasures Collection, a series of rarely performed musical gems, is back for a fifth season at Lakewood Theatre Company.
OSF's 2014 Daedalus Project Raises Over $142,000
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 27th annual Daedalus Project fundraiser for HIV/AIDS organizations totaled $142,496. The event on August 18 was produced by Claudia Alick, associate producer, community, and directed by Eduardo Placer, an actor with the company.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 27th annual Daedalus Project fundraiser for HIV/AIDS organizations totaled $142,496. The event on August 18 was produced by Claudia Alick, associate producer, community, and directed by Eduardo Placer, an actor with the company.
Post5 Theatre Presents THE LAST DAYS and SPECTRAVAGASM V, Now thru 10/24
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
Post5 Theatre Company presents The Last Days by Carlos Cisco, directed by Rusty Tennant, presented by Ronni Lacroute/ Willakenzie Estate and Jessica and Aaron Grimmer at The Picnic House, in partnership with KZME Portland. Joined by The Best of Spectravagasm, written and co-Produced by Samuel Dinkowitz. The shows run today, October 3 through October 26, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
Post5 Theatre Company presents The Last Days by Carlos Cisco, directed by Rusty Tennant, presented by Ronni Lacroute/ Willakenzie Estate and Jessica and Aaron Grimmer at The Picnic House, in partnership with KZME Portland. Joined by The Best of Spectravagasm, written and co-Produced by Samuel Dinkowitz. The shows run today, October 3 through October 26, 2014.
Photo Flash: First Look at Carlos Lacamara's EXILES at Artists Rep
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2014
Artists Rep is pleased to present the NW premiere of Exiles by famed film, theatre and television actor Carlos Lacamara. Artists Rep's Artistic Director Damaso Rodriguez, who is Cuban-American, will direct the first major production of Exiles since its critically acclaimed premiere in Los Angeles. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2014
Artists Rep is pleased to present the NW premiere of Exiles by famed film, theatre and television actor Carlos Lacamara. Artists Rep's Artistic Director Damaso Rodriguez, who is Cuban-American, will direct the first major production of Exiles since its critically acclaimed premiere in Los Angeles. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
BWW Reviews: MIDDLETOWN Is Home to All of Us at Third Rail
by Patrick Brassell - September 29, 2014
Middletown is a frustrating play to describe because I want to tell you everything that made me love it, and yet I don't want to tell you anything about it. I want you to go see it and experience it for yourself.
by Patrick Brassell - September 29, 2014
Middletown is a frustrating play to describe because I want to tell you everything that made me love it, and yet I don't want to tell you anything about it. I want you to go see it and experience it for yourself.
BWW Reviews: DREAMGIRLS Hits Some of the Right Notes at Portland Center Stage
by Patrick Brassell - September 28, 2014
There's so much plot crammed into the show, and so many songs (many of them performance pieces that have little to do with story or character), that it hurtles by too quickly for us to get to know the people we're watching.
by Patrick Brassell - September 28, 2014
There's so much plot crammed into the show, and so many songs (many of them performance pieces that have little to do with story or character), that it hurtles by too quickly for us to get to know the people we're watching.
BWW Reviews: A Very Gifted Cast! That's WHODUNIT at Broadway Rose
by Patrick Brassell - September 27, 2014
As the mystery elements kicked in and the bodies began to pile up, I relaxed and enjoyed myself thoroughly.
by Patrick Brassell - September 27, 2014
As the mystery elements kicked in and the bodies began to pile up, I relaxed and enjoyed myself thoroughly.
Oregon Children's Theatre to Open Season with IVY + BEAN
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014
Meet Bean. She's a loud and wild 7-year-old with a huge imagination. Bean rules the neighborhood on Pancake Court and the kids love her. Meet Ivy. She's new to the street. She's a quiet, nice - and in Bean's opinion - 'boooorrrring!' 7-year-old. Clearly, Ivy and Bean will NEVER be friends. But when Bean decides to play a trick on her bossy sister, she discovers that Ivy's proper manner is masking a mischievous witch-in-training. Together they partner up in a rambunctious backyard caper that just could be the beginning of a fabulous friendship!
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014
Meet Bean. She's a loud and wild 7-year-old with a huge imagination. Bean rules the neighborhood on Pancake Court and the kids love her. Meet Ivy. She's new to the street. She's a quiet, nice - and in Bean's opinion - 'boooorrrring!' 7-year-old. Clearly, Ivy and Bean will NEVER be friends. But when Bean decides to play a trick on her bossy sister, she discovers that Ivy's proper manner is masking a mischievous witch-in-training. Together they partner up in a rambunctious backyard caper that just could be the beginning of a fabulous friendship!
Girl Be Heard Debuts New Work in Portland Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014
Girl Be Heard (girlbeheard.org), a New York City-based nonprofit theatre company that brings issues affecting girls center stage by empowering young women to tell their stories, is proud to partner with Well Arts Institute (wellarts.org), a nonprofit, arts organization that explores the health of the Portland community and its members through the reflective lens of the arts. Through this partnership, Girl Be Heard company members will bring their newest production to Portland on September 26th at 7:30 pm, at Sellwood Playhouse.
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014
Girl Be Heard (girlbeheard.org), a New York City-based nonprofit theatre company that brings issues affecting girls center stage by empowering young women to tell their stories, is proud to partner with Well Arts Institute (wellarts.org), a nonprofit, arts organization that explores the health of the Portland community and its members through the reflective lens of the arts. Through this partnership, Girl Be Heard company members will bring their newest production to Portland on September 26th at 7:30 pm, at Sellwood Playhouse.
WORDS THAT BURN Runs This Weekend at La Luna Nueva 2014
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2014
The history and perspectives of three World War II figures will come to life during Words That Burn, a powerful performance that blends poetry and monologue.
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2014
The history and perspectives of three World War II figures will come to life during Words That Burn, a powerful performance that blends poetry and monologue.
BWW Reviews: Clackamas Rep Deftly Depicts the Struggles of GOOD PEOPLE
by Patrick Brassell - September 21, 2014
the playwright has written the characters in a very even-handed way; at no time is either Mike or Margie completely right or completely wrong; we see them both as people trying to do the right thing, yet also trying to hold on to what they already have.
by Patrick Brassell - September 21, 2014
the playwright has written the characters in a very even-handed way; at no time is either Mike or Margie completely right or completely wrong; we see them both as people trying to do the right thing, yet also trying to hold on to what they already have.
Staged! Presents PARADE by Jason Robert Brown, Now thru 10/12
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2014
Staged! and Tony Award-winning Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown go way back. For the past three years the company has been delighting musical theatre audiences with top-notch production of the composer's work and has the awards and accolades to show for it. This time, Staged! presents JRB's dark and ambitious musical Parade, today, September 20 through October 12. A dark and compelling look at American justice and racism, Parade won two Tony Awards for its sweeping score and powerful message.
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2014
Staged! and Tony Award-winning Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown go way back. For the past three years the company has been delighting musical theatre audiences with top-notch production of the composer's work and has the awards and accolades to show for it. This time, Staged! presents JRB's dark and ambitious musical Parade, today, September 20 through October 12. A dark and compelling look at American justice and racism, Parade won two Tony Awards for its sweeping score and powerful message.
WORDS THAT BURN to Run 9/25-28 at La Luna Nueva 2014
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
The history and perspectives of three World War II figures will come to life during Words That Burn, a powerful performance that blends poetry and monologue.
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
The history and perspectives of three World War II figures will come to life during Words That Burn, a powerful performance that blends poetry and monologue.
OSF's Miriam A. Laube Receives Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) actor Miriam A. Laube has been named a Distinguished Achievement recipient of a Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. Laube will receive $25,000 as a fellow, while OSF will be awarded a $7,500 support grant.
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) actor Miriam A. Laube has been named a Distinguished Achievement recipient of a Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. Laube will receive $25,000 as a fellow, while OSF will be awarded a $7,500 support grant.
Hip-Hop Theatre Production DREAMSCAPE Makes Portland Premiere at LA LUNA NUEVA 2014 This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
Milagro's theatre annual multidisciplinary festival La Luna Nueva is proud to present the powerful hip-hop theatre production Dreamscape. Written by cutting edge playwright Rickerby Hinds, Dreamscape showcase energetic story telling and traditional elements of hip-hop such as beatboxin' and rap, giving the spectators a unique thought-provoking experience.
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
Milagro's theatre annual multidisciplinary festival La Luna Nueva is proud to present the powerful hip-hop theatre production Dreamscape. Written by cutting edge playwright Rickerby Hinds, Dreamscape showcase energetic story telling and traditional elements of hip-hop such as beatboxin' and rap, giving the spectators a unique thought-provoking experience.
Third Rail Repertory Theatre Presents MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2014
Third Rail opens our season with a play we have been dying to produce since it was the hit of Portland Center Stage's 2009 JAW Festival, MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno. The residents of Middletown lead lives that are probably not too different from ours. They wake up, go to work, say hello to their neighbors, fix the plumbing, seek advice on parenting, and try to live lives that are as rewarding as possible. It's all fairly ordinary. And yet...ordinary doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of this quirky, word-frenzied, refraction of OUR TOWN. MIDDLETOWN is a quizzical fable about life in all its sweetness and pain, joy and wonder, beginnings and endings.
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2014
Third Rail opens our season with a play we have been dying to produce since it was the hit of Portland Center Stage's 2009 JAW Festival, MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno. The residents of Middletown lead lives that are probably not too different from ours. They wake up, go to work, say hello to their neighbors, fix the plumbing, seek advice on parenting, and try to live lives that are as rewarding as possible. It's all fairly ordinary. And yet...ordinary doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of this quirky, word-frenzied, refraction of OUR TOWN. MIDDLETOWN is a quizzical fable about life in all its sweetness and pain, joy and wonder, beginnings and endings.
BWW Reviews: A Small but Deeply Moving Story of INTIMATE APPAREL at Artists Rep
by Patrick Brassell - September 14, 2014
Lynn Nottage's play Intimate Apparel finds a way to make loneliness not only dramatic, but incredibly moving.
by Patrick Brassell - September 14, 2014
Lynn Nottage's play Intimate Apparel finds a way to make loneliness not only dramatic, but incredibly moving.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Opens Tonight at Lakewood Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
IT'S ALIVE! From Mel Brooks and the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes the new monster musical comedy Young Frankenstein, opening tonight, September 12 at Lakewood Theatre Company.
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
IT'S ALIVE! From Mel Brooks and the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes the new monster musical comedy Young Frankenstein, opening tonight, September 12 at Lakewood Theatre Company.
Portland's Only Latino Arts and Cultural Festival Returns with Milagro's LA LUNA NUEVA 2014, Now thru 9/28
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
The sixth edition of La Luna Nueva Milagro's 31st season's inaugural event and Portland's only Latino arts and culture festival, shines at Milagro from September 12th to 28th. Since its creation in 2008, La Luna Nueva festival has opened the doors to local and international Latino artists of multiple disciplines to present and promote the wide and diverse spectrum of vibrant, multinational and pan-ethnic Latino art and cultural expressions like no other festival in the Pacific Northwest!
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
The sixth edition of La Luna Nueva Milagro's 31st season's inaugural event and Portland's only Latino arts and culture festival, shines at Milagro from September 12th to 28th. Since its creation in 2008, La Luna Nueva festival has opened the doors to local and international Latino artists of multiple disciplines to present and promote the wide and diverse spectrum of vibrant, multinational and pan-ethnic Latino art and cultural expressions like no other festival in the Pacific Northwest!
Photo Flash: First Look at Ayanna Berkshire and More in INTIMATE APPAREL at Artists Rep
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2014
Artists Rep is thrilled to kick off its 2014/15 season with the Portland premiere of Intimate Apparel by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. Artists Rep Artistic Associate and Resident Artist Michael Mendelson will direct this award-winning, Off-Broadway and regional theatre sensation. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2014
Artists Rep is thrilled to kick off its 2014/15 season with the Portland premiere of Intimate Apparel by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. Artists Rep Artistic Associate and Resident Artist Michael Mendelson will direct this award-winning, Off-Broadway and regional theatre sensation. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
OSF Presents Luis Alfaro's ST. JUDE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2014
Luis Alfaro, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence, will perform his autobiographical play St. Jude tonight, September 11 at 8 p.m. in the Thomas Theatre as part of the Festival's four-day CultureFest celebration. The production is the final OSF Presents production of the season.
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2014
Luis Alfaro, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence, will perform his autobiographical play St. Jude tonight, September 11 at 8 p.m. in the Thomas Theatre as part of the Festival's four-day CultureFest celebration. The production is the final OSF Presents production of the season.
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