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THE HUMANS Adds Performances at Artists Rep
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2017
Artists Rep presents the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best New Play The Humans, by Stephen Karam, directed by D maso Rodr guez from November 19 through December 17 on the theatre's intimate Morrison Stage. Artists Rep is one of the first regional theatres in the nation to produce The Humans featuring a local cast and design team.
Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; FUN HOME at Portland Stage Leads as Best Musical!
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2017
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
BWW Review: MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES Brings Greek Tragedy to the Modern Immigrant Experience, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - November 15, 2017
MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES is a painful, very timely play that provides a human context for a lot of things going on in the news right now. Also, Christopher Acebo's set is fabulous.
Voting Now Open For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards!
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS Based Off The Ludwig Bemelmans Classic Book Comes to Portland
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
Fill your holidays with laughter, magic and Madeline. A delightful treat for the whole family.
Can Can's WONDERLAND Debuts in Portland
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
Wonderland Celebrate the holidays as our cast of A-list performers swing from the chandeliers in an original cabaret and burlesque theatre show full of classic beauty and flirtatious artistry. It'll be a glittering parade of nostalgia, exploding with dance, laughter, and all the cheer of yesteryear. This carnival of merriment will mesmerize audiences, making this a holiday entertainment spectacular to remember. 'Tis the season to eat, drink, and be merry in a wintry Wonderland. Consider this your invitation to the holiday soir e that you've always dreamed of!
Chris Coleman to Depart Portland Center Stage After 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
Ted Austin, board chair for Portland Center Stage at The Armory, announced today that Artistic Director Chris Coleman will depart The Armory at the end of the current 2017 - 2018 season to become artistic director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' (DCPA) Theatre Company.
Northwest Children's Theater presents CINDERELLA This Holiday Season
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2017
Dance your way through the holidays with NWCT's original tap extravaganza. The Oregonian calls Cinderella a gem of sophisticated accessibility, hipness and wit and impossible not to love.
BWW Review: THE BODYGUARD is All About the Music, and That's Enough
by Krista Garver - November 08, 2017
This Whitney Houston tribute concert with a plot, part of the Broadway in Portland season, is packed with phenomenal performances of the late singer's greatest hits.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Wraps 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2017
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival wrapped up its 2017 season on October 28 with the final performances of Shakespeare in Love, Henry IV, Part Two, and Julius Caesar.
BWW Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is as Relevant as Ever, at Lakewood Theatre Company
by Krista Garver - November 07, 2017
Lakewood Theatre Company's production, directed by Brenda Hubbard, is very good and incredibly timely given that this story of racial injustice set in 1935 is disturbingly just as relevant today.
Portland Playhouse Presents Fall Festival of Shakespeare
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2017
Portland Playhouse is excited to announce that its Fall Festival of Shakespeare will take place at the Winningstad Theatre on November 17 and 18th.
Artists Rep Awarded $119K For MAGELLANICA From Oregon Community Foundation & Edgerton Foundation
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017
Artists Repertory Theatre is excited to announce two major gifts in support of the World Premiere production of Magellanica, a play by E.M. Lewis, with a limited run January 20 through February 18, 2018. Artists Rep will receive $75,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Initiative and $44,000 from the Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards made through the Theatre Communications Group.
Darius Pierce to Star in TWIST YOUR DICKENS At The Armory
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017
The hilarious hit from comedy giant The Second City returns to The Armory for another year of holiday jeer. The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens, written by Emmy Award-winners Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort, begins preview performances on the U.S. Bank Main Stage on December 5; opens on December 8; and runs through December 31.
Artists Rep Presents THE HUMANS this Month
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017
Artists Rep presents the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best New Play The Humans, by Stephen Karam, directed by D maso Rodr guez from November 19 through December 17 on the theatre's intimate Morrison Stage.
Photo Flash: Merideth Kaye Clark and Leif Norby Star in A CHRISTMAS MEMORY and WINTER SONG
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2017
This winter, a delightful offering of holiday story and song will run in The Armory's Ellyn Bye Studio. Truman Capote's tender holiday tale, A Christmas Memory, will be paired with Winter Song, an original presentation of music and storytelling created by the brilliant singer Merideth Kaye Clark and The Armory's own Brandon Woolley. Preview performances will begin November 18, opening night is November 24, and performances will run through December 31. Get a sneak peek at the actors below!
Ellen Margolis' PERICLES WET Makes World Premiere this December at Portland Shakes
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2017
Portland Shakespeare Project presents the world premiere of Pericles Wet, by Portland playwright Ellen Margolis. Commissioned by Portland Shakes, Pericles Wet is a masterful adaptation of William Shakespeare's Pericles directed by Michael Mendelson.
Portland Stage Continues Season with COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2017
Complications From A Fall begins previews Tuesday, October 24, opens Today, October 27, and runs through November 12 at Portland Stage.
BELFAST GIRLS Begins 11/17 at Corrib Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2017
Launching their 2017-18 season with a gripping historical drama that nods to today's relevant questions of how the elite endeavor to remove undesirable residents from their country, Corrib Theatre presents Jaki McCarrick's U.S. West Coast Premiere of Belfast Girls. Corrib Theatre's production of Belfast Girls runs for four weeks, from November 17 through December 10 at Shaking the Tree Theatre.
BWW Review: FARNDALE AVENUE...MURDER AT CHECKMATE MANOR is Delightfully Terrible and Hilariously Funny, at Bag&Baggage
by Krista Garver - October 24, 2017
Bag&Baggage's THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S PRODUCTION OF MURDER AT CHECKMATE MANOR is comedy done right.
Portland Stage Continues Season with COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2017
Complications From A Fall begins previews Today, October 24, opens Friday, October 27, and runs through November 12 at Portland Stage.
2017 Portland Film Festival Announces Line-Up
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2017
The 2017 PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY COMCAST, will screen 152 narrative and documentary films October 30th through November 5th, 2017, at Portland's iconic Laurelhurst Theater.
X Marks the Spot! Oregon Children's Theatre to Stage 'JUDY MOODY & STINK'
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2017
X marks the spot as Judy and her brother Stink set sail on a nautical adventure to find Cap'n Weevil's secret pirate treasure. But they'll have to race their swashbuckling rivals, Tall Boy and Smart Girl, to see who will be first to find the gold! Will Judy and Stink crack the secret codes and spot the hidden clues before time runs out?
Bag&Baggage Productions to Tell A CHRISTMAS CAROL Origin Story
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2017
What many people do NOT know about Dickens' 'Ghostly little book' is the origin story: how did one of England's most prolific writers ever come up with the idea for Scrooge, Cratchit, and Tiny Tim in the first place?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Opens Next Month At Lakewood Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2017
Lakewood Theatre Company continues its 65th season with the timeless drama To Kill a Mockingbird directed by Brenda Hubbard.

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Metropolitan Performing Arts (4/18 - 4/18)
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Avenue Q in Portland Avenue Q
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