by Krista Garver - May 07, 2026
When I saw Portland Playhouse's 2025–2026 season announced, the show I was most irrationally excited about was THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL. I’m far from an expert on the SpongeBob SquarePants universe, but I've watched enough episodes to have completely fallen for the little yellow sponge in square pa...
by Krista Garver - May 07, 2026
You don't often get the chance to see DOCTOR FAUSTUS on stage. Christopher Marlowe's early 1600s masterwork is the ur-text of the Faustian bargain, the template for everything from the musical Damn Yankees to the Al Pacino-Keanu Reeves film The Devil's Advocate. And yet it rarely gets produced. Than...
by Krista Garver - May 04, 2026
Nearly 40 years after its Broadway premiere, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA continues to cast its spell. I saw proof of that everywhere at the packed Keller Auditorium, including a young girl clutching a teddy bear wearing a tiny Phantom mask. The now and future PHANTOM fandom is in excellent hands....
by Dawn Sellers - May 03, 2026
Hello Gorgeous! Lakewood Theatre brings the curtain down on its 73rd season in spectacular fashion with the heartfelt, funny, and moving musical comedy Funny Girl. What a way to say goodbye to a landmark season. Get tix https://lakewood-center.org/...
by Krista Garver - April 30, 2026
Confession time: I saw the original production of FAT HAM on Broadway, and I thought “meh.” Clearly, I just didn’t get it. Now, after seeing this stunning co-production between Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse, directed by Charles Grant, I finally understand....
by Krista Garver - April 29, 2026
Fertile Ground 2026 wrapped up last weekend, and on the whole, it was fantastic. I saw 17 shows, which included readings of plays by well-known local playwrights, new works by rising stars, and some fun genre-bending original performances. Here are my notes about the final set. If you missed my firs...
by Krista Garver - April 24, 2026
On my way to Shaking the Tree Theatre to see Tennessee Williams' THE GLASS MENAGERIE, I realized I had seen more comical adaptations of the play, ranging from gently ribbing to outright farcical, than actual productions of it....
by Krista Garver - April 20, 2026
What did our critic think of FERTILE GROUND 2026 - REVIEW ROUNDUP #2 at Various?...
by Dawn Sellers - April 17, 2026
If you love sitcoms, Hollywood nostalgia, and a good love story, Ladybug! Ladybug! is an absolute delight, and you still have a chance to catch it tonight!...
by Krista Garver - April 13, 2026
This year’s Fertile Ground Festival started last Friday. As in years past, I’ll be posting short reviews of everything I see. Here’s the first set....
Past Shows
Darcelle: That's No Lady tells the story of how Walter Cole turned a skidrow tavern in 1967 into the oldest drag club in the US.
Why do you believe, what you believe? SHOULD YOU BELIEVE?
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT by Topher PayneComedyStep back to the ’50s.There were so many “hidden” truths, if any were found out many lives would be destroyed. For...
WADE MCCOLLUM - (Wicked, Jersey Boys) stars in Mr. Madam - confessions of a male madam. This new play is based upon a true story,...
Maude [Helen Raptis], a fifty-something unemployed bartender living in a trailer park, has bought a painting for a few bucks from a thrift store. Despite...
Raissa Fleming returns to triangle's stage after 29 years to perform in Eve Ensler's (The Vagina Monologues) one-person show In The Body of the World.Eve...
This approximately hour-long documentary allows the story of one of the most original women of the Northwest.From her humble beginnings as a child in Shreveport...
Helen Rapits stars as Erma Bombeck - famous humorist.Erma Bombeck: At Wits End takes a comic look at one of our countrys most beloved voices,...
triangle has had a history with the show first producing it in 1998 and then again in 1999. This show features the following ensemble cast:Shawn...
What would happen if you were an Elvis impersonator and you lose your job to a drag queen? Well, you think a minute then you,...
triangle productions! is excited and proud to present the Northwest Premiere of Love, Loss, and What I Wore a play written by Nora and Delia...
I'll Eat You Last starring local television host Helen Rapits as legendary Hollywood agent, Sue Mengers.Sue who? Sue Mengers was, at a time during the...
triangle productions! presents the West Coast premiere of Who's Holiday starring Daria!Matthew Lombardo's hysterically funny, wildly irreverent, and heartfelt parody, is an absolute must-see for...
The FOUR TIME TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICAL returns for two performances after a successful run in June 2018. Dale Johannes portrays Hansel who has a...
Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain) EVERY FAMILY HAS A SECRET As Anna, sits on a park...
triangle productions! is presenting 2 one-act plays each evening Gary Norman stars in Lanford Wilson's first play that started the off-off-Broadway revolution in 1964 -...
By Robert Askins OREGON PREMIERE “IF THE BOOK OF MORMON AND AVENUE Q HAD A BABY, IT WOULD BE HAND TO GOD!” NOMINATED: 5 Tony...
triangle productions! Is proud to present the return of the “Triple Crown” Tony Award winning musical about Princeton who can’t find a place to live...
By Terry Teachout OREGON PREMIERE March 1971. Backstage at the Empire Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Louis Armstrong, (portrayed by Salim Sanchez) the greatest...
Golda’s Balcony is the final work from Tony® Award-winning playwright William Gibson (The Miracle Worker, Two for the Seesaw), and an award-winning smash that, in...
This OUTRAGEOUS new comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs: working in Barbra Streisand’s Malibu basement....
Obie and Drama Desk Award winning Play! Written by Mary Louise Wilson and Mark Hampton Directed by Donald Horn Lighting by Jeffrey Woods The set...
In 2004 when Green Day introduced the world to their seventh studio album it became an instant bestseller and even won the group a Grammy...
In a Catholic reformatory in 1914, three teenage girls (Anne, Theresa, and Lucy) pass the time with masturbation rituals, though they're innocent of the "sinful"...
In a Catholic reformatory in 1914, three teenage girls (Anne, Theresa, and Lucy) pass the time with masturbation rituals, though they're innocent of the "sinful"...
In a Catholic reformatory in 1914, three teenage girls (Anne, Theresa, and Lucy) pass the time with masturbation rituals, though they're innocent of the "sinful"...
The Book of Merman is a new musical comedy by Chicago’s Award-Winning playwright Leo Schwartz. Story: When two Mormons missionaries, Elder Shumway and Elder Braithwaite...
We are smack dab in the middle of the 60's, every professional had a cigarette between their lips and a flask of scotch in their...
Storefront was a thriving theater company in Portland OR during the mid 70’s all the way through the 80’s and in 1991 it all came...
Karola Ruth Siegel is more than just “Dr. Ruth.” Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist....
Videos
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Fat Ham Portland Center Stage at The Aromory (4/19-5/17) |
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Next To Normal Twilight Theater Company (5/21-6/14) |
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Funny Girl Lakewood Theatre Company (4/24-6/07) |
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August Wilson’s King Hedley II Oregon Shakespeare Festival (7/16-10/24) |
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles Theatre in the Grove (5/29-6/14) |
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The Teasy Belle: A Burlesque Brunch Cabaret Victorian Belle Mansion (5/17-5/17) |
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A Raisin in the Sun Oregon Shakespeare Festival (3/15-7/19) |
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Steel Magnolias Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre (HART) (5/02-5/17) |
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Emma Oregon Shakespeare Festival (6/07-10/09) |
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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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