“Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.” –Ebenezer Scrooge Broadway Rose [...]
Throughout the last 10 months, Portland-area live theatre has struggled as much or more than any other segment of our economy. And yet, as a body and singly, theatres carry on, stretching their [...]
Roald Dahl, with his colorful stories and even more colorful language, was known for often outrageous children’s stories. (We were great fans when the children were younger!) For Lakewood [...]
Okay, call me a sucker. I’m a sucker for Christmas stories. Not the ones we see on the Hallmark channel, but real Christmas stories–like that poor couple who travel to Bethlehem to [...]
A funny thing happened at Portland Center Stage the other night. Dorothy and Toto and Little Orphan Annie showed up onstage in a show about Charles Dickens’ The Christmas Carol. How are [...]
The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens is back in town and playing on the Main Stage at Portland Center Stage through December 31. The play has become a favorite with [...]
What would the season be without A Christmas Carol? The transformative power of this simple novella by Charles Dickens cannot be denied. And for years, Portland Playhouse has carried the torch, [...]
Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (Subtitle: Lucinda Stroud murders it!) is alive and well, and onstage at Portland Center Stage’s main stage through February 14. The novel was [...]