“Life’s distressing mysteries”
What happens when Sherlock Holmes’s muse goes mute because of the pandemic? What is Dr. Joan Watson, who arrives forlorn and depressed at 221 Baker Street in search of temporary lodgings, [...]
The lost boys
Sometimes, on the way to reclaim oneself, it is necessary to unload. So, on the brink of his 2002 testimony in the Irish courts, where he charges Ireland with willful blindness, deafness and [...]
Not your usual dinner theatre–The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
We’re in a pub. A Scottish pub. Here’s your food. The bar is over there. Big, round tables. Gobs of jolly people. Fine, energizing, Scottish music provided by Katie Jane Lubiens and [...]
The Marriage Plot revisited
Last summer, Clackamas Repertory Theatre mounted a fabulous production of Kate Hamill’s Sense & Sensibility, adapted from the Jane Austen novel of the same name. Portland Center Stage brings [...]
The night the orphans unionized
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 [...]
Small Mouth Sounds–A romp in the woods
“I have no plan,” announces the guru-like Teacher (Mary McDonald-Lewis) to a gathering of six disparate and mostly miserable souls in Bess Wohl‘s Small Mouth Sounds now running [...]
Scarlet–glimpses of grace
After a long absence from its normal venue at 602 NE Prescott, Portland Playhouse returns to newly renovated headquarters with the exciting new musical, Scarlet. The book, music, and lyrics are [...]
Dickens gets twisted at Portland Center Stage
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 [...]