A tender, tragic tale
In Broadway Rose Theatre Company‘s season finale, The Last Five Years (writer and composer Jason Robert Brown), tells the story of the short marriage of two young artists–Cathy [...]
Music and the heart
Walking into Broadway Rose Theatre to see Once (book by Edna Walsh), one is transformed to a Dublin street set. A jolly bunch of musicians/actors play fiddles, guitars, and an accordion on stage [...]
Tales from another era
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II‘s much-loved musical South Pacific opened at Clackamas Repertory Theatre last weekend. Directed by Jayne Stevens and Wesley Robert Hanson, the show [...]
Matilda: ‘the anarchy of childhood’
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 [...]
When wishes come true
Summer season is here! And for Broadway Rose Theatre Company, that means BIG musicals. But this year, with Broadway Rose’s summer venue under construction, the big musicals are being staged [...]
The power of the hat
When Brooklyn teen Yolanda (Kelli Bee) and her family suffer an unspeakable tragedy, she is shipped off to South Carolina to stay with her grandmother, Mother Shaw (Marilyn Keller), a strong, [...]
Deidrie Henry is Billie Holiday
March, 1959. In a run-down bar in South Philly, the celebrated jazz singer Billie Holiday gives what will be one of her last performances. It’s difficult to watch her take the stage. [...]
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Company, a musical that examines the institution of marriage, opened Friday night at Broadway Rose Theatre Company in Tigard. Set in New York City, written by George Furth, with music and lyrics [...]