One Week Only
SHAKESPEARE'S VILLAINS • Lincoln Performance Hall, at PSU
Opening This Week
THE LAST VENUE • Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
THE ROCK STAR • Lakewood Theater Company at Lakewood Theater for the Arts
Opening & Current Runs
Blossom Summer
An adaptation of the children's book by Betsy Byars HILLSBORO ACTORS REPERTORY THEATER, 230 East Main St, 693-7815, Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $6
Eyes Right
Three different intertwined stories emerge and blend as performers improvise among themselves and-yikes-with audience members. BRODY THEATER, 1904 NW 27 Ave, 224-0688, Fridays, 8 pm, through June, $8
*Frog, Lizards, Orbs, and Slinkys
It just won't go away! Extended again (probably because of last week's Merc interview with the company's founders)! And we couldn't be more pleased. And what is it? How about penguins playing musical chairs, two-faced crocodiles and paper bags on stage. Well, if it's good enough for New York City, we suppose it's good enough for us. Home-town-artists-made-good, Imago Theater carries on with Frogs, Lizards, Orbs and Slinkys . If you're looking for fun, fresh performance, this is definitely the production to see. IMAGO THEATER, 17 SE Eighth Ave, 231-9581, Fri 7:30, Sat 1:30 & 7:30, Sun 1:30 & 5:30, extended through July 23, $16 adults, $13 students/seniors, $9 kids
Grease
The '50s, as seen from the vantage of the '70s, '80s, '90s, and now the '00s. BROADWAY ROSE THEATRE COMPANY, AT THE DEB FENNEL AUDITORIUM, 9000 SW Durham Road, Wed-Sat 8 pm Sun 2 pm, $9-15
Late Nite Catechism
A popular, recent trend in local theater is supposedly interactive plays. This one is among the most popular, about a parochial school nun. CLOUD 9 PRODUCTIONS AT THE MAIN STREET THEATER, 904 SW Main St, 790-2787, Thur-Fri, 8 pm, Sat, 2 and 8 pm, Sun, 7 pm, through July 31, $24.50 to $29.50
*Shakespeare's Villains
As part of the month long Portland International Performance Festival, British actor Steve Berkoff performs his one person show, which he subtitles A Masterclass in Evil. LINCOLN PERFORMANCE HALL, AT PSU, 1620 SW Park Ave, 725-3307/725-3105, Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $18
The Last Venue
A hybrid of dance, acting, music, and even puppetry in which five outsiders--among them a sex addict and a priest--are brought together under dramatic circumstances. INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER, 5340 N Interstate Ave, 823-4322, Thur-Sat, 8 pm, $10
The Rock Star
The career of a 1950s songwriter who has a chance to impress Elvis is chronicled in this original musical conceived by Greg Tamblyn and others. LAKEWOOD THEATER COMPANY AT LAKEWOOD THEATER FOR THE ARTS, 368 S State St, 635-3901, Thur-Sat, 8 pm, Sun, 7 pm, through August 31, $20
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Continuing on, the late, anodyne newspaper comics creator receives the inevitable homage from this dinner theater combo. SYLVIA'S CLASS ACT DINNER THEATER, 5115 NE Sandy Blvd, 288-6828, Thu-Sat, 8 pm, Sun at 7 pm, through Sept 2, $21.95-$31.95
