Justin Sanders

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll Stark Raving Theater 3430 SE Belmont St, 232-7072 Let’s pretend I just saw a show called Pigs & Dogs, only to discover that it isn’t really about pigs and dogs at all. Would I be upset about this false advertising? Not really. I like pigs and dogs as much as […]

Rise Descend Rise Performance Works NorthWest, 777-1907 March 10-11, 24-25, $5-$10 Local actor/writer, Rebecca David, has self-produced her own original, one-woman show based on the life of ceramics artists, Beatrice Wood. Intrigued by her tenacity and fascinated by her subject matter, I spoke with her about her upcoming show. So why this ceramics artist? Why […]

Kiss of the Spider Woman The Miracle Theatre Group 503-236-7253 Through March 17 Notice the image alongside this review. Notice the stagnant lighting used to illuminate the two actors in the photograph. Notice the ugly contrast that coats the kneeling figure in dimness, and basks the standing figure in whiteness. Now notice the faces of […]

Straight Echo Theater, 1515 SE 37th, 224-8499 One Night Only, Feb 24, 8 pm I’ve heard multiple staff members at the Mercury comment on how hot David Schmader is. I have now watched his one man show, Straight, twice on video tape, and I don’t think he’s all that hot. He’s pretty good looking, I […]

Dutchman Raindog Theatre, 735-1946 Through Feb 24 Amiri Baraka’s (LeRoi Jones) Dutchman is sort of a Zoo Story for the racially aware Beat Generation. Like Albee’s masterpiece, Dutchman was written during the ’60s and revolves around the can’t-fail premise of a crazy character fucking with the mind of a sane character until the sane character […]

Theatre Vertigo, 306-0870 Through Feb 11 Please. Go back and say those words out loud. Let them slide off your tongue and linger on your lips before dancing away into Nature’s wondrous void. Poona. Fuckdog. Poona the Fuckdog. It’s like reciting heaven. Unfortunately, the theatrical event designated by those God-sent words is not nearly so […]