There’s a whole heap of funny happening in Portland this weekend. So when it’s time to take a break from the green beer and pinching cute strangers, check out the people making the laughs all over town. A Load of HooeyBob Odenkirk, of Mr. Show fame and currently on Breaking Bad, is at the Brody. […]
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Holy crap! Open Mic Comedy at the Boiler Room Turns 10 Tonight!
Portland’s longest-running comedy open mic has finally hit the double digits, and they’re celebrating with a show that features some of Portland’s favorite local comics — many of whom got their start right there on the Boiler Room stage. In 2002, host Kevin-Michael Moore was performing with local sketch comedy troupe The 3rd Floor. “I […]
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Funny Over Everything at the Hollywood
Funny Over Everything is back tomorrow night at the Hollywood Theatre. At just $7, it’s still the best comedy deal in town. Hell, it’s probably the best comedy deal on the West Coast. This week’s show highlights the weird and smart Sean Patton (Conan, Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central), accompanied by local acts including Anthony Lopez […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Lunacy Stageworks’ Remarkable Jack and Jill
A brand-new Sellwood company succeeds where so many startup companies fail.
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Perfectly Portland
Action Adventure’s addictive, serialized Fall of the House is back for another season.
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Outsourcing Evil
Horror lurks beneath The Receptionist‘s quotidian surface
Horror lurks beneath The Receptionist‘s quotidian surface
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Mirror Universe
With the merely serviceable Vladimir Vladimir, Imago Theatre falls far short of the mark they’ve set for themselves.
Posted inTBA
Linda Wysong: Backyard Conversations
“I have mixed feelings about this place,” Linda Wysong admitted during her show yesterday afternoon. “This place” is the South Waterfront, and the show, Backyard Conversations, is an exploration of the strange little world down there, south of the Ross Island Bridge. If you’ve got any interest in how cities are born and constantly reinvented, […]
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Artists Rep’s Sharp, Nuanced Blackbird
Artists Rep’s strong new show might finally turn their floundering ship around.
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Daniel Beaty’s One-Man Resurrection
This is a great year for solo performance at T:BA. It’s weak on women, but the men they’ve got are telling important stories, and telling them well. Daniel Beaty’s Resurrection is a perfect counterpoint to Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings. While Lemon told his own story of trying to fulfill his potential when the odds […]
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Pylon
Portland Ensemble Theatre Company presents Craig Jessen’s thoughtful, well-scripted Pylon.