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Theater & Performance
All articles tagged "Theater & Performance"
Music
Mar 13
12:00 PM
Oregon Symphony 2023-24 Season: Cancellations, Crowd-Pleasers, and Comebacks
Budget cuts nixed the 2023 free Waterfront Concert, but the rest of the calendar is built to bring audiences back.
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Mar 6
11:00 AM
Front Porch Sessions Is a Loneliness-Destroying Storytelling Show
Chris Williams' community-building series is simple in format, but built from a dense amount of knowledge and experience.
Suzette Smith
Food and Drink
Mar 3
12:30 PM
Drinks Before or After?
A guide to Portland art and performance venues, and where to talk about the show—after the show.
Suzette Smith
&
Wm. Steven Humphrey
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Theater & Performance
Feb 16
12:14 PM
My Perfectly Valid Objections
Airs the First Date Anxieties of Trans and Cis People
Portland playwright Mikki Gillette depicts the minefield trans women navigate, specifically while dating cis men.
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Jan 17
10:43 AM
Theater Preview: PETE’s
The Americans
Looks at Idealized America vs. the Real America
The provocative theater company pulls from Robert Frank's black-and-white photographs to prod at the tumultuous history of American social relations.
Conner Reed
Music
Oct 24
3:50 PM
The Future of YACHT Rock
After a screening of
The Computer Accent
YACHT will play the album they used AI to create
Robert Ham
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Theater & Performance
Oct 21
10:59 AM
Even at Three Hours, Sorkin's
To Kill a Mockingbird
Is Riveting
Make it out to the touring production's short run at the Keller Auditorium while you have the chance.
Max Tapogna
Theater & Performance
Oct 11
11:24 AM
Shaking the Tree’s Play About Abortion Contains More Than Politics
Suzan-Lori Parks wrote
Fucking A
in 2000, but the play remains an unflinching and prescient critique of today.
Max Tapogna
TBA
Sep 16
10:00 AM
TBA Review: Drag Clown Carla Rossi Clowns Harder
Clown Down 2: Clown Out of Water
is a like a Jim Henson apocalpyse cult Greek tragedy.
Suzette Smith
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TBA
Sep 14
1:40 PM
TBA Review: Adrienne Truscott Is the Centerpiece of
THIS
By the time Adrienne Truscott was on a scissor lift, sipping a glass of red wine, I had already given myself over to the dance.
McKinzie Smith
Fall Arts 2022
Sep 12
8:08 AM
Fucking A
with a Capital Abortion
"You cannot do this play without talking about race," Shaking the Tree's Samantha Van Der Merwe says.
Max Tapogna
News
Sep 11
8:00 AM
YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Power-Hungry Politicos vs. Change, New Seasons' New Union, and a Chick-fil-A Strip Club?
Wm. Steven Humphrey
Theater & Performance
Jul 22
4:21 PM
The Shoebox Is Now 21ten Theatre
And two Portland actresses are now Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Suzette Smith
Music
Jul 14
1:12 PM
Air You Ready to Rock?
US Air Guitar Nationals Brings the Thunder (But No Instruments)
Elinor Jones
Theater & Performance
Jul 7
11:00 AM
Is Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble's
The Cherry Orchard
a Stage Play or a Spell?
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Jun 21
11:55 AM
Fire Jugglers and Shirtless Acrobats Make
Cirque du Soleil: Alegría
Cirque Do So Slay
Elinor Jones
Theater & Performance
Jun 14
10:21 AM
Kimber K. Shade and Isaiah Esquire Created Blackout as a Place to Be Queer and Unapologetically Black
Mx. Dahlia Belle
Theater & Performance
May 26
4:26 PM
Legendary
Recap of Episodes 1-3: Portland's House of Ada Struts Onscreen as Fairies, Then Frogs
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
May 18
10:19 AM
House of Ada to Represent Portland's Ballroom Culture Scene on Season 3 of HBO's
Legendary
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Mar 18
12:08 PM
The Aces’
Lives of the Party
Review: Ten Years of Sketch Comedy Yield Their Best Dog Impression Yet
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Mar 9
10:00 AM
How to Be Picked as a Human Sacrifice at Taylor Mac’s
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Mar 5
3:00 PM
What’s Coming up Soon from Our List of 30 Arts Events to Check Out in Portland This Spring?
EverOut Staff
Theater & Performance
Mar 2
10:16 AM
In
The Queers
, Mikki Gillette Writes Real, Unflinching Stories about the Transgender Experience
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Feb 7
12:44 PM
Theater Review:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Returns to the Ellyn Bye and to Rocking Your Face Off
Elinor Jones
Theater & Performance
Feb 2
12:08 PM
Theater Review:
The Great Leap
's Basketball Drama May Be Predictable, but Makes Surprise Moves At the Buzzer
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Dec 29
1:00 PM
Broke Gravy Improv Trio Holding Show at Curious Comedy: “I’m chomping at the bit to get back on stage."
Chase Hutchinson
Theater & Performance
Nov 30
11:00 AM
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The Moth
Mainstage, Jake Shimabukuro, & Sebastian Bach!
Mercury Promotions
Theater & Performance
Nov 23
9:56 AM
FREE TICKETS TUESDAY: Enter to Win Tix to See
O Christmas Tea
, Beabadoobee, and Lettuce!
Mercury Promotions
Theater & Performance
Nov 16
10:00 AM
FREE TICKETS TUESDAY: Enter to Win Tix for the Cowboy Junkies, Last Podcast on the Left, & The Moth Mainstage!
Mercury Promotions
Theater & Performance
Nov 10
10:56 AM
Q&A:
Mean Girls: The Musical
Star Mary Kate Morrissey Helps Weird Art Kids Feel Less Alone
Elinor Jones
Theater & Performance
Oct 29
1:01 PM
Portland’s Haunted House Actors Are Thrilled to Be Scaring You Again
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Oct 29
10:21 AM
Scary-Funny Improv Show
Murder Mystery Machine
Is “
Scooby-Doo
Meets
Saw
”
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Oct 8
10:00 AM
Comedian Jacqueline Novak Brings One-Woman Show to Portland: “The most highbrow show about blowjobs you’ll ever see!”
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Oct 6
1:04 PM
Q&A: Siren Theater’s
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Play!
Creator-Director Shelley McLendon on Making Horror Funny
Chase Hutchinson
Theater & Performance
Sep 22
10:00 AM
An Oregon Christian Summer Camp Gets Skewered in Hilarious Stage Show
Wild Wild Christian
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Aug 9
10:03 AM
Remembering Experimental Drag-Punk Icon, Phatima Rude
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Jun 3
2:35 PM
Martha Bakes
Centers a Revolutionary Slave, Plus More Vanport Mosaic Picks
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Jun 1
10:01 AM
Gen Z’s Voice Narrates Portland Playwright’s Award-Winning Drama
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
May 13
12:50 PM
Portland Slam Poet Jordan Wolmut on Trauma, Performance, and Her Poem
Trigger Warning
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Oct 30
11:11 AM
Just In Time for Halloween, Siren Theater Unleashes
Blair Witch Project
Parody
Wm. Steven Humphrey
Theater & Performance
Sep 11
10:20 AM
TBA:20 Begins This Weekend to Make Note of a Time We'll Never Forget
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
May 22
8:30 AM
The Best Things To Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Fri May 22
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
May 18
2:23 AM
The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Mon May 18
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
May 16
7:59 AM
The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Sat May 16
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
May 11
9:00 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon May 11
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
May 4
7:57 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon, May 4
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
May 1
8:05 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri May 1
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 30
8:20 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 30
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 23
10:30 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 23
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 13
10:00 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon April 13
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 11
10:30 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat April 11
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 10
11:15 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 10
Mercury Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 7
10:29 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues April 7
Mercury EverOut Staff
Theater & Performance
Apr 1
10:24 AM
A Portland Theater Scene Update, and How You Can Help Them Survive the COVID-19 Crisis
Alison Hallett
&
Pat Moran
Theater & Performance
Mar 20
3:45 PM
Attention Portland Musicians, Comedians, and Performers: Send Us Your Live Stream Show Info!
Wm. Steven Humphrey
Theater & Performance
Mar 12
1:53 PM
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
at Portland Center Stage: Tears Within the First Ten Minutes
Robert Ham
Arts
Mar 12
4:00 AM
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Review: Jamie Sanders’ Portrayal of an Autistic Boy Brings Tears
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Feb 13
12:50 PM
The Aces Sketch Comedy Show
Ghost Town
Is Going Straight to the Wild Wild West
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Jan 30
11:26 AM
The 2020 Fertile Ground Festival Dismantles the Patriarchy, Plans for Death, and Channels Osho
Suzette Smith
Arts
Jan 30
4:00 AM
The 2020 Fertile Ground Festival Dismantles the Patriarchy, Plans for Death, and Channels Osho
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Jan 9
11:30 AM
Portland Center Stage’s
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Review: Delphon Curtis Jr. Gives Us the Hedwig / Beyoncé Hybrid of Our Dreams
Suzette Smith
Arts
Jan 2
4:00 AM
Kids in the Hall
Member Bruce McCulloch Interview: Part Mentor, Part Cautionary Tale
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Jan 2
4:00 AM
Beckett Women
Preview: Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble Tackles Four Works by Samuel Beckett
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Dec 19
1:17 PM
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
: Is This How Jane Austen Nerds Fall in Love?
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Dec 19
11:29 AM
Cats
Review: Ah, So
This
Is What It's Like to Have a Nightmare While You’re Awake
Suzette Smith
Arts
Dec 19
4:00 AM
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Review: Is This How Jane Austen Nerds Fall in Love?
Suzette Smith
Arts
Dec 19
4:00 AM
Batman Return Returns
Puts Local Music Heroes in Superhero Roles
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Dec 18
3:00 PM
Batman Return Returns
Puts Portland Music Heroes in Superhero Roles
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Dec 5
1:57 PM
Composer Gabriel Kahane on Marrying Social Justice With Contemporary Classical Music
The Brooklyn-based artist performs this weekend with the Oregon Symphony
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Dec 5
11:35 AM
Burn This
Theater Review: Is Lanford Wilson's Revived Play a Story, an Exercise, or a Pedestal for Male Rage?
Suzette Smith
Arts
Dec 5
4:00 AM
John Waters Interview: Mr. Know-It-All Talks Tarnished Wisdom and Why He Stopped Making Films
Robert Ham
Arts
Dec 5
4:00 AM
Burn This
Theater Review: Is Lanford Wilson's Revived Play a Story, an Exercise, or a Pedestal for Male Rage?
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Dec 4
4:06 PM
John Waters Interview: Mr. Know-It-All Talks Tarnished Wisdom and Why He Stopped Making Films
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Nov 22
5:00 PM
Why Did
Merce Cunningham at 100
Make Me Cry? I Mean, They're Just Birds!
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Nov 17
1:30 PM
Unwind a Little with This Drag Clown Trapped under a Cabinet in
Clown Down: Failed to Mount
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Nov 15
5:15 PM
La Ruta
Theater Review: Isaac Gomez's Powerful Play Speaks to the Complicated Horror and Promise of Ciudad Juárez
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Nov 15
5:00 PM
Theater Review:
The Hip-Hop Nutcracker
Was Way Better Than I Expected
Jenni Moore
Theater & Performance
Nov 12
12:42 PM
Rap Pioneer Kurtis Blow Talks
The Hip-Hop Nutcracker
, New Film Projects,
Jesus Is King
, and More
Jenni Moore
Theater & Performance
Oct 26
2:40 PM
Portland Opera's
Madama Butterfly
Tastefully Updates Puccini's Problematic Masterpiece for the 21st Century
Ned Lannamann
Theater & Performance
Oct 25
3:10 PM
The Brothers Paranormal
Review: A Ghost Story That Left Me a Little Cold
Robert Ham
Arts
Oct 10
4:00 AM
Aries Osiris Perfectly Embodies the Mysteries of Dionysos in Shaking the Tree’s
Bakkhai
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Oct 9
1:00 PM
Sexy, Scary, Gods Becoming Men; Shaking the Tree's
Bakkhai
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Sep 30
4:00 PM
Lake House
Hamlet
Review: Shakespeare in a Secret Location Still Lands Strongly on the Shoulders of Capable Actors
Ben Coleman
Theater & Performance
Sep 26
3:30 PM
Darcelle: That’s No Lady
Review: A Messy Look at One Man’s Fantastic Life
Suzette Smith
Arts
Sep 26
4:00 AM
Darcelle: That’s No Lady
Review: A Messy Look at One Man’s Fantastic Life
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Sep 19
10:30 AM
Ahamefule J. Oluo's
SUSAN
at TBA 2019: Wonderful Music, Not Enough
SUSAN
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Sep 18
11:27 AM
TBA 2019: Photos of Eiko Otake's
The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable
Briana Cerezo
Theater & Performance
Sep 17
11:55 AM
The Dope Elf
Review: TBA and Yale Union Join Forces to Bring Portland One Weird Play About Gentrification
TJ Acena
Theater & Performance
Sep 14
1:28 PM
TBA 2019: With
The Want
Adam Linder Seems to Want to Prevent Us from Understanding
TJ Acena
Theater & Performance
Sep 12
11:29 AM
Fin de Cinema Is a Late Night TBA Classic and Their Approach to
Black Orpheus
Was Perfect
Ben Coleman
Theater & Performance
Sep 12
11:00 AM
If You Love
Hamilton
, Why Don't You Try on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s First, Better Musical
In the Heights
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Sep 12
4:00 AM
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s
In The Heights
Explores Tensions of an NYC Immigrant Community, Is Better Than
Hamilton
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Sep 11
4:30 PM
At TBA 2019 Eiko Otake's
A Body in Places
Is Both a Dance and an Installation
Sebastian Zinn
Theater & Performance
Sep 11
12:30 PM
TBA 2019 Late Night: The Back to School Kiki Celebrates and Educates
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Sep 10
12:30 PM
TBA 2019 at First Presbyterian: Kara-Lis Coverdale's Quiet Swells of Sound Demand Reverence
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Sep 8
2:30 PM
Miguel Gutierrez’s
This Bridge Called My Ass
Seeks to Destroy the Relationship Between Bodies and Objects
Andrew Jankowski
Theater & Performance
Sep 8
11:16 AM
Dystopian Cyberpunk Interpretive Dance With Notes of
Blade Runner
: Ligia Lewis'
Water Will (in Melody)
at TBA 2019
Ben Coleman
Theater & Performance
Aug 30
1:31 PM
Artists Repertory's ART on Tour: An Explainer
TJ Acena
Theater & Performance
Aug 29
10:28 AM
Portland Opera Announces Strategic Plan To Save It From Financial Doom
Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
Aug 29
4:00 AM
What’s Happening With the Artists Repertory Theatre’s ART on Tour?
TJ Acena
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