Artist Rep’s Foxfinder is a grimly predictable dystopian parable.
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That’s Showbiz
Raising the Stakes on One-Person Shows in Mistakes Were Made
Mistakes Were Made‘s one-man show raises the stakes.
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Everybody Dies!
Mortality and The Big Meal
The Big Meal finds resonance in life’s most basic movements.
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Backstage Drama
Behind the Scenes with Ten Chimneys
Ten Chimneys is an unlikely coming-out party for Artist Rep’s Dámaso Rodriguez.
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(Un)Funny Games
You’ll Laugh—But The Gin Game Isn’t Funny
The Gin Game‘ll make you laugh—but it’s not funny.
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Side by Side
Two Theaters, One Portland Playwright
Two venerable Portland theaters take on new plays from local writer Susan Mach.
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Summer Stock(s)
Lear’s Follies Is No Off-Season Consolation
Despite some problems, Lear’s Follies is no off-season consolation.
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Artists Rep Tackles Mamet
Just Another Old White Guy Talking About Race
David Mamet’s just another old white guy talking about Race.
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Circle Mirror Transformation
Artists Rep’s Play about the Power of Theater: Less Wanky Than It Sounds
Artists Rep’s play about the transformative power of theater is less wanky than it sounds.
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Gossip Girl
Violence Takes Center Stage in (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi
Tawdriness and violence take center stage in (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi.
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Cookies, Karaoke, and Revolution
Reviews from the First Weekend of Fertile Ground
From cookies and karaoke to revolution—four reviews of Fertile Ground shows.
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Holiday Mashup
Ebenezer Holmes and the Case of the Unwieldily Juxtaposed Christmas Title
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol is as tolerable as holiday theater gets.