If you want traditional productions with beautiful sets and Equity casts: Portland Center Stage or Artists Repertory Theatre If I were going to take a grandparent to see theater in Portland, I’d take them to either Artists Repertory Theatre or Portland Center Stage. Both places put on well-produced plays that make for a nice, if […]
Portland Center Stage
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Where To See Theater, Stand-Up, or Improv in Portland
There Really is Something for Everyone—Even If You’re a Teen
There Really is Something For Everyone—Even If You’re a Teen.
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Dael Orlandersmith’s Conversations with Dead People
In Forever, the Writer Takes Refuge in a Cemetery Full of Artists
In Forever, the writer takes refuge in a cemetery full of artists.
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Great Expectations Meets Expectations, Does Not Exceed Them
The Crazy Lady in the House with No Light Is Great, Though!
The crazy lady in the house with no light is great, though!
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A Soundtrack to the Way We Get By in Ain’t Misbehavin’
Portland Center Stage Does Right By the Harlem Renaissance Musical
Portland Center Stage does right by the Harlem Renaissance musical.
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Not Even Portland Center Stage Can Make Me Want to See Our Town
Grover’s Corners Hasn’t Aged Well
Grover’s Corners hasn’t aged well.
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia’s Three-Way?
Threesome: Complicated, Necessary, Could Be Sexier
Threesome is complicated, necessary, and could be sexier.
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Masha, Masha, Masha!
150 Minutes with Maladjusted Adult Siblings
Maladjusted siblings cast off their baggage in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
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A Failure of Imagination
Will Portland Theater's Growing Diversity Include Disability?
Will the theater community’s strides toward diversity include people with disabilities?
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The Complex Audience
Diversity in Portland Theater, Onstage and Off
The diversity of Portland’s theater, onstage and off.
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Too Good to Ignore
PCS’ Annual JAW Playwrights’ Festival
Portland Center Stage’s JAW playwrights’ festival is too good not to cover.
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Bad Reputation
Putting Portland on the Comedy Map
New comedy showcase Slingshot aims to put Portland on the comedy map.