An entirely arbitrary list of 2010’s performance highlights.
Portland Center Stage
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Bunny Suits & BB Guns
A Christmas Story Takes the Stage
Portland Center Stage’s adaptation of A Christmas Story doesn’t quite justify its theatrical existence.
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War Stories
Portland Center Stage’s One-Man Epic
An Iliad‘s one-man war story.
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Sunset Boulevard: The Musical
Today in “Things that Shouldn’t Exist.”
The biggest problem with Sunset Boulevard is that it exists.
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Spellbound
Portland Center Stage’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
PCS nails it with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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Daddy’s Boys
Coming of Age with the Talmud in The Chosen
Two Brooklyn boys come of age in The Chosen.
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Office Space
The Receptionist‘s Dark Spin on the Office Comedy
In reprising The Receptionist, Portland Center Stage does their finest work of the season so far.
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Adapting Guterson
PCS’ Gorgeous Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars is a beautiful theatrical adaptation of David Guterson’s novel.
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So… 2009.
The Best of the Best of the Best
Glib judgments on the 2009 theater scene.
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Spoiler: Tiny Tim’s Fine.
It’s A Christmas Carol! Again.
‘Tis the season for rewatching plays you’ve seen 37 times before.
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A Disappointing Ditty
Portland Center Stage Plays Ragtime
Portland Center Stage gives a stunning production to Ragtime’s mediocre book.
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Mommy Dearest
Grey Gardens Comes to Life
The cult classic Grey Gardens comes to life at Portland Center
Stage.