Mother Teresa Is Dead, but liberal guilt isn’t!
Portland Playhouse
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Teenage Dream
The Huntsmen Is Machete-Swingin’ Good
The Huntsmen‘s machete-wielding, doo-wop-loving teenaged psychopath.
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Why Theater Matters
Tragedy, Art, and King Hedley II
Portland Playhouse’s King Hedley II is as good as August Wilson gets.
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Portland Playhouse’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The President’s Skinny Jeans Could Be Tighter
The presidential emo rock musical is uneven but engaging.
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Pick Your Pleasure
Why I Love Pickathon, a Music Festival with More than Meets the Ear
Why I love Pickathon, a music festival with more than meets the ear.
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Pickathon Gets Theatrical
Portland Playhouse and Festival Musicians Collaborate on Twelfth Night
Pickathon teams up with Portland Playhouse to add a little theater to its lineup.
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Brace Yourself
Portland Playhouse’s In the Red and Brown Water Doesn’t Let Up
Portland Playhouse’s In the Red and Brown Water doesn’t let up.
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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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Angels in America, Again
Portland Playhouse Dusts off Tony Kushner’s Classic
Twenty years after it premiered, Portland Playhouse dusts off Angels in America.
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Figuring out Freedom
Gem of the Ocean Tackles the Rifts of the Civil War
Portland Playhouse takes on the rifts of the Civil War in Gem of the Ocean.