Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is an artfully produced look at race in the 1920s.
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Lady Sings the Blues
Portland Playhouse Examines Race and Music in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Portland Playhouse
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It’s Not TV, It’s The Scene
Portland Playhouse Brings the Pain with The Scene
Portland Playhouse brings the pain (in a good way) with The Scene.
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Fertile Ground
High Points, Middle Points, and Low Points from Fertile Ground
High points, middle points, and low points from weekend one of Fertile Ground.
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A Death in the Family
Portland Playhouse’s Dark, Complex Dying City
Portland Playhouse’s Dying City aims to rattle the cages of liberal complacency.
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Telethon
Portland Playhouse’s Funny, Unsentimental Look at Cerebral Palsy
Portland Playhouse takes a funny, unsentimental look at cerebral palsy in Telethon.
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The Unexpectedly Timely Radio Golf
BaseRoots and Portland Playhouse team up for a play about Tiger Woods, police shootings, and gentrification.
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Nerds on Stage
Willow Jade Explores the World of the 20-Sided Dice
With Willow Jade, Portland Playhouse explores the world of the 20-sided dice.
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Portland Playhouse Goes Balls Out
A Young Company Takes a Risk with Bingo with the Indians
Portland Playhouse takes a risk with Bingo with the Indians.
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Dear Diary
Embellishing Facts in Fiction
Portland Playhouse presents Fiction‘s heavy-handed exploration
of “truth.”
Dear Diary
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Brotherly Love
Rent Star Anthony Rapp Sits in on Bingo with the Indians
Broadway star Anthony Rapp revisits Rent, and helps out a local
theater company while he’s at it.
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An America Collage
Bobrauschenbergamerica offers a rambunctious snapshot of
American life.
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Philatelist Fight!
Mauritius demonstrates both community theater and stamp
collecting are improved by free beer.