EVENTS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 20–23

Cute cats! Classical culture! Fears and phobias! The Builders and the Butchers! It's going to be a busy weekend.

06/19/2013 By John Chandler

THEATER

Review: Third Rail's 'A Bright New Boise'

It's the final week of Third Rail Rep's 'A Bright New Boise,' a powerful and provocative play about our commitment to beliefs and the resulting consequences.

06/17/2013 By John Chandler

INTERVIEW

Q&A: Eleanor O'Brien's 'Dominatrix For Dummies'

Portland playwright and actress Eleanor O'Brien reprises her one-woman show about a self-help dominatrix at CoHo Theater this weekend.

06/12/2013 By John Chandler

THEATER

2013 Drammy Awards

Glitter, glitz, and drama abound at Portland's 34th annual local theater awards.

06/11/2013 By Claire Gordon

THEATER

Review: Artists Rep’s ‘Ithaka’

The world premiere tells the mythic story of a recent veteran’s Odyssean voyage home. Thru June 30

06/03/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

SUMMER GUIDE

Portland Summer Calendar

Your cheat sheet to the city's best summer events

06/02/2013 Edited by John Chandler

SUMMER GUIDE

All the Park’s a Stage

Five tips for producing—and watching—Shakespeare in the park

06/02/2013 By Aaron Scott

SUMMER GUIDE

The Last Big Thing From JAW Playwrights’ Festival

Here's what you missed out on at Portland Center Stage last year. Don't let it happen again.

06/02/2013 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

PCS’s ‘Somewhere in Time’ Sets Its Eyes on Broadway

With a dream team cast and crew, Portland Center Stage opens its first world premiere with a real shot for the bright lights of Broadway. Thru June 30

05/30/2013 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: Coho's 'Crooked'

A wonder of a play as magically packed with big ideas about reason and faith as Mary Poppins's carpetbag. Thru June 8

05/27/2013 Photography by Jonathan Frochtzwajg

THEATER

Review: Mike Daisey and the Theater of Self-Disclosure

It must be our water: Portland hosts the controversial monologist's world premiere combative non-apology to journalism

05/23/2013 By Ramona DeNies

THEATER

Review: Vertigo’s ‘Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls’

Theatre Vertigo bids adieu to Theater! Theatre! with a strongly performed, if incongruous, snowglobe of a show. Thru June 8

05/19/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

INTERVIEW

Q&A: Playwright Andrea Stolowitz

The Portland playwright’s military-focused play Ithaka premieres at Artists Rep this month.

05/01/2013 By John Chandler

THEATER

Review: Artists Rep’s ‘Ten Chimneys’

A backstage romp through everything that makes theater joyous sets an energetic note for the company’s incoming artistic director. Thru May 26

04/29/2013 By Aaron Scott

TICKET GIVEAWAY + INTERVIEW

Q&A and Ticket Contest for PCS’s ‘The People's Republic of Portland’

We talk with comedian Lauren Weedman in advance of her one-woman pillory of Portland, running Apr 23–June 16 at Portland Center Stage.

04/24/2013 By Aaron Scott

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Win Tickets to Artists Rep’s ‘Ten Chimneys’

We talk with ART’s new artistic director, Damaso Rodriguez, about his directing debut—and give you tickets to see it (if you’re lucky). Apr 23–May 25

04/18/2013 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: PCS’s ‘Clybourne Park’

Portland Center Stage’s production of the Pulitzer-winning play gleefully dives into the taboo topic of race with ferocious wit and suburb acting. Thru May 5

04/15/2013 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: Artists Rep’s ‘The Gin Game’

The Pulitzer-winning tragicomedy channels all the woes of a hard life into a game of cards. Don’t take your elderly parents. Thru Apr 28

04/10/2013 By Aaron Scott

ARTS NEWS

Breaking: Theatre Vertigo Announces Its New Home

When the lights go out on Theater! Theatre!, Vertigo has a short-term and a long-term plan.

03/19/2013 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: Profile’s “Blood Knot”

Profile’s production of the incendiary play bristles with energy and powerful performances. Thru Mar 17.

03/05/2013 By Aaron Scott