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Review: Ten Reasons To See Billy Elliot

This tap-dancing, tear-jerking Broadway favorite has a lot going for it.

04/09/2011 By Anne Adams

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Review: Jack Goes Boating

Artists Rep’s latest makes a feel-good spring splash.

03/24/2011 By Anne Adams

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Plot Tease: Futura

Culturephile reveals a few of Futura ’s best twists.

03/23/2011 By Anne Adams

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Review: On The Eve of Friday Morning

Fruit, nuts, and Persian food-for-thought from Oregon Children’s Theater.

03/15/2011 By Anne Adams

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Review: The Scene

This stunning portrait of mid-life disillusionment transcends any single "scene." Culturephile gives it a standing ovation.

03/10/2011 By Anne Adams

Article

Turandot: A Multi-Faceted Gem

Portland Opera’s latest offering is a sublime visual stunner, but the story has two sides.

02/07/2011 By Anne Adams

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Review: Thief River

It’s a tough row to hoe, but Profile Theatre carries off this theatrically challenging country love story.

02/03/2011 By Anne Adams

Theater Review

The Missing Pieces

Portland Playhouse’s Fertile Ground offering runs only through this weekend.

01/27/2011 By Alexis Rehrmann

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Review: Short Plays By Nameless Playwrights

Georgia Perry reports: John A. Donnelly’s senior romance Aged Meet makes the grade.

01/27/2011 By Georgia Perry

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Review: Smarter Than Phones

Georgia Perry reports: This promising Fertile Ground production kinda "phoned it in."

01/26/2011 By Georgia Perry

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Fertile Ground Speaks for Itself

Playwrights plug the upcoming festival with a few choice quotes, straight from their scripts.

01/24/2011 By Anne Adams

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Review: Dying City

Dying City at Portland Playhouse

12/01/2010 By Anne Adams

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Review: Alice & Wonderland

Oregon Children’s Theatre version of the Carroll classic begs for less speed, more ’shroom—and more breathing room.

11/01/2010 By Anne Adams

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Review: The Little Prince

Shaking The Tree presents The Little Prince, a delicate allegory that’s never been just for kids.

10/25/2010 By Anne Adams

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The Hillsboro Story

Artists Repertory Theater

10/15/2010 By Anne Adams

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Sunset Boulevard

Portland Center Stage

09/24/2010 By Anne Adams

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TBA 2010: Young Jean Lee on The Shipment

A conversation with playwright Young Jean Lee about the filmed version of her controversial stage play.

09/17/2010 By Claudia La Rocco

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TBA 2010: Radoslaw Rychcik/Stefan Zeromski Theatre

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields

09/16/2010 By Claudia La Rocco

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TBA 2010: Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Re-Viewed

Romeo and Juliet … take two

09/16/2010 By Claudia La Rocco

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TBA 2010: Gare St. Lazare Players Trilogy

The Beckett Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable

09/15/2010 By Claudia La Rocco