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Thumbnail for - OMG: The Book of Mormon Goes on Sale This Friday!
Oct 3, 2012
a loving sacrilege
The biggest Broadway show on Earth (and any other celestial sphere) hits Portland in January. Tickets on sale Friday at 10 am.
Thumbnail for - Review: Little Shop of Horrors
Sep 28, 2012
feed me, seymour!
Broadway Rose's production of the musical hits all the right notes: gallows-humorous, deliciously campy, and plenty of late-'50s R&B tunes.
Thumbnail for - Review: PCS's Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sep 25, 2012
impeccably shaved
Portland Center Stage's production of Sondheim's macabre masterpiece is a delicious feast both grisly and divine. Playing through Oct 21.
Thumbnail for - PCS's Sweeney Todd Preview + Slide Show
Sep 20, 2012
swing your razor high, sweeney
Portland Center Stage tackles Sondheim's macabre masterpiece about a barber on a murderous rampage. We talk with the director and scenic designer.
Thumbnail for - PCS's Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sep 20, 2012
Portland Center Stage tackles Sondheim's macabre masterpiece about a barber on a vengeful razor rampage
Thumbnail for - Review: West Side Story
Jan 5, 2012
play it cool
We all know the story: Maria and Tony love each other, the Sharks and the Jets hate each other, and it all culminates (like the Shakespearean tragedy it reprises) in a handful of regrettable...
Thumbnail for - Monday Fun: Hedwig
Aug 8, 2011
wig out
This past Saturday, while bluegrass bloomed at Pickathon and Fire in the Canyon ignited Horning’s Hideout, one John Cameron Mitchell kept Portland proper rocking with a DJ/dance party at...
Thumbnail for - Review: Ten Reasons To See Billy Elliot
Apr 9, 2011
broadway
The Civics LessonBilly Elliot was inspired by the actual UK miners’ strike of 1984, but just so happens to be touring in 2011, as Wisconsin state workers’ unions find themselves under threat and...
Thumbnail for - Weekend Picks!
Aug 6, 2010
phile under: weekend picks
First Friday First Thursday. Last Thursday. It seems every gallery district wants to lay claim to one notable monthly day. In biblical parlance, “The first shall be last, and the last shall be...
Thumbnail for - RENT
Jun 28, 2010
phile under: live review
There are two types of people in the world: those who love RENT, and those who despise it. It’s melodramatic. It’s idealistic. It’s angsty. It’s maxed out with poetic double meanings that have...
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