No Candy world premiere at Portland Playhouse
Three things: Between July 11 and 22 1995, during the Bosnian War, the Bosnian Serb Army and the Scorpion paramilitary group under command of Ratko Mladic mass-murdered 8,373 Bosniak men and boys [...]
Between Riverside and Crazy–a New York state of mind
When I saw Stephen Adly Guirgis‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy, it put me in a New York state of mind. Now running at Artists Repertory Theatre, the play does not [...]
Astoria Parts One and Two–a world premiere and a final bow
I have awaited and anticipated the world premiere of Astoria: Part Two since I saw Astoria: Part One at a year ago at Portland Center Stage. This sprawling drama, based on Peter Stark’s [...]
A Riddle and a prize–Pericles Wet world premiere
It’s a special night, indeed, when a local playwright–Ellen Margolis–can enjoy a world premiere of her own work in her own hometown. Even better, when that play is one of great [...]