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 depict the New York of the Billy Joel song. There is nothing romantic about Walter “Pops” Washington (Kevin Jones) and the characters who […]
Adriana Baer, Alison Heryer, Artists Repertory Theatre, Ayanna Berkshire, Ben Newman, Between Riverside and Crazy, Bobby Bermea, dark comedy, Illya Torres-Garner, institutionalized racism, Julana Torres, Kevin Jones, Kristeen Willis Crosser, New York City drama, Pulitzer Prize winner, race issues, rent control, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Val LandrumI 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 best selling Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire, A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival, was adapted and directed by PCS Artistic Director Chris […]
Alex Wren Meadows, Anthony Lam, Astoria Oregon, Astoria Part One, Astoria Part Two, Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire, Ben Newman, Ben Rosenblatt, Benjamin Tissell, Chris Coleman, Chris Murray, Christopher Hirsch, DeLanna Studi, Diane Ferry Williams, Douglas Dickerman, F. Tyler Burnet, founding of Astoria, fur trade, Gavin Hoffman, history of the Pacific Northwest, Jeremy Aggers, Jimmy Garcia, John Jacob Astor, Jonathan Thorn, Leif Norby, Marie Dorian, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Matthew M. Nielson, Michael Evans Lopez, Michael Morrow Hammack, Nick Ferrucci, Peter Stark, Portland Center Stage, Rafael Untalan, Randall Robert Tico, Rick Lewis, Toni-Leslie James, Tony Cisek, U.S. History, Wilson Price Hunt, World Premiere playsIt’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 intellect and wit, as Pericles Wet proved to be. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Pericles Wet reimagines the original with a contemporary twist. […]
Alex Ramirez de Cruz, Andrea White, Artists Repertory Theatre, Ben Newman, David Bodin, Ellen Margolis, incest, Karen Rathje, Michael Mendelson, Murri Lazaroff-Babin, patricide, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Pericles Wet, Portland Shakespeare Project, Samson Syharath, Sarah Kindler, sexual abuse, Shannon Mastel, William Shakespeare