Two small gems grace the stage of Portland Center Stage’s Ellyn Bye Studio now through December 30. One is a vintage Christmas classic by Truman Capote; the second is a new production that is to Portland and of Portland. I would walk miles to see and hear Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory. Once I hear […]
A Christmas Memory, Brandon Wooley, Ellyn Bye Studio, Leif Norby, Meredith Kaye Clark, Mont Chris Hubbard, Portland Center Stage, Truman CapoteThe state of the state Once again, it is past mid-month and I find myself wondering how on earth this happened. The month began with several days spent in the bowels of the Multnomah County Elections Office doing the very necessary and unglamorous business of preparing ballots to be run through counting machines. Democracy isn’t […]
A Christmas Memory, Andy Ginsberg, Blackthorn, Brandon Wooley, Coen Brothers, Dave Collier, democracy, Ellyn Bye Studio, gothic novel, house concerts, Inside Llewyn Davis, Leif Norby, live music, marketing, Meredith Kaye Clark, Multnomah County Elections, murder mystery, mystery novel, original music, Portland Center Stage, singers/songwriters, Sit Back and Relax, Steve Greenwood, The Barn, Tina Izen, Truman Capote, Winter SongTwo young people–Mary (Lexi Lapp) and Charlie (Alex J. Gould) meet, by chance, in a thunderstorm. But it’s a dream. These things happen. Moments later, they are “fearless and flying,” falling in love on the back of a horse. Mary’s Wedding by Canadian playwright Stephen Massicotte, now on stage in the Ellyn Bye Studio at Portland Center […]
Alex J.Gould, Brandon Wooley, Canadian drama, Lexi Lapp, Mary's Wedding, Portland Center Stage, Stephen Massicotte, war horses, World War I drama