Music and the heart
Walking into Broadway Rose Theatre to see Once (book by Edna Walsh), one is transformed to a Dublin street set. A jolly bunch of musicians/actors play fiddles, guitars, and an accordion on stage [...]
Don’t miss The Color Purple at Portland Center Stage
The Color Purple opens with two little girls–Celie (Felicia Bosworth) and her younger sister Nettie (Danea C. Osseni)–giggling and playing a game. Flash to 14-year-old Celie holding a [...]
Pippin–satire, music, dancing, fun!
Picture this: Eldest son graduates a good college in Padua, Italy, comes home briefly, and then decides to forsake his fortune and hit the road to find his own “extraordinary”. Sounds [...]
Annie–for the kid in you
A Depression-era musical based on a Depression-era comic strip opened last Friday at Clackamas Repertory Theatre. Annie (book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin [...]