Although I’ve always thought of the summer as a down time for live theatre in metropolitan Portland, there really is a lot going on. One special summer treat is the Clackamas Repertory Theatre, which produces three summer shows yearly. Onstage now is Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery which opened June 30 at Clackamas Community College’s […]
Alex Fox, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Clackamas Community College, Clackamas Repertory Theatre, comedy, David Smith-English, Dennis Kelly, farce, Jayne Stevens, John San Nicolas, Ken Ludwig, March Schwahn, Ostserman Theatre, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the BaskervillesA funny thing happened the other night. I entered the Lakewood Theatre a bit grumpy and worse for wear, and left the theatre two hours later wrung out from laughing. One Man, Two Guvnors, playing at Lakewood through December 11, is the antidote to whatever is ailing your psyche at the moment. I can think of […]
A Servant of Two Masters, Brant BYington, Burl Ross, Carlos Goldini, comedy, farce, Gary Powell, John Morrison, Joseph Murley, Kailey Rhodes, Lakewood Theatre, Melissa Whitney, One Man Two Guvnors, Richard Bean, Rosalind Fell, slapstick, Ted Shulz, Tom WaltonBeing a heart-throb matinee idol is a tough job for anyone, and only the strongest survive the constant adoration of women, as actor Garry Essendine (Gary Powell) can attest in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, now playing at Lakewood Theatre through December 13. The play opens with the very young Daphne Stillington (Brenan Dwyer), clad in a man’s […]
1930s England, comedy of manners, farce, Lakewood Theatre, Noel Coward, Present LaughterHe’s young, he’s handsome, he wears weird pants, and he’s constitutionally incapable of telling the truth, even when it would be easier. Meet Dorante (Chris Murray) in Artists Repertory Theatre’s laugh-out-loud funny production of The Liar. Committed to spinning yarns as he goes, Dorante justifies himself by saying, “My wits will weave what memory can’t supply.” As the […]
Artists Repertory Theatre, comedy, David Ives, farce, Pierre Corneille, slapstick, The Liar