He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. –Proverbs 11:29 Since the 2016 election, theatres in the greater Portland area have stepped up to the task of asking their audiences to examine their beliefs, prejudices, and world views through the live performance […]
Allen Nause, Antonio Sonera, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, courtroom drama, David Sikking, dramatic play, human evolution, Ian Goodrich, Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, Jim Vadala, Lakewood Theatre Company, Olivia Weiss, Robert E. Lee, Sarah Andrews, Scopes Monkey Trial, Todd Van Voris, William Jennings BryanLakewood Theatre has kicked of its 66th season with the musical Chess–a major musical that most of us have never heard of. Written by Richard Nelson, with music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (both of ABBA fame) and lyrics by Tim Rice, this show is a huge surprise on so many levels, and offers a […]
ABBA, Addie Contreras, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Bobby Jackson, Chess, Courtney Freed, Darcy White, Doug Zimmerman, Joey Cote, John Oules, Kurt Raimer, Lakewood Theatre Company, Laura Hiszczynskyj, Matt Brown, Megan Misslin, Norman Wilson, Patricia J. Rohrbach, Richard Nelson, Tim RiceNightclub singer Deloris Van Cartier (Kristin Robinson) had no plans to devote a chunk of her life to staying in a convent. But in Sister Act, Lakewood Theatre‘s last production of the 2017-2018 season, that is exactly what happens. It’s Christmas Eve 1977, somewhere in Philadelphia, and convents are the last thing on Deloris’s mind. Indeed, […]
Alan Menken, Cheri and Bill Steinkeller, Cyndy Ramsey-Rier, Douglas Carter Beane, Glenn Slater, Greg Prosser, Jeremy Southard, Kristin Robinson, Lakewood Theatre Company, Laura Hiszczynskyj, Michael Snider, Sister Act, Whoopi GoldbergAbout once every two years, Lakewood Theatre Company loses its collective mind. It has just happened again with their latest production, El Grande de Coca-Cola. Written by Ron House, Diz White, Alan Shearman, and John Neville-Andrews, this musical tour-de-farce owes much to its origin story in a Barcelona bar in the 1960s where House met a […]
Alan Shearman, Andrew Harris, British comedy, Bullshot Crummond: The Evil Eye of Jabar and The Invisible Bride of Death, Diz White, El Grande de Coca-Cola, Eric Furuheim, Franny Kromminga, Heather Ovalle, John Neville-Andrews, Lakewood Theatre Company, mime, musical comedy, musical review, parody, Ron House, Sam Schultz, slapstick, VaudevilleParnassus on Wheels opens to the clucking of chickens in a bucolic setting somewhere in New England. Helen McGill (Amanda Soden) minds the chickens and sells their eggs, cooks the meals, and does whatever else needs doing around the farm. It may not be the life she wants, but it’s the life she’s got. And […]
adventure, Amanda Soden, C.S. Whitcomb, Christopher Morley, comedy, Cynthia Whitcomb, early 1900s, early 20th century life, farming life, importance of books, independent women, John Gorham, Lakewood Theatre Company, Orion Bradshaw, Parnassus on Wheels, road trip, romance, Stephanie Mulligan, tinkers wagon