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 SongI 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 playsTwo small gems grace the stage of Portland Center Stage’s Ellyn Bye Studio from now through December 3. One is a vintage Christmas classic by Truman Capote; the second is a brand 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 Woolley, Holiday musical entertainment, Leif Norby, Meredith Kaye Clark, Mont Chris Hubbard, Portland Center Stage, Truman Capote, Winter Song, winter themesA massive, new, American epic tale of adventure, endurance, and survival roared onto the Main Stage at Portland Center Stage last weekend. It was Astoria: Part I, the world premiere, and before it had officially opened it had surpassed all previous advance ticket sales for the company. This is extremely good news for PCS artistic director […]
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