Four New Yorkers in a city of eight million souls look just like any other four New Yorkers. Warren (Seth M. Renne) peddles pamphlets with upbeat sayings on a Manhattan street corner. Angry small town girl Deb (Quinlan Fitzgerald) comes to the city for graduate school. Claire (Kailey Rhodes) and Jason (Benjamin Tissell) decide to […]
Adam Gwon, Benjamin Tissell, Broadway Rose New Theatre, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Carl Faber, community, connection, drama, Emily Wilken, Eric Nordin, Isaac Lamb, Kailey Rhodes, musical, New York City, Ordinary Days, Quinlan Fitzgerald, relationship struggles, Seth M. RennePicture 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 like a slacker, right? Only this eldest son is Pippin (Paul Harestad), son of King Charles, or Charlemagne (Dan Murphy), leader of the Christian […]
Bob Fosse, Broadway musical, Charlemagne, Dan Murphy, Erik Montague, Erin Shannon, Jessica Tidd, Joan Freed, Kelly Sina, King Charles, Middle Ages, musical, musical comedy, Paul Angelo, Paul Harestad, Pippin, rock music, Roger O. Hirson, Samie Pfeifer, Stephanie Heuston, Stephen Schwartz, Theo Curl, Valery SaulAfter a long absence from its normal venue at 602 NE Prescott, Portland Playhouse returns to newly renovated headquarters with the exciting new musical, Scarlet. The book, music, and lyrics are written by Portlander Michelle Horgan, and this is the first staged run of this new work, which is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 classic The […]
"ranney", Brian Weaver, Darius Pierce, drama, feminist play, Isaac Lamb, Jessica Wallenfels, Michelle Horgan, musical, Nathaniel Hawthorne, original music and lyrics, Portland Playhouse, Portland playwright, Puritans, Rainbows, Rebecca Teran, repressive societies, romance, Scarlet, strong women characters, Susannah Mars, The Scarlet LetterThree children–the “Queen Captain” Amy (Rachel Lewis) and her subjects Seth (Joel Walker) and Mike (Michael Morrow Hammack)–are thrown together in an earlier time, and become friends for life in the musical Trails now playing at Broadway Rose Theatre. Amy is bossy and sure of herself, and her energy and ability to mesmerize and manage the boys […]
Brian Shnipper, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Christy Hall, Danielle Weathers, drama, Emily Wilken, Eric Nordin, Jeff Thomson, Joel Walker, Jordan Mann, Kevin-Michael Moore, Michael Morrow Hammack, musical, Quinlan Fitzgerald, Rachel Lewis, TrailsGodspell, now playing at Lakewood Theatre Company, and directed by Michael Snider, is not a production original for its storytelling. It is, however, graced with a company of talented singers and dancers, and high-octane energy. Look at it as the New Testament on steroids. As Godspell opens, Socrates, Aquinas, Luther, and Nietzsche meet at the playground to state their views on religion. […]
Cyndy Ramsy-Rier, Godspell, gospels of Matthew and Luke, John-Michael Tebelak, Lakewood Theatre Company, Michael Snider, musical, Randy Andre Davis, Stephen Schwartz