A rollicking Regency rom-com (with pianoforte)
It is approaching Christmas, 1815, and Elizbeth Darcy (Cindy Im), nee Elizabeth Bennet of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice fame, has introduced a Chrismas tree into the hallowed halls of [...]
Poetry, love, the dog, and Will
It’s a madcap scene in 1593 London! The feckless Hugh Pennyman (Grant Byington) literally has his feet to the fire. Young and penniless, Will Shakespeare (Murri Lazeroff-Babin) is a [...]
A high note, laughs, and lots of rain!
Lakewood Theatre Company ends its 66th season in on a high note with the popular romantic-comedy musical Singin’ In The Rain. The musical, with book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music [...]
A fling with an alien
Sonya (Sara Hennessy) and Kate fall in love on a stage in Ireland under a ridiculous chandelier where Sonya is rehearsing her part in a play about Russians. “Her eyes are like the [...]
The Marriage Plot revisited
Last summer, Clackamas Repertory Theatre mounted a fabulous production of Kate Hamill’s Sense & Sensibility, adapted from the Jane Austen novel of the same name. Portland Center Stage brings [...]
A different me, a different you–Constellations at Portland Center Stage
It’s a different sort of romance. It’s a different set of circumstances. It’s Nick Payne’s 2012 play Constellations, exactingly directed by Chris Coleman, now at Portland [...]
Cyrano–the nose that launched a thousand ships
Portland Center Stage’s latest production, Cyrano, brings to the stage a delightful, fresh rendering of Edmond Rostand’s beloved play Cyrano de Bergerac. I first read the play in [...]