Review: PORT AUTHORITY at Imago TheatreMarch 14, 2024PORT AUTHORITY reels you in and makes you care deeply about simple, ordinary, broken people. If you’re a fan of monologues, this is one you’ll definitely want to see.
Review: WE WROTE THIS WITH YOU IN MIND at Shaking The TreeFebruary 21, 2024The play, directed by Rebby Yuer Foster, is like a dream that exists in that space in between sleeping and waking. It speaks to the part of the brain that processes emotions and memory below the level of consciousness.
Review: THE LION KING at Keller AuditoriumJanuary 12, 2024The reason this musical is the third-longest running in Broadway history (and that its Portland tour stop is three weeks rather than the typical one week) is because it’s truly magical.
Review: BLOOD WEDDING at Shaking The TreeOctober 24, 2023Every time I go to Shaking the Tree, I wonder what surprises, delights, and disturbances artistic director Samantha Van Der Merwe and her highly creative crew have in store for us. Federico García Lorca's BLOOD WEDDING, now on stage, has its fair share of all three.
Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Broadway RoseOctober 4, 2023AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ is a great musical showcase, as well as a much-needed diversion. The hooting, hollering, clapping, and toe-tapping audience seemed to agree.
Review: HAPPY DAYS at Northwest Classical Theatre CollaborativeAugust 22, 2023Samuel Beckett’s 1961 masterpiece HAPPY DAYS, now being presented by the Northwest Classical Theatre Collaborative, is a tragicomic meditation on how to hang onto our humanity as time marches us slowly toward death. It’s equal parts LOL funny and deeply depressing, and it’s eerily relevant to our current post-pandemic world that is also burning.
Review: SIX at Keller AuditoriumJuly 27, 2023Blending 16th century history with modern pop culture and music, SIX is a super-smart, high-energy celebration of women reclaiming the narrative of their own lives. Most of all it’s just really fun.