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THE LIGHT Comes to Portland Center Stage in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2025

Portland Center Stage will present The Light, a searing and deeply moving two-person drama by Loy A. Webb, directed by Chip Miller. Performances begin in March. Learn more here!

Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; GREASE THE MUSICAL at Gallery Theater Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; Twilight Theater Company Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; SWEENEY TODD at Twilight Theater Company Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Portland Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 9, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Portland Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 2, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Review: CLYDE'S at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - Jun 12, 2024

CLYDE’S is a must-see play and the best possible way to end the PCS season.

Review: PASSING STRANGE at Portland Playhouse
by Krista Garver - May 3, 2024

Portland Playhouse’s production of this wild, exuberant roller coaster ride of a musical makes for a fabulous night at the theatre.

CLYDE'S Comes to Portland Center Stage in June
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2024

Closing out its season of plays, Portland Center Stage will welcome Lynn Nottage’s hit Clyde’s. Learn more about the production here!

Video: Get A First Look At CLYDE'S at Syracuse Stage
by Joshua Wright - Feb 5, 2024

Get a first look at Syracuse Stage's production of Clyde's - Lynn Nottage’s Tony-award nominated comedy following the formerly incarcerated cooks of a rundown truck stop diner on their quest to craft the perfect sandwich.

Review: CLYDE'S at Syracuse Stage
by Dan and Julie Izzo - Feb 5, 2024

If you are hungry for some tasty theater that is fresh, natural and with just enough sizzle to keep you satisfied, get yourself down to Syracuse Stage to see Clyde’s, a thoughtful and inspiring new play by Pulitzer Prize winner, Lynn Nottage. Set in a lonesome truck stop diner somewhere outside of Reading, Pennsylvania, what is on Clyde’s menu is a socially conscious parable, layered with an authentic slice of life and wrapped in a bittersweet quixotic adventure: the search for the perfect sandwich.   It all may sound like a strange scenario but as Rafael the fry cook exclaims, “It tastes like the truth!”

CLYDE'S Comes to Syracuse Stage This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 12, 2024

 Syracuse Stage continues its 50th Anniversary Season with “Clyde’s,” Lynn Nottage’s Tony-award nominated comedy following the formerly incarcerated cooks of a rundown truck stop diner on their quest to craft the perfect sandwich.

August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN Begins Performances at At Portland Center Stage This March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 5, 2022

Portland Center Stage brings the work of one of the most pivotal voices in theater, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, to the stage with August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean. Previews begin on March 5, opening night is March 11, and performances run through April 3, 2022, on The Armory's U.S. Bank Main Stage. Tickets are on sale now.

Portland Playhouse Announces WONDERLAND Virtual Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2020

In a time of uncertainty for the country and for the arts, Portland Playhouse put out a call to local artists to open our hearts and broaden our perspectives. The result is Wonderland, a virtual festival of four short new works that directly engage with our current socio-political landscape from the perspective of WONDER.

Portland Center Stage's PCS Remix: Original Works Series Launches RENAISSANCE: TECHNICALLY
by Stephi Wild - Aug 22, 2020

Renaissance: Technically brings nine multidisciplinary artists together a?" including poets, musicians, dancers, actors, and visual artists a?" to develop an experimental virtual theater event that will be presented live on September 4, 2020, at 7:30 p.m.

BWW Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - Feb 1, 2020

Photo Flash: First Look at SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY in Portland
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2020

Jocelyn Bioh's hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, comes to Portland this January in a historic co-production between Artists Repertory Theatre and Portland Center Stage at The Armory. Inspired in part by Bioh's mother's time in a boarding school in Ghana, and Bioh's own experience in at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, School Girls tells the story of Paulina, the reigning Queen Bee at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school. Her dreams of winning the Miss Universe pageant are threatened by the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent, beauty … and lighter skin.

BWW Review: Wrestling with the Weight of History and Identity in REDWOOD, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - Nov 6, 2019

Photo Flash: REDWOOD At Portland Center Stage At The Armory.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2019

This October, Brittany K. Allen will star in the world premiere of her play Redwood at Portland Center Stage at The Armory.

BWW Review: #GirlsRule in THE WOLVES at Portland Playhouse
by Krista Garver - Oct 1, 2019