Portland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 9

BWW Review: A Genderfluid God Gets Revenge in Shaking the Tree's Thrilling BAKKHAI
by Krista Garver - October 17, 2019

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BWW Review: Minimalist MACBETH Lays Bare the Inner Workings of the Power-Hungry Mind, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - October 13, 2019

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BWW Review: #GirlsRule in THE WOLVES at Portland Playhouse
by Krista Garver - September 30, 2019

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BWW Review: ECLIPSED Uses Recent History to Warn About the Dangers of Blind Obedience, at Corrib Theatre
by Krista Garver - September 30, 2019

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BWW Review: 1984, an Unsettling Play for Unsettling Times, at Artists Rep
by Krista Garver - September 19, 2019

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BWW Review: IN THE HEIGHTS Starts the Season Off with a Bang, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - September 12, 2019

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BWW Review: CoHo Productions' MALA Takes an Intimate Look at the Complexities of Caring for Aging Parents
by Krista Garver - September 11, 2019

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BWW Review: Bag & Baggage Throws Binaries Out the Window with Queer, Gender-Fluid Take on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by Krista Garver - July 17, 2019

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BWW Review: WICKED Soars into Keller Auditorium
by Krista Garver - July 13, 2019

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BWW Review: Camp Reigns in SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, at Clackamas Rep
by Krista Garver - July 03, 2019

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BWW Review: Storm Large Blows the Roof Off of the Armory in CRAZY ENOUGH, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - June 27, 2019

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BWW Review: Fuse Theatre's BOOTYCANDY Is a Hilarious and Thoughtful Meta-Play About Identity and Society
by Krista Garver - June 26, 2019

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BWW Review: Alan Bowne's BEIRUT Explores Love and Freedom in a Dystopian Future, at the Shoe Box Theatre
by Krista Garver - June 13, 2019

BEIRUT, by Alan Bowne, now playing at the Shoe Box Theatre, premiered more than 30 years ago, but its themes are just as relevant in today's political climate....

BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS Is Everything You Could Wish For, at Broadway Rose
by Krista Garver - June 05, 2019

INTO THE WOODS features a combination of a stripped-down musical score, movement-focused direction, and the strongest cast that Broadway Rose has ever assembled....

BWW Review: NATIVE GARDENS Finds Humor in What Divides Us, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - June 04, 2019

NATIVE GARDENS is an I Love Lucy-esque new comedy by Karen Zacarias now playing at Portland Center Stage. It's about colonialism, entitlement, and gardening philosophies....

BWW Review: LET ME DOWN EASY is a Moving Contemplation of Health, Life, Sickness, and Death, at Profile Theatre
by Krista Garver - May 30, 2019

LET ME DOWN EASY is a series of 20 monologues about life, health, sickness, and death. It's one of the best shows of the year....

BWW Review: Wife, Mistress Reflect on the Past in THE BREATH OF LIFE at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - May 23, 2019

David Hare's THE BREATH OF LIFE tells the story of a meeting between Frances Beale, the ex-wife of hotshot lawyer Martin, and Madeleine Palmer, Martin's ex-mistress. Now in their 60s, the women reflect on their past and the future to come....

BWW Review: WELL Takes a Comedic Look at the Mess That Is Life, at Profile Theatre
by Krista Garver - May 17, 2019

'Why do some people become well and others don't?' This is the question at the center of Lisa Kron's funny, inventive WELL, now playing at Profile Theatre....

BWW Review: Heads Roll in Feminist French Revolution Comedy THE REVOLUTIONISTS, at Artists Rep
by Krista Garver - May 17, 2019

The French Revolution and comedy don't typically go together, but Lauren Gunderson upends many conventions in THE REVOLUTIONISTS, a fast-paced, feminist comedy set during France's 1793 Reign of Terror, now playing at ARTISTS REP....

BWW Review: ESCAPED ALONE Serves Up Afternoon Tea and Anxiety, at Shaking the Tree
by Krista Garver - May 11, 2019

By juxtaposing personal horrors with apocalyptic ones, Caryl Churchill's ESCAPED ALONE captures our current societal unease and also seems to reprimand us for sitting around lamenting our personal problems when much, much larger troubles are threatening....

BWW Review: JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN Exposes the Fragile Relationship Between Law and Justice, at CoHo Theatre
by Krista Garver - May 08, 2019

Commit the crime, do the time. It seems so simple, and so logical. But, as Stephen Adly Guirgis's JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN so superbly shows, nothing about our criminal justice system is that simple, or that logical. If you don't have your tickets yet, get them now....

BWW Review: Love Knows No Borders in Sonya Kelly's Comedy HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN, at Corrib Theatre
by Krista Garver - April 15, 2019

In Sonya Kelly's HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN, now playing at Corrib Theatre, Irish Sonya falls in love with Australian Kate. The play tells their story -- a tale of two people literally going to the ends of the earth to be together. It's funny, quirky, and the perfect romantic antidote to the dreary Portla...

BWW Review: PassinArt's THE NO PLAY Hits a Nerve
by Krista Garver - April 10, 2019

THE NO PLAY tells the story of the relationship between the Cheeks, an African American family, and Yaveni Aaronsohn, a Jewish scholar writing a book about the commonalities in the two cultures' experiences. It's challenging, emotional, and important....

BWW Review: JUMP Challenges Us to Seek Deeper Connections, at Milagro Theatre
by Krista Garver - April 09, 2019

Charly Evon Simpson's JUMP, which is having its National New Play Network rolling world premiere courtesy of Milagro Theatre and Confrontation Theatre, explores the obstacles that we too frequently put between ourselves and real human connection....

BWW Review: A Community Processes the Shooting of Michael Brown in Dael Orlandersmith's UNTIL THE FLOOD, at Portland Center Stage
by Krista Garver - April 04, 2019

Dael Orlandersmith's solo play UNTIL THE FLOOD, in which the Ferguson community processes the shooting, is just as vital now as it was when it was first commissioned by the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis....