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DECEMBER 2. 2005 Kviw Artists Repertory Theatre presents the slapstick comedy Owen Meany's Christmas Pageant, adapt ed from the best seller by John Irving about a dwarf's fight to be the baby Jesus, extended through Dec. 24. This short sugar rush of sour Christmas candy is a lark despite a geezer literary adaptation that's got everyone talking in the third per son. Gay pianist Matthew Kern plays the little diva Owen. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St. $15-$40 from 503-241-1278.) Arts Equity presents tap-dancing saxophonist and per formance artist Shoehorn in the multimedia travelogue/visionary fantasy/memoir Saxovision through Dec. 30 in Vancouver, Wash. (Call for times 606 Main St. $18424 from 360-695-3770.) As You Are Productions presents true holiday tales and sketches in Beyond the Glitter and Fruitcake Dec. 2 and 3 at Subud Center. (7:30 pm. 3185 NE Regents Drive. $12 at the door, $10 in advance from 503-235-2633 or www. annerutherford. com.) BroadArts Theatre presents the CornyCopia Comedy Musical Gala, featuring performances, gifts, handmade crafts, original artworks and community celebration, Dec. 10 at Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center. (1-4:30 pm per formances and gift fair [$5], 7-10:30 pm banquet and con cert [$25-$ 100], 1819 NW Everett St. 503-288-5181.) Hitchhiking rabbits, metamorphosing caterpillars, insomni ac hippos, guilty raccoons and dysfunctional ducks fill the collection of oddities in Imago Theatre's latest version of Biglittlethings Dec. 3-Jan. 1, 2006. (Call for times. 17 SE Eighth Ave. $16431 from 503-231-9581.) Oregon Ballet Theatre presents George Balanchine's The Nutcracker Dec. 9-24 at Keller Auditorium. (Call for times. 222 SW Clay St. $ 18498 from box office or 503-2-BALLET.) Impetus Arts presents Private Dances and Other Performance Art, Part I, a variety-style show of raw, auto biographical material by dancers and musicians of many different cultures and abilities, including some who use wheelchairs and crutches, Dec. 9 and 10 at Performance Works Northwest. (8 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $6420 from 503-493-9090 or impetusarts@yahoo.com.) Miracle Theatre. This campy, hourlong iOle! flutters with mucho singing, dancing and wonderfully frenetic interac tive fun, not to mention the timeless, gay-relevant mes sage for kids and adults alike that it's OK to dance to a dif ferent drummer. iCha-cha-cha! (Call for times. 525 SE Stark St. $17422 from 503-228-9571 or Ticketmaster.) *nte9r'tV Productions presents Alice in Bed, V Susan Sontag's free-dramatic fantasy based on the life of Alice James (the brilliant sister of Henry and William James) merged with the heroine of Alice in Wonderland, through Dec. 11 at Theater Theatre. Curiosity peaks with a choreographed prologue, after which Alice may as well stay in bed for all one is led to care. Despite a well-mannered cast, the production doesn't open any doors to the script's intentions. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 4 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $5415 from 503-286-3456.) Integrity Productions uses the tale of Hansel 8 Gretel to convey the message of holiday spirit and giving in the orig inal children's show The Holly Jolly Holiday Hullabaloo! Dec. 14-Jan. 1, 2006, at Theater Theatre. (Call for times. 3430 SE Belmont St. $5410 from 503-286-3456.) Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents Broadway Goes Christmas—Haulin' Out the Holidays, an original music revue about the struggle of putting on a show and the joy of the season, Dec. 2-18 at the Tualatin High School auditorium. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 22300 SW Boones Ferry Road. $15424 from 503-620-5262 or www.broadwayrose.com.) Lakewood Theatre Company presents Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, the story of two broth ers trying to break into the world of professional comedy writing while coping with the breakup of their family, through Dec. 11. The boys really try to make a go of it— unlike their parents, who seem a little disengaged and too- soon resigned from one of Simon's most perceptively smart, heartachingly funny works. (Call for times. 368 S State St., Lake Oswego $22424 from 503-635-3901 or www. lakewood-center, org. ) Do Jump Extremely Physical Theater presents Do Jump for the Holidays through Dec. 23 at Echo Theatre. (Call for times. 1515 SE 37th Ave. $15-$22 from 503-231-1232 or www. dojump. org.) Miracle Theatre Group presents Posada Milagro, a free Spanish-language Christmas celebration featuring the Teatro Espanol ensemble, Dec. 18. (1-5 pm. 525 SE Stark St. 503-236-7253.) Fever Theater presents / Am a Superhero, the story of two brothers attempting to become a superhero through differ ent means, through Dec. 18 at Goldsmith Building. (8 pm Thursday-Sunday. 10 NW Fifth Ave. $10-$ 15 from 503-233-4420; Thursdays are "pay what you can.") Northwest Children's Theater celebrates the centennial of J.M. Barrie's fantasy masterpiece Peter Pan through Dec. 31 at Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center. (Call for times. 1819 NW Everett St. $12420 from 503-222-4480 or www.nwcts.org.) PykeS "I p VZâich. Oui Pacific Artists Ballet Theatre, Oregon's only youth ballet company, presents La Boutique Fantasque (The Enchanted Toyshop) Dec. 16-18 at the Performing Arts Center on Portland Community College's Sylvania Campus. (Call for times. 12000 SW 49th Ave. $ 10418 from 503-452-8448.) Portland Center Stage presents the world premiere of This Wonderful Life, gay actor Mark Setlock's one-man sendup of Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, through Dec. 24 at Newmark Theatre. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway. $15456 from 503-274-6588.) Portland Civic Theatre Guild's First Tuesday Readers Theatre presents A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams' classic culture clash, Dec. 6 at The Old Church. (10:30 am. 1422 SW 11th Ave $5.) Readers Theatre Repertory presents an evening of Holiday Cheer Dec. 9 and 10 at Blackfish Gallery. (8 pm. 420 NW Ninth Ave. $8 from 503-295-4997.) Slocum House Theatre presents A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' beautiful study of the true meaning of the holiday, through Dec. 18. (Call for times. 605 Esther St., Vancouver, Wash. $8410 from 360-696-2427.) Sowelu Theater Ensemble presents An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads performed by Juliet Cardinal, Joaquin Lopez and Stan Olmsted, extended through Dec. 11 at Back Door Theater. (8 pm Friday-Sunday. No shows Dec. 9 and 10. 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $10415 from 503-230-2090.) Sowelu Theater Ensemble presents The Fever, Wallace Shawn's play about a privileged traveler who collapses in a poor country where her language isn't spoken, Dec. 8-17 at Back Door Theater. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 4 pm Dec. 11. 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $8415 from 503-230-2090.) Stark Raving Theatre ambitiously presents The (second) Annual Cold Comedy Concoction— four writers, four direc jUSt|OUt 37 tors, four actors, four comedies in one night—Dec. 16- Jan. 14, 2006. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 7 pm Sunday. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $10420 from 503-232-7072; Thursdays are “pay what you can.") Stumptown Stages presents Urinetown, a Tony- / winning musical about a Gotham-like town that outlaws the use of private toilets in response to a terrible water shortage, through Dec. 18 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Broadway glitz is flushed away in favor of bing-bang-booming performances—a real relief for Portland musical theater from one of the Rose City's newest amenities. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 5340 N Interstate Ave. $25 from 503-381-8686.) Tore Mathern Dance reflects on The Grammar of Regret by examining the ways we express it in sentiment and lan guage through Dec. 11 at Conduit Dance. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 7 pm Sunday, plus 3 pm Dec. 11. 918 SW Yamhill St. $11414 from 503-221-5857.) woman in their 30s trying to find love outside their life long friendship, through Dec. 18 at Theater Theatre. It's about time we take an honest look at the Will 8 Grace "marriage of true minds," but like its lonesome charac ters, this slew of scenes—frequently delivered via tele phones and answering machines—sadly sits on its hands, leaving one wanting a little more action. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $10 from 503-232-5375; matinees are two-for-one; Dec. 14 is "pay what you will"; Dec. 3 is “feed the actors“ night.) Vancouver Youth Theatre presents A Christmas Magdrigal, an evening of medieval tradition, fine desserts and Christmas merriment, through Dec. 3 at The Portal. (7 pm. 2007 E 12th St., Vancouver, Wash. $8415 from Urban Eccentric and Unravelled Yarn.) White Bird presents Alonzo King's LINES Ballet in a thrilling program displaying his unique fusion of classical ballet technique and the angular dynamism of contempo rary dance Dec. 8-10 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. (8 pm. 1620 SW Park Ave. $14425 from 503-725-3307 or Ticketmaster.) Reviewed by T imothy K rai se Read more at Y-YYv fol!ou 'spot, blogs pot. com. by Alison. Bechdel GOD.’ ENOUGH.' I CAME HERE TO STUDY FOR THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE FINAL, meanwhile , at their professor ' s domicile ... SAMIA? CAN I COME OVER? 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