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Biglittlethings through Jan. 1. (Call for times.
17
SE
Eighth
Ave.
$16-$31
from
503-231-9581.)
Artists Repertory Theatre presents the slapstick
comedy Owen Meany's Christmas Pageant,
adapted 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 person. 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.
$18-$24 from 360-695-3770.)
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents
Broadway Goes Christmas—Haulin' Out the
Holidays, an original music revue about the struggle of put­
ting on a show and the joy of the season, through Dec. 18
at the Tualatin High School auditorium. Set in a New York
City department store, the wheezing plot is a harmless
Lawrence Welk pretext for a fine ensemble of terrific
Portland musical theater voices to serenade the blue-hair,
Broadway-in-the-'burte crowd. (8 pm Friday and Saturday,
2 pm Sunday. 22300 SW Boones Ferry Road. $15-$24 from
503-620-5262 or www.broadwayrose.com.)
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.dojqfip.org.)
rf§S&A Fever Theater presents I Am a Superhero, the
story of two brothers attempting to become a
superhero through different means, through Dec. 18 at
Goldsmith Building. A meandering script sometimes gets
lost in itself, but this DIY maverick delivers some clever
hipster multimedia. (8 pm. 10 NW Fifth Ave. $10 $15 from
503-233-4420.)
Hitchhiking rabbits, metamorphosing caterpillars, insomni­
ac hippos, guilty raccoons and dysfunctional ducks fill the
collection of oddities in Imago Theatre's latest version of
Sowelu Theater Ensemble presents An Evening of
Flamenco and Ballads performed by Juliet Cardinal,
Joaquin Lopez and Stan Olmsted, extended Dec. 17
and 18 at Back Door Theater. (9:30 pm Saturday, 4 pm
Sunday. 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $10-$ 15 from
503-230-2090.)
Integrity Productions uses the tale of Hansel
8 Gretel to convey the message of holiday spir­
it and giving in the original children's show The
Holly Jolly Holiday Hullabaloo! through Jan. 1
at Theater Theatre. (Call for times. 3430 SE
Belmont St. $5-$10from 503-286-3456.)
Stark Raving Theatre ambitiously presents The (sec­
ond) Annual Cold Comedy Concoction— four writers,
four directors, four actors, four comedies in one
night—through Jan. 14. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday,
7 pm Sunday. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $10-$20 from
503-232-7072, Thursdays are “pay what you can. ”) ’
Miracle Theatre Group presents Posada
Milagro, a free Spanish-language Christmas
celebration featuring th^Teatro Espariol ensem­
ble, Dec. 18. (1-5 pm. 525 SE Stark St.
503-236-7253.)
Stumptown Stages presents Urinetown,
a Tony-winning musical about a Gotham-like
town
that
outlaws the use of pnvate toilets in response
&S&A Northwest Children's Theater cele-
Gay actor Michael J. Teufel stars in Tribe Theatre's Oleanna
to
a
temble
water shortage, through Dec. 18 at Interstate
brates the centennial of J.M. Barrie's
with Sabra Choi through Dec. 17.
Firehouse Cultural Center. Broadway glitz is flushed away
fantasy masterpiece Peter Pan through Dec. 31
in favor of bing-bang-booming performances—a real
at Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center.
Energizer actor pull off this theatrical stunt, poking fun at a
relief for Portland musical theater from one of the Rose City's
Darker than Disney, this elaborate but lengthy production
Christmas chestnut without ever quite pushing it over the
newest amenities. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday
(with impressive choreography from newcomer Demian
edge. At only 75 minutes, it's a great warm-up for the hol­
5340 N Interstate Ave. $25 from 503-381-8686.)
Boergadine) sends kids flying even if its grown-up implica­
iday party circuit. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway. $ 15-
tions don't get off the ground. (Call for times. 1819 NW
Tribe Theatre presents Oleanna, David Mamet's
$56 from 503-274-6588J
Everett
St.
$12-$20
from
503-222-4480
or
two-hander about alleged sexual harassment
Portland Opera's Broadway in Portland presents
www.nwcts.org.)
between a college professor and his student, through
Mamma Mia!, the smash musical based on the songs of
Dec. 17 at CenterRing. Shifting, stammering Mametspeak
Oregon Ballet Theatre presents George Balanchine's The
Abba, Dec. 27-Jan. 1 at Keller Auditorium. (Call for times.
isn't easy to nail, but it's necessary to how this story is
Nutcracker through Dec. 24 at Keller Auditorium. (Call for
222 SW Clay St. $25-$70 from 503-241-1802 or
told. Unfortunately, novice directing keeps this perform­
times. 222 SW Clay St. $18-$98 from box office or
Ticketmaster.)
ance from emotional hammering. (8 pm. 5339 SE Foster
503-2-BALLET.)
Road.
$10-$12 from 503-788-3389.)
Profile Theatre Project continues its Lanford Wilson sea­
Oregon Children's Theatre presents E.B. White's timeless
son with Bum This, a visceral exploration of loss, love and
(&B&A 2Boards Productions presents Dog Opera,
Charlotte's Web Jan. 8, 15 and 21 at Keller Auditorium.
art about a dancer grieving the accidental death of her col­
a dramedy about a gay man and a straight woman
(2 pm. 222 SW Clay St. $10-$22 from 503-228-9571 or
laborator, Jan. 7-Feb. 12 at Theater Theatre. (8 pm
in their 30s trying to find love outside their lifelong friend­
Ticketmaster.)
Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St.
ship, through Dec. 18 at Theater Theatre. It's about time
$13-$28 from 503-242-0080.)
Pacific Artists Ballet Theatre, Oregon's only youth ballet
we take an honest look at the Will 8 Grace “marriage of
company, presents La Boutique Fantasque (The Enchanted
true minds," but like its lonesome characters, this slew of
Slocum House Theatre presents A Christmas Carol,
Toyshop) through Dec. 18 at the Performing Arts Center on
scenes—frequently delivered via telephones and answer­
Charles Dickens' beautiful study of the true meaning of the
Portland Community College's Sylvania Campus. (Call for
ing machines—sadly sits on its hands, leaving one want­
holiday, through Dec. 18. (Call for times. 605 Esther St.,
times. 12000 SW 49th Ave. $10-$18 from 503-452-8448.)
ing a little more action. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm
Vancouver, Wash. $8-$10 from 360-696-2427.)
Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $10 from 503-232-5375;
tfS&A Portland Center Stage presents the world pre-
Sowelu Theater Ensemble presents The Fever, Wallace
matinees
are two-for-one.)
miere of This Wonderful Life, gay actor Mark
Shawn's play about a privileged traveler who collapses in
Setlock's one-man sendup of Frank Capra's It's a
a poor country where her language isn’t spoken, through
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Wonderful Life, through Dec. 24 at Newmark Theatre.
Dec. 17 at Back Door Theater. (8 pm. 4319 SE Hawthorne
Playwright Steve Murray's cheeky narrative helps the
Blvd. $8-$15from 503-230-2090.)
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