JANUARY 20, 2006
on stage
Defunkt Theatre presents Doctor Faustus Lights the
Lights, an unpredictably absurdist take on the Faust story,
through Feb. 18 at Back Door Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-
Saturday. 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $10415 from
503-481-2960; Thursdays are "pay what you will. “)
Disjecta presents Island Desk: My Teeny Tiny Knowledge
of Nothing, Monster Squad and Marty Schnapf's labyrinth
that follows the struggles of one woman at odds with the
rigidity of her corporate office environment, through
Jan. 22. (8 pm. 338 NW Sixth Ave. $10414 from
503-708-5801.)
Insight Out Theatre Collective presents Kindred, a rivet­
ing dark comedy about two prisoners seeking redemption
and connection in desperate circumstances, Feb. 3-18 at
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. (8 pm Wednesday-
Saturday. 5340 N Interstate Ave. $15 from 503-234-0973;
Wednesdays are $5415 sliding scale.)
Lakewood Theatre Company presents The Lion in Winter,
an ingenious drama pitting King Henry II against his strong-
willed wife and their three heirs in a 12th century struggle
for love and power, through Feb. 19. (Call for times. 368 S
State St., Lake Oswego. $22424 from 503-635-3901.)
Last Rites Productions presents a graphic retelling of the
1966 cult horror film "Manos" The Hands of Fate through
Portland Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth in
partnership with BodyVox Feb. 4, 7, 9 and 11 at Keller
Auditorium. (7:30 pm. 222 SW Clay St. $374133 from
503-241-1802 or Ticketmaster.)
New Blue Parrot Theatre
presents Oscar Wilde's
The Importance of Being
Earnest through Jan. 22 at
Washburn Performing Arts
Center in Washougal,
Wash. (8 pm Friday and
Saturday, 2 pm Sunday.
1202 39th St. $8410 from
www. newblueparrot. com.)
Arts Equity presents The Ice Fishing Play, a winter come­
dy that brings a lonely fisherman cheek-to-gill with destiny,
through Feb. 26 in Vancouver, Wash. (Call for times.
606 Main St. $10434 from 360-695-3770.)
CoHo Productions presents The Real Inspector Hound,
Tom Stoppard's absurdist mockery of the traditional "who­
dunit,” Jan. 27-March 4. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm
Sunday
2257 NW Raleigh St. $19422 from
503-220-COHO.)
exquisite score is intact, and Ron Daum stands out as a
musical theater trooper. (Call for times. 1111 SW
Broadway. $15456 from 503-274-6588.)
array of gay Latino identi­
ties, Feb. 3-25. (7:30 pm
Thursday, 8 pm Friday and
Saturday, 2 pm Sunday
525 SE Stark St. $16420
from 503-236-7253.)
Artists Repertory Theatre presents a world premiere
adaptation of The Seagull, Anton Chekhov’s exploration of
a Russian actress, her son, her lover and his muse, through
Feb. 26. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St. $15440 from
503-241-1278.)
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Pr°f'*e Theatre Project continues its Lanford
Wilson season with Burn This, a visceral explo­
ration of loss, love and art about a dancer grieving the acci­
dental death of her gay collaborator, through Feb. 12 at
Theater Theatre. It’s a daring story filled with open wounds
and emotional scars, but it's only when these characters
let go and move on—about halfway through the second
act—that things start to get interesting. (8 pm Thursday-
Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $13428 from
503-242-0080.)
Northwest
Children's
Theater presents the
Tony-nominated musical
A Year with Frog 8 Toad
Theatre Vertigo retells the ancient Greek myth of Philomele in The Love of
Feb. 3-26 at Northwest
the Nightingale through Feb. 11.
Neighborhood
Cultural
Center. (Call for times.
Feb. 4 at Theater Theatre. (10:30 pm Thursday-Saturday.
1819 NW Everett St $12420 from 503-222-4480 or
3430 SE Belmont St. $8410 from www lastritesproduc-
www.nwcts.org.)
tions.org; Thursdays are "pay what you can.")
Oregon Children's Theatre presents E.B. White's timeless
Liminal Performance Group presents the Portland pre­
Charlotte's Web Jan. 21 at Keller Auditorium. (2 pm.
miere of Far Away, Caryl Churchill's dark, quasi-political
222 SW Clay St. $10422 from 503-228-9571 or
play staged on a set composed entirely of video projection
Ticketmaster.)
surfaces, through Feb. 18 at Goldsmith Building. (8 pm
Polaris Dance Theatre presents the premiere of Scapes,
Thursday-Saturday. 20 NW Fifth Ave $6410 sliding scale
a compelling collaboration with gay choreographer Eric
from 503-890-2993.)
Skinner and others, Jan. 25-28 at Portland State
Miracle Theatre Group presents Mi Vida Gitana,
University's Lincoln Hall. (8 pm. 1620 SW Park Ave. $18-
a cross-cultural romance between a young
$22 from 503-725-3307 or Ticketmaster.)
Spanish gypsy girl and an American boy, through Jan. 21.
Portland Center Stage presents the longest-
The play's small cast is challenged to draw out the story's
running musical in U.S. theater history. The
big-picture ambitions because the script, though artfully
Fantasticks, which follows two starry-eyed teens into their
bilingual, is otherwise pretty sketchy. Mixing some cool
first great romance, through Feb. 5 at Newmark Theatre.
beatbox with hot flamenco adds pleasing swatches of col­
Sadly, PCS' high-concept retooling misdirects attention, as
or. (8 pm. 525 SE Stark St. $14418 from 503-236-7253.)
if the production doesn't trust the sincere charm of its own
Miracle Theatre Group presents Men on the Verge 2 (The
material. How does all the window dressing serve a play
Self-Esteem Files), a one-man show revealing a vibrant
utterly simple in essence? It doesn't. Fortunately, the
Slocum House Theatre presents The Odd Couple, Neil
Simon's comedy about a slob bachelor and his meticulous
roommate, through Feb. 5. (Call for times. 605 Esther St.,
Vancouver, Wash $8410 from 360-696-2427.)
Theatre Vertigo presents The Love of the
Nightingale, a rich retelling of the ancient Greek
myth of Philomele and a story of the power of words and
the price of silence, through Feb. 11 at Theater Theatre.
Nightingale is an extraordinary epic strikingly staged,
a classic tragedy with a contemporary voice—and the
embodiment of true ensemble work representing
companywide collaboration toward a unified vision, one
that takes advantage of theater's unique power to tell com­
pelling stories. Recommended. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday.
3430 SE Belmont St. $15 from 503-306-0870; Thursdays
are "pay what you will. “)
White Bird presents the Portland debut of Great Britain’s
celebrated Richard Alston Dance Company Feb. 1 at
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (7:30 pm. 1037 SW
Broadway. $19443 from box office or Ticketmaster.)
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