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Agnieszka Laska Dancers present The Fall '01, a 9/11
study featuring a ballet score by Jack Gabel, May 10 at
Warner Pacific College. (7 and 8 pm. 2219 SE 68th Ave.
$ 10 from www. artixpdx. com.}
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Artists Repertory Theatre presents frozen, in
which the lives of three strangers are connected
through the disappearance of a child and the search for
answers from a killer in custody, through May 7. The
production is uneven, and the play, though provocative,
teeters between sensational and scholarly. What makes it
disturbingly worthwhile is actor Keith Scales' wholly
mesmerizing portrayal of a murdering pedophile. {Call for
times. 1516 SW Alder St. $15440 from 503-241-1278.)
Artists Repertory Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim's
Tony-winning musical Assassins through June 4. (Call for
times. 1516 SW Alder St. $15440 from 503-241-1278.)
As You Are Productions presents Oregon Lost and Found,
a lively evening of anecdotes, theatrical improv and histora-
drama celebrating the Beaver State, through May 13 at
Subud Center. (7:30 pm Friday and Saturday. No show
May 12. 3185 NE Regents Drive. $12 at the door, $10 in
advance from 503-235-2633 or www.annerutherford.com.)
Aviator Aerial Dance presents 22° Halo, a multidiscipli
nary meditation on our earthbound relationships to the
sky, May 12-14 at Wieden-l-Kennedy. (8:30 pm. 224 NW
13th Ave. $12415 from 971-506-7054.)
BodyVox revives the company's inaugural work, The Big
Room, with a new section inspired by Mozart's Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik May 17-20 at Newmark Theatre. (7:30 pm
Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturday. 1111 SW
Broadway. $15436 from 503-229-0627.)
Brooklyn Bay revives Tao Soup, a savory blend of Eastern
and Western influences utilizing text, movement, music,
sound and an assortment of unpredictable delights and
surprises, through June 17. (8 pm Friday and Saturday.
1825 SE Franklin St. $10415 from 503-777-5879.)
Charles Ross performs a high-energy, nonstop blast
through three films in just one hour in One-Man Star Wars
Gay playwright Lanford Wilson participates in a
panel of theater luminaries May 6 at PSU.
, Trilogy through May 6 at Newmark Theatre. (Call for times.
1111 SW Broadway. $20430 from box office or
Ticketmaster.)
Club Posse Productions presents Going All the Way:
A Very Special Night of Theatre, a multimedia tale of love,
lust and lunchroom alienation based on the after-school
specials that ruled the 3 pm network time slot from the
early 1970s to the mid-1990s, through May 12 at Theater
Theatre. (11:30 pm Thursday-Saturday. 3430 SE Belmont
St. $7 from 503-358-8646; Thursdays are "pay what you
will.’')
CoHo Productions presents By the Bog of Cats, a new
Medea story of vengeance and forgiveness set in modem
Ireland, through June 10. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm
Sunday. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $19422 from
503-220-C0H0.)
Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theater presents And
Then..., a new work inspired by the paintings of Marc
Chagall, through May 21 at Echo Theatre. (Call for times.
1515 SE 37th Ave. $15422 from 503-231-1232 or
www. dojump. org.)
Fever Theater presents Mitläufer (Fellow Traveler),
a show about the controversial life of Nazi-era filmmaker
Leni Riefenstahl [Triumph of the Will}, through May 27 at
Goldsmith Building. (8 pm Thursday, 8 and 10 pm Friday The Cat in the Hat is back in Seussical, the Musical through May 28 at Northwest Children's Theater.
and Saturday. 10 NW Fifth Ave. $10415 sliding scale from
503-233-4420; Thursdays are "pay what you can.")
anthropologist studying the relationship between gang
Portland Center for the Performing Arts presents
behavior and African tribes, May 7-10 at Theater Theatre.
Menopause:
The
Musical
—
four
women
at
a
lingerie
sale
Imago Theatre revives Frogz, its ever-popular creature
(7 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St. $10415 from 503-242-0080.)
with
nothing
in
common
but
a
black
lace
bra,
memory
loss,
theater menagerie of escaped penguins, silent sloths and
hot flashes and night sweats—May 17-June 25 at
invisible cats, through May 28. (Call for times. 17 SE Eighth
Radiant Theatre presents Tommy, The Who's rock opera
Winningstad Theatre. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway.
Ave. $16427 from 503-231-9581 or Tickets West.)
about a young boy who reaches stardom from a place of
$44.50 from box office or Ticketmaster.)
pain. May 11-June 10 at Liberty Hall. (8 pm Thursday-
Jakers Productions presents Silence, a play full of humor
Portland Metro Performing Arts Center presents the final
Saturday. No show May 19. 311 N Ivy St. $17420 from
and sexual politics about a young lord forced to marry a
run of Hot Flashes, a comedy that follows the career of a
503-502-8261; Thursdays are "pay what you can.")
feisty French princess at the behest of the English king,
five-woman
band
from
their
40s
to
their
70s,
through
May 19-June 24 at Back Door Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-
Readers Theatre Repertory presents The Gods Are
June 3. (Call for times. 9933 SE Pine St. $20424 from
Saturday. 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $15418 from
Definitely Crazy, featuring the hilarious satire "God" by
503-775-8017 or www.hotflashesthemusical.com.)
503-784-7316; Thursdays except June 1 and 22 are "pay
Woody Allen, May 12 and 13 at Blackfish Gallery. (8 pm.
what you will.")
420 NW Ninth Ave. $8 from 503-295-4997.)
Portland Opera presents Mozart's Don Giovanni May 13,
16,18 and 20 at Keller Auditorium. (7:30 pm. 222 SW Clay
Lakewood Theatre Company presents Hello,
Reed College presents its Spring Dance Concert May 5
St. $374133 from 503-241-1802 or Ticketmaster.)
Dolly!, the beloved American musical about an
and 6 at Kaul Auditorium. (8 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
1890s matchmaker, through June 11. A happily spry
$144.)
Portland Playwrights Group and The Bluestockings
production of an old chestnut featuring a golden musical
present Thicker Than Water, eight short and pointed plays
Slocum House Theatre presents Enchanted April, the
theater pairing of the lithe Alan Anderson and playful
about mothers and their offspring, May 11-14 at
story of two proper London housewives' romantic month
Todd Tschida, not to mention a convivial and enthusiastic
Performance Works Northwest. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday,
in the Mediterranean sunshine, through May 14. (Call for
chorus cheered on by Alan D. Lytle's swell-sounding
2 and 7 pm Sunday. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $10 from
times. 605 Esther St., Vancouver, Wash. $8410 from
orchestra. (Call for times. 368 S State St., Lake Oswego.
503-777-1907.)
360-696-2427.)
$25427 from 503-635-3901.)
Portland Story Theater celebrates complex feelings about
Theatre Vertigo, in collaboration with Defunkt
Miracle Theatre Group presents Clean, an inquiry into the
mothers and motherhood in Everybody's Got One through
Theatre, presents Like I Say, a mysterious and
power of faith involving a Puerto Rican family seeking
May 13 at Center Space. Sure beats therapy! (7:30 pm
comic story about a peculiar group of travelers who try to
salvation from their aching hearts, May 12-June 3.
Friday and Saturday. 420 SE Sixth Ave. $15 from
make some sense of life and get a hold of some ready
(7:30 pm Thursday, 8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm
www. portlandstorytheater, com.)
cash, through May 13 at Theater Theatre. Oh, that more
Sunday. 525 SE Stark St. $16420 from 503-236-7253.)
theater would be such a tangle of imagination as this!
Profile Theatre Project continues its Lanford
Northwest Children's Theater presents the Cat in the Hat,
Unsurprisingly, those charming Vertifunkians give them
Wilson season with Redwood Curtain, in which a
Horton the Elephant and all of the Whos in Whoville in
young Vietnamese-American piano prodigy in search of
selves over to the idiosyncratic sincerity of this drifter
Seussical, the Musical through May 28 at Northwest
script, including a wicked puppet show in the second act,
her biological father encounters a homeless Vietnam
Neighborhood Cultural Center. (Call for times. 1819 NW
the point at which the long, languid and offbeat setup
veteran who has retreated from society, through May 14
Everett St. $12420 from 503-222-4480 or www.nwcts.org.)
begins to pay off. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 3430 SE
at Theater Theatre. Labyrinthine redwood forests—full of
Belmont St. $15 from 503-306-0870; Thursdays are "pay
snapping twigs, wrong turns, distant echoes—make a
Oregon Children's Theatre presents Alexander,
what you will.")
striking metaphor for Wilson's lost-and-lonely story, but
Who's Not, Not, Not, Not, Not, Not Going to
instead of stretching its legs to better know the dramatic
The Tragedies Theater Company presents its original
Move!—a musical chock full of pop, Motown and
terrain, this well-cast production seemed consigned to
comedy farce The Butler Did It: A Murder Mystery May 6
Broadway-inspired songs—through May 14 at Brunish
follow the paved-path loop around the sylvan psyche,
and 7 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. (7:30 and
Hall. Cute, but a bit of manic mug-fest, even for the third-
seeing the sights from a safe distance. (8 pm Thursday-
9:30 pm Saturday, 1 pm Sunday 5340 N Interstate Ave
grade set. Family audiences, however, will enjoy this low-
Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $ 13428 from
$345.)
tech musical (complete with its own, admittedly impressive
503-242-0080.)
boy band)—at least until rippling with fidgetiness at the
downbeat of an inescapable denouement ballad. (11 am
Profile Theatre Project concludes its Lanford Wilson
Reviewed by TIMOTHY KRAUSE. Read more
season with a staged reading of a totally revised text of
and 2 pm Saturday, 2 and 5 pm Sunday. 1111 SW
and comment at followspot .blogspot.com.
Broadway. $17422 from 503-228-9571 or Ticketmaster.)
Sympathetic Magic, his Obie-winnmg play about an
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