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BroadArts Theatre presents the comic cabaret If I Were
the Queen of This Forest, an interactive game of Parad-Oz
sponsored by VisionPDX, Portland Mayor Tom Potter's
20-year vision for the city, through Aug. 5 at various loca
tions. (For a complete schedule visit www.broadarts.org.)
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents Sisters of
Swing: The Story of the Andrew Sisters, a touching musi
cal revue following the group from its early days to the
height of its stardom to its melancholy separation, through
July 30 at Deb Fennell Auditorium in Tigard. (Call for times.
9000 SW Durham Road $19426 from 503-620-5262.)
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents The Case of
the Dead Flamingo Dancer, a musical comedy whodunit
about a tap-dancing detective investigating a corpse
discovered at DeManor Manor on a stormy night in the
summer of ’42, Aug. 4-20 at Deb Fennell Auditorium in
Tigard. (Call for times. 9000 SW Durham Road. $19426
from 503-620-5262)
Brody Theater presents Theatresports, a competition in
which two teams of performers create improvised scenes
based on audience suggestions and are scored by a panel
of judges, through Sept. 1. (9 pm Friday. 1904 NW 27th
Ave. $7410 from www.brodytheatercom.)
Brody Theater presents Summer in Brodavia, an evening
of long-form improvisation, with the cast creating two
different fully improvised pieces starting from audience
suggestions, through Sept. 2. (9 pm Saturday 1904 NW
27th Ave. $7410 from wwwbrodytheater.com.)
Clackamas Repertory Theatre presents I Love
You, You're Perfect, Now Change, a love-happy
little musical about the road to coupledom through July 30
at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. Fair
warning: This is so straight that it's a bit like heterosexual
propaganda. Still, for what rt is, it's pretty gosh-darn good,
thanks to a cast with charisma. (7pm Thursday-Saturday,
2:30 pm Sunday 19600 S Molalla Ave. $10415 from
503-657-6958, ext 2356.)
Home Planet Productions presents
The Rainmaker, a heartwarming fable
set in the drought-stricken Midwest of
the late 1930s about the challenge of
finding a balance between dreams and
reality, Aug. 3-27 at West End Theater.
(8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 3 pm Sunday.
1220 SW Taylor St $10415 from
888-287-6318.)
Portland Actors Ensemble presents the second of
two free summer Shakespeare in the Park productions,
The Merry Wives of Windsor, July 29-Sept. 4 at vari
ous parks, (www.portlandactors.com.)
Portland Center for the Performing Arts presents
Menopause The Musical—tour women at a lingerie
sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra,
memory loss, hot flashes and night sweats—extended
through Aug. 6 at Winnmgstad Theatre. (Call for times
1111 SW Broadway $44.50 from box office or
Ticketmaster)
La Bodega Productions presents the
Pulitzer Prize winner Wit, a contemplative
look at our hospital systems and how we
treat our sick, through Aug. 12 at Theater
Theatre (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 4 pm
Sunday 3430 SE Belmont St $12415
from
www. labodegaproductions. com;
health care workers receive a $2 discount;
Thursdays are "pay what you can.")
Lakewood Theatre Company
presents a vibrant update of the
Shakespeare classic A Midsummer
Night's Dream, transforming the setting to
the California Redwoods for a psychedelic
romp through the forest to the music of
The Beatles, The Doors, The Beach Boys
and others, through Aug. 20. It s got all the
right elements, but surprisingly lacks
chemistry, making this a pretty dry Dream.
(Call for times. 368 S State St., Lake
Oswego $22424 from 503-635-3901.)
Portland State University presents a modern transla
tion of Medea, the ultimate story of "hell hath no fury
like a woman scorned," Aug. 4-12 at Studio Theater in
Lincoln Hali. (7:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, 2 pm
Sunday 1620 SW Park Ave $5 from 503-725-3307;
Wednesday is canned food drive night)
2Boards Productions stages the dark comedy Private Eyes
through Aug. 12.
LastRites Productions explores
the connection between brain and
body in its stage adaptation of Joseph Green's The Brain
That Wouldn't Die through July 29 at Miracle Theatre. The
plot thickens as this newish company hones its intuition
that reinventing B movies into B theater will tickle your
funnf bone. There are moments when the parody is just
right, but the pacing flatlines halfway through and never
really revives. fS pm Thursday-Saturday. 525 SE Stark St
$10412 from www.lastritesproductions.org, Thursdays are
"pay what you will.")
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Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre Company presents its 10th
anniversary American Classics Theatre Festival featuring
Lend Me a Tenor, an award-winning farce about a petrified-
with-fright production assistant who subs for a world-
famous opera singer, July 28-Aug. 20 at Mt. Hood
Community College. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm
Sunday. 26000 SE Stark St $15420 from 503-491-5950.)
^r’an9*e Productions presents an encore pro
duction of Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring
Wade McCollum in his Drammy-winning role as a
German transsexual telling her life story through a
series of concerts at U.S. seafood restaurants, through
Aug. 12 at Artists Repertory Theatre. Everything
you've heard is true: Hedwig rocks. McCollum and
sidekick Julianna Jaffe give themselves over to their
characters heart and soul. The band's outstanding, and
Jeff Woods' lighting adds dynamic vitality. It's a total
must-see. (8pm Thursday-Saturday 1516 SW Alder
St $38 at the door, $35438 from www triproorg; $20
student rush offered 15 minutes before each show)
2Boards Productions presents Private Eyes, a dark
comedy about truth, love and salad dressing, through Aug.
12 at Theater Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 4 pm
Sunday 3430 SE Belmont St. $10 from 503-2324375.)
Reviewed by TIMOTHY KRAUSE. Read more
and comment at followspot.blygspot.com.
Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre Company pres
ents its 10th anniversary American Classics
Theatre Festival featuring Sea Marks, a tale of a
fisherman whose simple life becomes very com
plex when his intimate letters are published as a
book of poetry, July 29-Aug. 20 at Mt. Hood
Community College. (8 pm Friday and Saturday,
2 pm Sunday 26000 SE Stark St $15420 from
503-491-5950 )
PATRICK F SMITH
BodyVox performs Aug. 3 during the annual Pearl Jam
Concert in Jamison Square. (7-7:30 pm. 810 NW 11th
Ave.)
New Century Players presents California Suite,
Neil Simon's humane, compassionate and humor
ous confection divided into four parts, through
July 22 at Rex Putnam High School in Milwaukie.
(7:30 pm Friday, 2 and 7 30 pm Saturday 4950 SE
Roethe Road $7410 from 503-367-2620 /
New Moon Productions presents outdoor per
formances of Alice in Wonderland through July
23 and July 27-30 at Mount Tabor Park
Amphitheatre. (6:30 pm No show July 28)
LastRites Productions adapts The Brain That Wouldn't Die from screen to stage through July 29.
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Northwest Children’s Theater presents
Moby Dick The Musical, in which a
bankrupt all-girls academy stages its own ver
sion of the Herman Melville epic to raise money
to keep the school afloat, through Aug. 6 at
Artists Repertory Theatre. Rough sailing, to be
sure, but an unsinkable spirit rides waves of on-
the-cusp talent captained by ship-shape show
man John Ellingson. (8 pm Friday, 8 and 11 pm
Saturday. 2 pm Sunday. 1516 SW Alder St $16-
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