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on stage Ann Rutherford presents Bread and Salt: Tales of the Stuff and Staff of Life, an evening of original stories and songs about what gives life savor and zest, Oct. 14 and 21 at Subud Center. (7:30 pm. 3185 NE Regents Drive. $12 at the door, $10 in advance from 503-235-2633.) Artists Repertory Theatre presents Meta- morphoses, a reimagining of Ovid's poem cycle that uses an imaginative onstage pool and a wry pop cul ture sensibility to reframe Greek and Roman myths for con temporary audiences, through Oct. 15. Director Randall Stuart delivers his eclectic intuition of classic bathhouse stories with a flirty theatricality that tickles as frequently as it touches. And though the pool may be empty, the play is filled with that godly mix of colossal beauty and earthy forthrightness (not to mention naked Eros)—all swimming in Jeff Forbes' submersive lighting design and Rodolfo Ortega's buoyant sound composition. And floating among the cast is a relaxed joy and wonder—an easy playfulness sometime absent from Artists Rep's intimacy. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St. $20-$40 from 503-241-1278.) Artists Repertory Theatre presents Mr. Marmalade, a wild satire about childhood games and adult dysfunction told through the eyes of an extremely precocious 4-year- old and her Tarantino-inspired imaginary friend, Oct. 10- Nov. 19. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder St. $20-$40from 503-241-1278.) Cirque du Soleil presents Delirium, a multifaceted event featuring Cirque du Soleil music remixed, Oct. 19 and 20 at the Rose Garden. (8 pm. 1 Center Court. $69.50-$99.50 from 877-789-ROSE.) Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon presents Orestes, Euripedes' story of young people who have been misled and abandoned by those responsible for guiding and protecting them—their parents, their govern ment and their gods—through Oct. 15 at West End Theatre. Euripides would've loved writing for cable: This "cheeky" Greek intentionally messes with you by present ing a "grim" melodramatic beginning spinning on its heels halfway through toward a "preposterous" comic ending. Once you get over that and go with it, the arrival of hunky Apollo just makes sense. Featuring original music by dyke rocker Sarah Dougher. (Call for times. 1220 SW Taylor St. $10-$20 from 503-258-9313.) CoHo Productions presents the world premiere of Jingle Spree, a hilarious but deeply troubling portrait of the contemporary family in which adult actors play both parents and children, Oct. 13-Nov. 18. (8 pm Thursday- Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 2257 NW Raleigh St $20-$23 from 503-220-2646.) Defunkt Theatre presents Secondhand Smoke, a smart, unpredictable comedy infused with ges ture, song and dance examining the landscape of American orneriness, through Oct. 14 at Back Door Theatre. Wondrously perplexing playwright Mac Wellman returns— huffing, puffing, more confounding than ever—in this, the third installment of his "Crowtet." Though the abstraction can be difficult, take a deep breath and Smoke will linger in your thoughts. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd $10-$ 15 from 503-481-2960 or www. defunktheatre.com. Thursdays are "pay what you will. “) Hult Center for the Performing Arts presents Another Evening: I Bow Down, a bold new work by legendary gay choreographer Bill T. Jones examining the resilience of the human spirit in the face of disaster, Oct. 8 at Silva Concert Hall in Eugene. {7:30 pm 1 Eugene Center $25-$45 from 541-682-5004.) Imago Theatre presents Betrayal, Harold Pinter’s play about the politics of betrayal and the damage it inflicts on all involved, through Oct. 15. (Call for times. 17 SE Eighth Ave. $16-$26 from 503-231-3959 ) Insight Out Theatre Collective presents Leni, the story t of German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose two most ’ famous films, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, were funded by the Nazi Party, Oct. 20-Nov. 11 at the historic Academy Theater. (8:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 1 pm Oct 29 7818 SE Stark St $15 from 503-493-8070; Thursdays are $5 $ 15 sliding scale.) Integrity Productions presents Miss Witherspoon, gay playwright Christopher Durang's Pulitzer-nominated come dy about a depressed curmudgeon whose suicidal tenden cies keep sending her to the afterlife, through Oct. 29 at Theater Theatre. (Call for times 3430 SE Belmont St. $15 from 503-286-3456; Thursdays are $5-$ 1,000 sliding scale.) Katrina O'Brien ft Co. present 3WayCall, a unique collec tion of works by modern choreographers from three differ ent states created without physical interaction, Oct. 15 at Conduit Dance Studio. (6 pm 918 SW Yamhill St. $10-$14 from 503-221-5857.) Lakewood Theatre Company presents Bagtime: The Musical, a Tony-winning epic story in which the fictional lives of three very different American families become dramatically intertwined with real-life historical figures and events at the turn of the 20th century, through Oct. 29. Though immediately relevant, the myriad plots can seem too much and the songs too little. Nevertheless, the production deservedly received a standing ovation due largely to Alan D. Lytle’s impeccable musical direction of the first-class orchestra and stellar cast. (Call for times 368 S State St , Lake Oswego $26-$28 from 503-635-3901.) Live on Stage presents The Who's Tommy, featuring les bian actress Promise Nunn as The Acid Queen and gay veteran Mark Brown as Uncle Ernie, Oct. 12-28 at World Trade Center Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday 121 SW Salmon St $25 from 503-280-LIVE ) Miracle Theatre Group pre sents the world premiere of The Road to Xibalbà, a magical look at how two generations of Mayan- American descendants connect to rediscover the power of spiritual belief, through Oct. 14. This visually stunning expedition into Mayan jungle—with lush compositions of color and sound—brings back artifacts of ancient belief system, though the spir itual relevance for moderns is only par tially reconstructed. Talkbacks follow Thursday and Sunday performances. (7:30 pm Thursday, 8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 525 SE Stark St $17-$20 from 503-236-7253 ) Portland Metro Performing Arts presents Flashbacks, the long- awaited sequel to the hit musical Hot Flashes, through Nov. 4. New Century Players presents Little Shop of Horrors, an affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies about an R & B-singmg exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood, through Oct. 21 at Rex Putnam High School in Milwaukie. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Oct. 14 and 21. 4950 SE Roethe Road $10-$15 from 503-367-2620 ) Nomadic Theatre Co presents Afield: The Slideshow of Our Boring Vacation, an eccentric two-woman show in which masked characters, clowns and animated objects transport audi ences off the beaten path, Oct. 13-22 at Performance Works Northwest. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 7 pm Sunday, 2 pm Oct 22. 4626 SE 67th Ave. $7 $10 from 971-219-5781) Nomadic Theatre Co stages Afield: The Slideshow of Northwest Children's Theater presents The Witches, Roald Dahl's theatrical brew about a Our Boring Vacation Oct. 13-22. young orphan and his kindly grandmother who find themselves smack in the middle of a witch Portland Opera's Broadway Across America presents es convention, through Oct. 29 at Northwest Neighborhood Sweet Charity, starring Molly Ringwald as the unluckiest Cultural Center. (7 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Saturday romantic in New York City, through Oct. 8 at Keller and Sunday 1819 NW Everett St $16-$20 from Auditorium. (Call for times 222 SW Clay St. $23-$68 from 503-222-4480.) Ticketmaster) Northwest Children's Theater revives Night of the Living Dead, a live stage version of the '60s B-movie horror classic, Oct. 20-28 at Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center. (10:30 pm Friday and Saturday. 1819 NW Everett St $12 from 503-222-4480.) Oregon Ballet Theatre presents its fall program, featuring the company premiere of gay choreographer Jerome Robbins' ballet The Concert, Oct. 14-21 at Keller Auditorium. (Call for times. 222 SW Clay St. $10-$105 from 503-2-BALLET.) Oregon Children’s Theatre presents the Oregon premiere of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie through Oct. 15 at Newmark Theatre. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway. $12-$23 from 503-228-9571.) Performance Works Northwest presents MamaSpeak, lesbian mother Dawn Menken's quirky and awe-filled personal story highlighting the universal mystery behind birth and the sacred calling to parenthood, through Oct. 7. (7:30 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $15 from 503-777-1907.) Polaris Dance Theatre presents Too Blue, a sultry evening of blues music paired with modern dance, Oct. 18-21 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall (7:30 pm 1620 SW Park Ave $20-$24 from 503-725-3307'.) Portland Art Center presents The Catacombs Project, an interactive performance-based installation exploring the dreams of Portland grounded in historical material from the city ’s Old Town and North End, Oct. 13-31. (Call for times. 32 NW Fifth Ave. $10-$20 sliding scale.) Portland Center for the Performing Arts presents Menopause: The Musical— four women at a lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra, memory loss, hot flashes and night sweats—extended through Oct. 29 at Winningstad Theatre. (Call for times. 1111 SW Broadway $44.50 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Portland Center for the Performing Arts presents the premiere of Too Much Coffee Man Opera, based on the syndicated comic strip about postmodern caffeine humor, extended through Oct. 7 at Brumsh Hall (8 pm. 1111 SW Broadway. $24 50-$3025 from box office or Ticketmaster) Portland Center Stage presents the American musical masterpiece West Side Story through Nov. 5 in the new Gerding Theater at the Armory. (Call for times. 128 NW 11th Ave $18 50-$61.50 from 503-445-3700.) Portland Metro Performing Arts presents Flashbacks, the long awaited sequel to the hit musical Hot Flashes, show ing women embracing the challenges of aging and cele brating the second half of their lives, through Nov. 4. (Call for times. 9933 SE Pine St $20-$24 from 503-775-8017.) Profile Theatre Project opens its Wendy Wasserstem sea son with An American Daughter, a high-stakes political satire examining how Washington insiders and the media thwart our best and brightest women through increasingly savage scrutiny, Oct. 14-Nov. 12 at Theater Theatre. Mat chat fol lows Oct. 15 performance. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday 3430 SE Belmont St $10-$28 from 503-242 0080 ) Readers Theatre Repertory presents Macabre Macbeth, a bite-size bit of Shakespeare focusing on the bloody heart of the story, Oct. 13 and 14 at Blackfish Gallery. (8 pm 420 NW Ninth Ave $8 from 503-295-4997.) Slocum House Theatre presents The Seagull, Anton Chekhov's play about the human tendency to reject love that is freely given and to seek it where it is withheld, through Nov. 12. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 4 pm Sunday 605 Esther St, Vancouver, Wash $8 $ 10 from 360-696-2427.) Stumptown Stages presents the Northwest pre- miere of the award-winning musical Reefer Madness!—a political satire about government misinfor mation and greed loosely based on the 1936 propaganda film Tell Your Children— through Oct. 7 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Straight-arrow, pushy pacing runs a bit roughshod over this camp-noir musical, but Stumptown s seamy alternative to West Side Story fea tures the talents of an incorrigible Andrew Bray, whole some Erin Charles and sardonic Jami Chatalas Blanchard belting beautifully over musical director Ben Van Deipen s excellent band. But keep your eye on Lisamarie Harrison, who, like her character, Mae, is smokin'. (8 pm 5340 N Interstate Ave $22-$25 from 503-381-8686) Third Eye Theatre presents its first performance, Jean- Paul Sartre's existential classic No Exit, through Oct. 22 at Milk and Honey Community Studio. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 7 pm Sunday 2512 SE Gladstone St ft205 $15 from 503-970-8874) The Tragedies present Theatre du Grand Guignol, the original French theater of horror and comedy, Oct. 12-28 at The Little Church. (8 pm. 5138 NE 23rd Ave. $ 15-$20 from 503-367-2100.) White Bird presents the West Coast debut of Tama Pérez Salas Compañía de Danza, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed companies, Oct. 12 14 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. (8 pm 1620 SW Park Ave. $14- $25 from Ticketmaster.) Reviewed by TIMOTHY KRAUSE nr W inston G oodbody . Read more and comment at foUowspot.blogspot.com. 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