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Artists Repertory Theatre presents Orson's Shadow, a come
dy about the colliding egos of screen legends Orson Welles and
Laurence Olivier, through July 1. (Call for times. 1516 SW Alder
St. $32 50447 50 from 503-241-1278)
Portland Opera's Broadway Across America presents the
Tony-winning musical Chicago starring Lisa Rmna [Dancing with
the Stars) through June 3 at Keller Auditorium. (Call for times.
222 SW Clay St. $23468 from Ticketmaster.)
Arts Equity presents Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile
through July 8. (Call for times. 606 Main St., Vancouver, Wash
$10424 from 360-695-3770.)
Portland State University presents Vinegar Tom, the story of
two 17th century farm women who are named as witches by
a man whom they have spurned sexually, juxtaposing scenes
from the witch hunts of the 1650s with contemporary musical
commentary, through June 2 at Lincoln Hall. (7:30 pm. $3.50-
$9.50 from 503-725-3307.)
Blue Monkey Theater Co. presents Disney's High
School Musical extended through June 3 at the West
End Theatre. A huge, energetic, gregarious and fun-loving cast
lands somewhere between Saved by the Bell and Fame. (7 pm
Friday, 2 pm Saturday and Sunday. 1220 SW Taylor St. $16420.
from 503-777-4506)
Brooklyn Bay Performance Space presents The Liar's Club, in
which performers spin five outrageous lies that transport and
enthrall while gradually revealing the hidden truth alive at the
center of each one, through June 2. (8pm. 1825 SE Franklin St
$12415 from 503-772-4005.)
CoHo Productions presents the Northwest premiere of My
Matisse, depicting the vibrant painter through the eyes of the
seven most important women in his life, through June 2. (8 pm.
2257 NW Raleigh St. $20423 from 503-220-2646.)
Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre presents the wildly
popular rock 'n' roll musical Grease June 8-30. (8 pm Friday and
Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 230 E Main St. $15 from
503-693-7815.)
Insight Out Theatre Collective presents a special engagement
of Men on the Verge 2 June 15 and 16 at Q Center. (8 pm.
69 SE Taylor St.)
Integrity Productions presents Wonder of the World, a come
dy about a runaway bride who takes a wild ride over Niagara
Falls in a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on,
June 7-July 1 at Theater Theatre. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday,
4 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $12415 from
503-286-3456; Thursdays are $541,000 sliding scale.)
Lakewood Theatre Company presents Oklahoma!,
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical love story about
a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys,
through June 10. Quite tuneful musical direction from maestro
Alan D. Lytle is further enhanced by the colorful, comedic
energy of Courtney Freed, Ben Buckley and Jim Crino, who
offer a strong shot of musical theater style among otherwise
pleasant but watered-down performances. (Call for times.
368 S State St., Lake Oswego. $26428 from 503-635-3901.)
Northwest Classical Theatre Company presents
Macbeth. William Shakespeare's story of the villainous
Scot and his conniving wife, through June 3 at Shoe Box
Theater. This solid rendering features Lady Macbeth a chilling
blood red, all desire and ambition run wild. Mac himself might
be a little too handsome for true evil but still holds the darken
ing second half together, especially after the gloves "come on."
And, yes, a live lizard. (7 pm Friday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday.
2110SE 10th Ave. $12418 from 503-262-5503.)
Oregon Ballet Theatre closes its season with the return of Yuri
Possokhov's Firebird and the world premiere of Christopher
Stowell's Sleeping Beauty, Act III June 8-10 at Keller
Auditorium. (Call for times. 222 SW Clay St. $164105 from
503-2-BALLET.)
Portland Center Stage presents Bad Dates, a one-
woman show about a single working mother who
manages an upscale Manhattan restaurant and decides to start
dating again, through June 10 in Gerding Theater at the Armory.
Imagine looking for love in all the wrong labels. Bad Dates is
filled with mass-produced language and an unexceptional sto
ry drowned out by frenetic, nonstop shoe and clothing changes.
Despite its kitchen sink TV sitcom realism, the character's
social background and milieu are decidedly unreal. Instead, one
receives an unintentional critique of consumer culture and the
shopping mindset as applied to NYC dating. (Call for times.
128 NW 11th Ave. $21 50441 50 from 503-445-3700.)
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Portland State University presents a staged reading of lesbian
playwright Hannah Martin's Princess Ooh-Rah, a "grim" fairy
tale about two girls who grow up under the influence of Disney-
fied media and join the Marine Corps, June 4 at Lincoln Hall's
Studio Theater (7:30 pm.)
Portland State University presents a staged reading of lesbian
playwright A .R. Jackson's Lipstick and Other Cosmetics, includ
ing songs and monologues to describe the journey of female
sexuality in today's society, June 15 at Lincoln Hall's Studio
Theater. (7:30 pm.)
Abstract photographer Douglas Bienert's Urban Wayfarer is on display this month at
Backspace Gallery.
Profile Theatre Project continues its Wendy
Wasserstein season with Uncommon Women and
Others, her breakthrough play about students at an all-female
college who graduate in the late 1960s with high hopes for—
and uncertainty about—what the future holds, through
June 17 at Theater Theatre. An exceptional cast executes
Wasserstein's first play in fine form. Act 1 gets us going even
if the stakes are relatively low to start; Act 2 finds the brass
tacks hidden beneath nascent 1970s femmism. How have they
changed? Vai Landrum, Cecily Overman and Amanda Soden
anchor what must have been a story ahead of its time. (8 pm
Friday and Saturday, 2 and 7 pm Sunday 3430 SE Belmont St.
$10428 from 503-242-0080.)
Profile Theatre Project concludes its Wendy Wasserstein
season with a staged reading of Three, her final play question
ing the liberal world of academia about a professor who accus
es a young wrestler of plagiarizing a paper, June 3-13 at
Theater Theatre. (7 pm Sunday-Wednesday. 3430 SE Belmont
St. $10415 from 503-242-0080.)
Slocum House Theatre presents He and She, a 1911 play about
two artists whose marriage is threatened when the wife wins
a commission for which both had competed, June 8-July 1.
(8 pm Friday and Saturday, 4 pm Sunday. 605 Esther St.;
Vancouver, Wash. $8410 from 360-696-2427.)
Stumptown Stages revives Grease with a twist—featuring an
all-star Portland cast resurrecting their roles in the musical 30
years later—through June 30 at World Trade Center Theatre.
(8 pm Friday and Saturday. 121 SW Salmon St. $25427 from
503-381-8686.)
Stumptown Stages presents Floyd Collins, a haunting musi
cal telling the transcendent tale of a Kentucky man trapped 200
feet underground in 1925, exploding into the first genuine
media circus, June 8-30 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center.
(8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 5340 N Interstate
Ave. $25427 from 503-381-8686.)
Third Rail Repertory Theater presents A Lesson from
Aloes, an award-winning psychological mystery of
friendship and politics set during "the silent '60s* in South
Africa, through June 2 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center.
Fugard's challenging tale of personal betrayal, fear and politi
cal exhaustion struggles hard to put down roots. The chemistry
between couple Piet and Gladys feels incomplete, somehow
off-key, partially owing to significant age difference, until the
arrival of Steve in Act 2, which brings welcome relief to this
parched landscape. (8 pm. 5340 N Interstate Ave. $15424
from 503-235-1101.)
Reviewed by TIMOTHY KRAUSE or WiNSJON
GOODBODY. Read more and comment at
folli twspot. blogspot. com.
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