March 31. 2010
Portland (JObserurr
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Caught Between Old and New
Play
explores
mainstream
plunge
“ How the G arcia G irls Lost
th e ir A c c e n ts ,’ a p la y by
K aren Z acarias based on the
b e st-se llin g novel by Ju lia
A lv a r e z is n o w s h o w in g
throug h A pril 17 at M iracle
T heatre, 525 S.E. Stark St.
U prooted from th eir hom e
in the D om inican R epublic,
the four G arcía sisters arrive
in N ew Y ork C ity in 1960 to
find a life far d iffe re n t from rapi (Anthony Green) shares his disapproval o f a class speech written by his daughter Yolanda
th e g e n te e l e x i s te n c e o f (Anthony Green) in Miracle Theatre Group's production o f ‘How the Garda Girls Lost their Accents
m a id s, m a n ic u re s and ex - onstage through April 1 7 at the Miracle Theatre, 5 2 5 S.E. Stark St.
ten d ed fam ily they left b e ­
hind.
As they plunge h ead first
into the freew h eelin g A m eri­
can m ainstream w ith its d iz ­
zying choices and challenges,
they rem ain forever caught
betw een the old w orld and
the new . W hat they have lost
— and gained — is revealed
in th is p r o v o c a tiv e s to ry
b u rstin g w ith passion.
T ick ets can be purchased
from m ilag ro .o rg , by phoning
503-236-7253 or v isitin g the
PDX T icket N etw ork box o f­
fice at the H ollyw ood T h e­
ater, daily 1-9 p.m .
The M iracle T heatre G roup
has been d ed icated to b rin g ­
ing the vibrancy o f Latino th e­
atre to the N o rth w est co m ­
m unity and beyond for m ore
than 25 years.
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Sanjaya Malakar
‘Idol’ Clocked
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The Washington State Patrol
says former "American Idol" star
Sanjaya M alakar was caught
speeding 110 mph on Interstate
405 outside o f Seattle at Kirkland.
He was stopped March 23
ab o ut2:3 0 a.m .an d g iv en a$ 4 1 1
ticket.
Trooper Dan MacDonald told
The Seattle Times there was no
one else on the freeway at the
time so Malakar does not face a
reckless endangerment charge.
The 20-year-old singer from
Federal Way gained fame three
years ago on the "American Idol"
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