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February 13, 2019
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Presenting Jesus Christ Superstar!
Stumptown Stages, Portland’s
professional musical theatre com-
pany in residence at Portland’5
Centers for the Arts, has kicked
off 2019 with the hit rock opera
Jesus Christ Superstar!
A timeless work and the first
musical by Andrew Lloyd Web-
ber and Tim Rice to be produced
for the professional stage, Jesus
Christ Superstar has wowed audi-
ences for over 40 years. Loosely
based on the Gospels of Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John, Superstar
follows the last week of Jesus
Christ’s life, the story told entirely
Portland’s Stumptown Stages
presents the hit rock opera
Jesus Christ Superstar! Now
playing through March 3 at
Portland’5 Brunish Theatre
at Antoinette Hatfield Hall,
downtown.
through song.
The iconic score contains such
well-known numbers as “Super-
star,” “I Don’t Know How to Love
Him” and “Gethsemane.”
Shows continue through March
3 at Portland’5 Brunish Theatre
at Antoinette Hatfield Hall, 1111
S.W. Broadway. For tickets and
more information, call the box
office at 800-273-1530 or visit
stumptownstages.org.
Curtis Cook
Tone Hixx
Black Comedy Festival
Four nights of comedy will
mark the 3rd annual Black Com-
edy Festival opening Thursday,
Feb. 14 at the Harvey Comedy
Club, downtown, and continuing
Friday through Sunday, Feb. 15-
17 at the Billy Webb Elks Lodge
in north Portland.
Produced by Dirty Angel En-
tertainment in partnership with the
Portland Radio Project, the festi-
val will kick off with an open mic
Real Comedy Spot production and
meet and greet at Harvey’s. Perfor-
mances will follow over the next
three nights at the Billy Webb Elks
Lodge, located at 6 N. Tillamook St.
Some of the comedy headlin-
ers include Young Gunz and Mark
Caeser, from Louisiana’s Funniest
Person; Curtis Cook of the Jim
Jeffries Show and Portland’s Fun-
niest 5; Smokin’ Jones with Chaz
Carter; The Blackonteurs and
Debbie Wooten-Williams.
Tickets for the nightly shows
are $15. Visit brownpapertickets.
com/event/4066393.