Curtain Raiser: Sliding with Dinosaurs, Walking with Mannequins, Seething with John Patrick Shanley

By BEN WATERHOUSE
Allosaurus - The Lion of the Jurassic
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience
Star Trek
Walking
Jurassic Park
(Rose Garden, 1401 N Wheeler Ave., 789-7673. 7 pm Thursday, 7 pm Friday, 11 am, 3 and 7 pm Saturday and 1 pm Sunday. Closes Jan. 20. $32-$69.50.)
Times
"nine hundred thirty thousand, one hundred eighty minutes,"
Rent
Les Mis
Phantom of the Opera
Where's My Money?
admitted
Theatre Vertigo
Where's My Money
(
Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., 306-0870. 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. Closes Feb. 9. $15. Thursdays are pay what you will.)
CoHo Productions'
Tales of Ordinary Madness
WW
captures the contemporary life of
Prague
thirty-somethings: their unwillingness to commit to deeper emotional relationships, their sense of humor, and their alienation from the complicated world around them." It was a huge hit when it opened in Prague. Knowing Simek, there's probably a lot more to the show than an Eastern-European How I Met Your Mother. Oh, and it stars a mannequin named Eve. She has a blog. 'Nuf said.
(The CoHo Theatre, 2257 NW Raleigh St., 220-2646. 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays. Closes Feb. 23. $20-$23.)
Believers
Theory of Love
Billum Bay
(
1120 SE Main St., Suite #102., 381-6814. 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. Closes Feb. 2. Wear comfortable shoes. $10-$20.)
BearddeVereWriothe
Beard of Avon
Portland Center Stage
really
Edward de Vere
It's because they have none.
(
Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 and 7:30 pm Sundays. Alternates with Twelfth Night. See pcs.org for more details. Closes March 8. $16.50-$61.50.)

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