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Portland Center Stage Poised to Receive $1.5 Million in State Funds
The bill awaits final passage but would be huge for the struggling theater.
Jinkx Monsoon to Star in Fellow Oregonian Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway
The drag superstar will replace Tituss Burgess as the critically acclaimed play’s third lead starting in August.
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble Finds Humor in Everyday Hellscapes
PETE adds modern clowning to Dante’s “Inferno” in its latest original show, “Aw, Hell.”
Comedian Chris Grace Previews New Solo Show for Portland
Grace will test-run his new show concept “27 Hours” at Kickstand Comedy on June 20.
Risk/Reward Festival’s Portland Drag Theatre Workshop Returns for Another Year of New Works
Anthony Hudson and Pepper Pepper want to help launch drag artists from dive bars to center stage with original theatrical productions.
Oregon-Born Cole Escola Wins Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
Escola, 38, is the first openly nonbinary artist to win the award for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
“The Book of Mormon” Returns for a Nearly Sold-Out Run at Keller Auditorium
This marks the Broadway show’s fifth staging in Portland.
Cascadia Drag Festival Returns to the Clinton Street Theater
The three-day festival’s biggest success was connecting small-town drag performers and fans with Portland’s broader community.
“The Pitt” Actor Arun Storrs to Perform at the Reser in Beaverton
Storrs is in the lineup for the immigration storytelling event I Am an American Live.
“Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson” Promises to Solve Racism in 27 Minutes
The “Superstore” actor wants to make the issues raised by Johansson’s infamous response to casting criticisms “irrelevant.”
“The Book of Mormon” Launches $25 Ticket Lottery
Broadway fans can enter until May 22 for their chance at affordable seats.
Corrib Theatre’s Godot Is a Woman Series Works Around Samuel Beckett’s Peskiest Limitation
These shows copy the minimalism of their inspiration, but pick and choose which of the play’s many themes to emphasize.
MomTok Might Not Survive “Bottoming for Jesus”
Michael Speciàle stands on a ground spring of material that will in time prove itself an audacious but essential work of art.
Comedian Andie Main Returns to Portland With Solo Show “Cocaine Yogi”
Main details her journey from “punk-rock coke dealer, to an alcoholic stand-up comic, to a now sober and disabled yoga teacher.”
Portland Center Stage Launches Urgent “Save PCS” Campaign
The theater needs $2.5 million by Aug. 31 to survive.