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Friday, December 27, 2024

DramaWatch: In with the new by Linda Ferguson

DramaWatch: In with the new Linda FergusonThe 2024 theater year is ending, but there's plenty to anticipate in 2025 " and a little left in '24.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Review:  'ZooZoo' blinks, hops, slinks and sings with fresh delights by Linda Ferguson

Review:  'ZooZoo' blinks, hops, slinks and sings with fresh delights Linda FergusonImago Theatre's co-artistic directors Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouawad, who have been creating anthropomo…

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Christmas spirits: Playing with the supernatural in 'Fezziwig's Fortune' and 'It's a Wonderful Life' by Linda Ferguson

Christmas spirits: Playing with the supernatural in 'Fezziwig's Fortune' and 'It's a Wonderful Life' Linda FergusonJosie Seid and Sara Jean Accuardi's "Fezziwig" offers Twilight Theater audi…

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

DramaWatch: A season brimming with hope and light by Linda Ferguson

DramaWatch: A season brimming with hope and light Linda FergusonSetting the stage for gratitude: As December dawns, "Black Nativity," "Fezziwig's Fortune," and "Veronica, In Bed" all acknowl…

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Fresh Takes: Adaptations and original works abound in theaters this month by Linda Ferguson

Fresh Takes: Adaptations and original works abound in theaters this month Linda FergusonDramaWatch: In addition to a sleigh full of holiday shows, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," an updated C…

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Short and sweet: E.M. Lewis's 60-minute play 'Dorothy's Dictionary' offers inspiration and hope in a divisive time by Linda Ferguson

Short and sweet: E.M. Lewis's 60-minute play 'Dorothy's Dictionary' offers inspiration and hope in a divisive time Linda FergusonReview: Chronicling the friendship between a teen and a libra…

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Forget your troubles: Plays to help get us through the election trauma by Linda Ferguson

Forget your troubles: Plays to help get us through the election trauma Linda FergusonDramaWatch: Early November shows a range from comics and camp to E.M. Lewis's heartfelt first two-hander,…

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Can we talk? An unflinching and funny tale of life and illness in a fasting clinic by Linda Ferguson

Can we talk? An unflinching and funny tale of life and illness in a fasting clinic Linda FergusonReview: Annie Baker's "Infinite Life," produced by Third Rail at CoHo Theatre, uses silence …

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

'Is You Is' finds hope in the darkness of the past by Linda Ferguson

'Is You Is' finds hope in the darkness of the past Linda FergusonReview: The moving musical, which expertly interweaves racial issues past and present, is the first collaboration between Was…

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

All together now: Community is the focus of four theater companies this month by Linda Ferguson

All together now: Community is the focus of four theater companies this month Linda FergusonDramaWatch: Bag&Baggage and Broadway Rose are co-producing a concert performance of the new mu…

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

'Amélie': A blissful musical tour de force by Linda Ferguson

'Amélie': A blissful musical tour de force Linda FergusonWith Lo Steele in the title role and an all-star cast also serving as the onstage orchestra, Portland Playhouse's magical stage vers…

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

DramaWatch: Autumn blows in a breeze of musicals by Linda Ferguson

DramaWatch: Autumn blows in a breeze of musicals Linda Ferguson"Amélie," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," and "Sweeney Todd" all take the stage this week. October also brings Artists Rep's "The …

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Broadway Rose and Patsy Cline, together again by Linda Ferguson

Broadway Rose and Patsy Cline, together again Linda Ferguson"Always ... Patsy Cline," a musical about the friendship between the legendary country singer and her biggest fan, is still delig…

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Welcome back: 'Ann' captures the charisma of the late Ann Richards by Linda Ferguson

Welcome back: 'Ann' captures the charisma of the late Ann Richards Linda FergusonMargie Boulé takes the stage at triangle productions!, reprising her role as the legendary Texas Democrat in…

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Purple Reign: 'Henry V' entertains with colorful characters, artful fight scenes by Linda Ferguson

Purple Reign: 'Henry V' entertains with colorful characters, artful fight scenes Linda FergusonPortland's Salt and Sage performs Shakespeare's historical fiction in repertory with "Henry IV,…

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

'My Fair Lady': Still loverly after all these years by Linda Ferguson

'My Fair Lady': Still loverly after all these years Linda FergusonClackamas Repertory Theatre mines the lasting appeal of the classic musical, which stays rooted in the Edwardian era yet dan…

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

One fine show: It's 'Beautiful' by Linda Ferguson

One fine show: It's 'Beautiful' Linda FergusonBroadway Rose Theatre Company's smart and sharply choreographed "Beautiful" tells the inspiring story of singer and songwriter Carole King's mus…

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Can't take our eyes off of them: The Boys are back by Linda Ferguson

Can't take our eyes off of them: The Boys are back Linda FergusonBroadway actor Russell Fischer stars as Frankie Valli in Lakewood Theatre Company's exuberant and entertaining jukebox musica…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off