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DramaWatch: a cavalcade of Queens Girls, Hamilton & Freestyle Love Supreme, more

In Part 2 of the “Queens Girl” trilogy, Lauren Steele dazzlingly embodies voices out of Africa; “Hamilton” and its hip-hop cousin settle in; “Titus” wraps things up. “Queens Girl in the World,” the first work in a trilogy by professor and playwright Caleen Sinette Jennings, introduces us to Jacqueline Marie Butler as she faces the […]

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During the second year of the pandemic, virtual theater thrived even as in-person plays returned

We’ve ranked the top 10 Portland area plays in 2021. Here’s a look back on the year’s best. Theater as we know it was back in Portland in 2021. Or was it? Yes, there were in-person plays, sumptuous sets and curtain speeches that seemed to last as long as Hamlet, but something was amiss. Maybe

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Popcorn Falls is a wonderfully warm and goofy satire of small-town life

Clackamas Rep’s production may joke about everything from gerrymandering to Diet Coke, but above all, it is a play about and for people who love theater. It is a dark time for Popcorn Falls. The town’s famous waterfall has dried up, a destructive squirrel is plaguing the local government, and the diabolical Mr. Doyle (Mark

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Footloose in a perilous paradise

Past and Present Tumble Together in the Vintage Musicals “South Pacific” at Clackamas Rep and “Footloose” at Broadway Rose The ideal summer-musical matchup might’ve been Footloose and Fancy Free, the great Leonard Bernstein/Jerome Robbins dance sequence that was quickly expanded into the 1940s Broadway hit “On the Town.” But when it comes to immersing yourself

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Irreverent spirit lifts Clackamas Rep’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood

If you like your medieval epics brawny and moody, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, which kicks off Clackamas Repertory Theatre’s 15th season, will leave you sneering like Sir Guy of Gisbourne. If, however, you enjoy lavish larks with traces of Monty Python DNA, you will savor the play’s heavenly scenery and valiantly silly performances. Sherwood

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Camp reigns in Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, at Clackamas Rep

When it comes to Robin Hoods, we’ve had everything from swashbuckling (Errol Flynn) to serious (Kevin Costner) to silly (Carey Elwes). Ken Ludwig’s version, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, currently running at Clackamas Repertory Theatre, combines all of them, with heavy emphasis on the silly. It’s a fun, family-friendly way to spend a summer

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