DramaWatch: Fuse relights its fire
Marty Hughley
November 18, 2021
Portland’s LGBTQ theater ensemble gets a new home, a new season, and a new way of thinking about how it does business.
Portland’s LGBTQ theater ensemble gets a new home, a new season, and a new way of thinking about how it does business.
This week at the theater: Chewing over the issues in Portland Playhouse’s prism on race and language; “Mean Girls” and 600 Highwaymen hit town; last chances & more.
Imago’s Jerry Mouawad talks about the Covid-era fear factor in Conor McPherson’s tense and anxious stage version of “The Birds.” Plus: Stage openings & closings.
Themes echo and recur in Portland Playhouse’s “Barbecue,” Artists Rep’s “The Chinese Lady,” and “The Weir” in Astoria.
Also in a busy week: A “Barbecue” at Portland Playhouse, “The Chinese Lady” at Artists Rep, a “Peep” from The Reformers and a “Lonely Vampire” from Imago, “Danse Macabre” returns, plus plays onscreen.
Vanessa Severo talks about “becoming” the famed Mexican artist; Martha Washington bakes again.
As the stage world begins to bustle, Marty Hughley rides herd on the scene, from Shakespeare to Bojangles.
Give to our GROW FUND.