Video: Get A First Look At CLYDE'S at Syracuse Stage
by Joshua Wright
- Feb 5, 2024
Get a first look at Syracuse Stage's production of Clyde's - Lynn Nottage’s Tony-award nominated comedy following the formerly incarcerated cooks of a rundown truck stop diner on their quest to craft the perfect sandwich.
Review: CLYDE'S at Syracuse Stage
by Dan and Julie Izzo
- Feb 5, 2024
If you are hungry for some tasty theater that is fresh, natural and with just enough sizzle to keep you satisfied, get yourself down to Syracuse Stage to see Clyde’s, a thoughtful and inspiring new play by Pulitzer Prize winner, Lynn Nottage. Set in a lonesome truck stop diner somewhere outside of Reading, Pennsylvania, what is on Clyde’s menu is a socially conscious parable, layered with an authentic slice of life and wrapped in a bittersweet quixotic adventure: the search for the perfect sandwich. It all may sound like a strange scenario but as Rafael the fry cook exclaims, “It tastes like the truth!”
CLYDE'S Comes to Syracuse Stage This Month
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 12, 2024
Syracuse Stage continues its 50th Anniversary Season with “Clyde’s,” Lynn Nottage’s Tony-award nominated comedy following the formerly incarcerated cooks of a rundown truck stop diner on their quest to craft the perfect sandwich.
August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN Begins Performances at At Portland Center Stage This March
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 4, 2022
Portland Center Stage brings the work of one of the most pivotal voices in theater, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, to the stage with August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean. Previews begin on March 5, opening night is March 11, and performances run through April 3, 2022, on The Armory's U.S. Bank Main Stage. Tickets are on sale now.
Portland Playhouse Announces WONDERLAND Virtual Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 17, 2020
In a time of uncertainty for the country and for the arts, Portland Playhouse put out a call to local artists to open our hearts and broaden our perspectives. The result is Wonderland, a virtual festival of four short new works that directly engage with our current socio-political landscape from the perspective of WONDER.
Photo Flash: First Look at SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY in Portland
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 22, 2020
Jocelyn Bioh's hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, comes to Portland this January in a historic co-production between Artists Repertory Theatre and Portland Center Stage at The Armory. Inspired in part by Bioh's mother's time in a boarding school in Ghana, and Bioh's own experience in at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, School Girls tells the story of Paulina, the reigning Queen Bee at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school. Her dreams of winning the Miss Universe pageant are threatened by the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent, beauty … and lighter skin.
REDWOOD Comes to Portland Center Stage
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 20, 2019
This October, Brittany K. Allen will star in the world premiere of her play Redwood at Portland Center Stage at The Armory. In Redwood, a young Black woman's relationship with her white boyfriend is thrown into turmoil when her uncle's exploration of their family's lineage reveals that her ancestors were enslaved by her boyfriend's ancestors. Guided by a hip-hop dance class chorus, this singular American story is about finding a way to live and love in a present that's overpopulated with ghosts.
Sarah Delappe's THE WOLVES Kicks Off Season 12 At Portland Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 12, 2019
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls' indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves is a portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
Photo Flash: Artists Repertory Theatre Presents EVERYBODY
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 29, 2018
Artists Repertory Theatre presents Everybody, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama. The production is co-directed by Jessica Wallenfels and Damaso Rodriguez, and is an inventive twist on a medieval morality play. Everybody runs from November 25 through December 30 on the Alder Stage.
Raucously Irreverent AN OCTOROON to Launch 2017-18 at Artists Rep
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 9, 2017
Artists Repertory Theatre launches its 2017/18 season with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' provocative An Octoroon. An incendiary satire, this bold start to their 35th theatre season is co-directed by Lava Alapai and Artistic Director Damaso Rodriguez.
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