Even though I haven’t been posting all summer, I have been seeing shows and writing about them for our favorite tarty little paper, the Portland Mercury. Unfortunately, there’s more crap than quality out there…and since I actually like theater quite a bit, I don’t love having to write negative reviews. But I just can’t bring myself to suck it like the O or WWeek and tell you, loyal readers, that something mediocre is something great. Insert lipstick on a pig reference here. Or, a slightly clunkier takeoff on that: you can dress a creationist in a naughty librarian costume, but she’s still someone who’ll burn your science textbooks.
From T:BA:08, my favorite of the festival, Lemon Andersen’s Beautiful Struggle
From T:BA:08, Linda Wysong’s Backyard Conversations
From T:BA:08, Daniel Beaty’s Resurrection
Pylon at Portland Ensemble Theater Company
Third Eye’s craptastic Cannibal! The Musical
NWCTC’s decent Troilus & Cressida
Profile’s mediocre House of Blue Leaves
Speaking of things that are over, the 24-hour Plays at CoHo
The usually rockin Do Jump!’s okay Entusiasmo
CoHo and Cygnet’s kickass 9 Parts of Desire
defunkt’s The Garden Party
Miracle Theater Group’s Oya: Call the Storm
The remarkably awful Scotland Road by Jeffrey Hatcher
Dreamgirls. Enh.
A book review! X Saves the World
