The new play at Portland Stage, which faced many obstacles on its way to opening night, is about two women living 100 years apart.

‘Classes in Optical Art’ is on view at Grant Wahlquist Gallery through Oct. 16.

“I try to be good,” says Tony Soprano, Catholic high school slacker, numbers-racket enthusiast and future mob boss in “The Many Saints of Newark.” Does he mean it? How hard is he trying? Does anyone in his world, his family, his middle-class gangster society, see much value beyond appearances in trying? These questions, among many, […]

The foursome took the stage at the new home of the Portland Conservatory of Music.

One is packed from floor to ceiling, the other a pairing of sublime stillness and abstract energy.