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PublishedJanuary 20, 2023
Poet Richard Blanco enters the theater with a story about family, finding home, and pastries
Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas, which will debut at Portland Stage this week, is the first play written by poet and memoirist Richard Blanco.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2022
Time has sharpened the satire of A Tuna Christmas, opening next week at Portland Stage
Just two actors play two dozen ridiculous roles in this outrageous satire that has become a seasonal favorite across the U.S. since its debut in 1989.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Alongside Sherlock Holmes, there’s always an adventure
The timeless character has two mysteries to solve—and a death to die—during this classic 19th century setting on stage.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
The Great Leap is personal and global, then and now, and all about basketball
Playing now at Portland Stage: When an American basketball team travels to Beijing in the post-Cultural Revolution 1980s, both countries try to tease out the politics behind this newly popular sport.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Silly and spiritual, Smoke on the Mountain brings bluegrass to Portland Stage
For their annual collaboration with Maine State Music Theater, Portland Stage is headed to Appalachia.
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PublishedMay 6, 2022
Who was Sabina Spielrein? A new musical tells the story of Freud and Jung’s pioneering colleague
The creators discuss Spielrein's life, the production's history and exactly how one makes an analyst sing.
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
Story of psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein set to song in musical premiering at Portland Stage
'Sabina' tells the real-life story of a young Russian woman who was institutionalized then went on to become a student and the lover of psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
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PublishedApril 4, 2022
Theater review: In a lived-in bedroom, two teenagers exchange ideas about life
Sarah Lord and Pascal Arquimedes star in 'I and You' at Portland Stage.
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PublishedApril 1, 2022
“I and You” at Portland Stage offers healing, hope and the beauty of human connection
The stars and director of this coming-of-age drama describe the intense work that goes into two-person plays.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2022
Last Ship to Proxima Centauri creates uncanny space at Portland Stage
The deck of a nearly thousand-year-old spaceship is an uncommon setting for the theater. Learn how a galaxy four light years away was brought to Forest Ave.