December 23, 2008
The weather outside IS frightful. But it’s warm and glowy in the Gerding Theater at the Armory, and many patrons are still making their way to Portland Center Stage.  So we are here, and will present performances of A Christmas Carol as scheduled!
If you cannot make it to the theater for your scheduled performance, [...]

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UPDATE: Sunday, December 21, 2008
 
We’ve soldiered through this week and even have several hundred people at the matinee today. But with the worsening conditions and a weather-weary cast and crew, we have decided that the Portland Center Stage production of “A Christmas Carol” should be cancelled for this evening, December 21 

 
The production resumes Tuesday evening December 23 after a [...]

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A Christmas Carol matinee today, December 21, is scheduled to go on as planned.  We have a number of patrons who live within walking distance or easy public transport ride of the theater, and our cast all stayed downtown this weekend in order to avoid dangerous travel. So for those folks, even if the audience [...]

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{photo: Julianna Jaffe as the Ghost of Christmas Present. Photo by Owen Carey.}

With the predictions of rough weather this weekend, we wanted to update you about performances at Portland Center Stage.
We do adhere to “the show must go on!” philosophy. So you can plan on our performances taking place this weekend. If an extreme weather [...]

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I’ve worked in professional theater for (gulp) 28 years now, and this is the first time I’ve been part of presenting a production of Dickens’ holiday classic.  Seriously, that is a lot like someone who’s been a waiter for 28 years and never poured a cup of coffee. It’s just plain unlikely. But in this [...]

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