Arts organizations are generally under a fair amount of pressure to inspire and engage young audiences- the “next generation,” as it were.
So how are we doing on that “metric?”
How about I let the kids speak for themselves? The following quotes are excerpted from a series of blogs posted by a group of Mt. Hood Community [...]

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This just in from the twitterverse: People are loving Storm Large!
Here’s a sampling of recent 140 character reviews:
@Chaosmavin: Just saw Crazy Enough, new Storm Large Headwig like, but not quite play @ the Gerrding…I liked it…and if u like her…you’ll love it!
@lynnellison: Oooo. Totally adding “Inside Outside” by Storm Large to my [...]

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Well, two of them, anyway.
{photo by Owen Carey. This photo of Storm backlit a moment before the show begins in the glare of one of the stage lights reminds me of “Halogen,” arguably one of the catchiest tunes in the show.}
Michael McGregor from the Oregonian has officially weighed in about Friday’s opening night performance of [...]

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{photo by Owen Carey. Storm sings Call Me Crazy, one of the 8 brand new songs unveiled for the show.}
So we finally invited audiences in to see Crazy Enough and we’re already getting tons of email responses.  Donna wrote:
 ”My daughter and I saw the show on Tuesday and it was one of the most real [...]

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{photo by Owen Carey. The ensemble of How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found pAArty it up (as they should do, given the RAVE reviews they’ve been getting).}
It’s official. Charlie Hunt has charmed every critic that could possibly be charmed, despite the nose bleeds, coke habit, pill popping and creepy penchant for lugging [...]

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