Well, one idea is singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Minor League All Stars game at PGE Park in Portland, July 15, 2009.  Lucky for all of us, it’s a quick dash back to the theater for the 7:30 pm curtain of Crazy Enough!
Hear Storm belt it on this clip on OregonLive.
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At the annual Drammy Awards, where Portland theater celebrates the past season and acknowledges outstanding achievement, Portland Center Stage had a terrific night. Check out all the winners here, including several awards for How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found.  But special congratulations to Storm Large and James Beaton, who were honored for Outstanding [...]

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FIVE REASONS TO COME TO CAFÉ SOCIETY 2.0 AT PCS THIS FRIDAY:
1.       It’s opening night of GREY GARDENS and you just can’t wait. . . .meee-owwww.

2.       Our special featured guest is ASCAP-award winning jazz pianist-composer Ezra Weiss (who penned the infectious and whimsical jazz-fueled Alice in Wonderland last winter at NW Childrens Theater)

3.       You’ll [...]

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Let me start off by saying, I’m not embarrassed to say that Adam Lambert is my American Idol. High-brow theatre folk and rock purists, feel free to throw your rotten tomatoes at me now.  If you’ve watched any of the season (Which you must have, at least once, since they don’t get those high ratings [...]

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We’ve received a ton of emails in response to Crazy Enough.   A few fun ones to share:
“As a 60-something grandmother (and great-grandmother), I didn’t expect to like Crazy Enough; it was just part of my subscription package.  But something happened in the two hours I spent in the Ellyn Bye Studio last week and I [...]

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