She’s still big. It’s the pictures that got small. Norma Desmond gets the full star treatment in this blow out season opening musical (our first by Andrew Lloyd Webber) about the fading silent film star whose obsession with the revitalization of her career and a young man named Joe might just succeed… or it might end in the kind of tragedy only a legend can inspire.
Leave it to Tony-award winning actor Denis O’Hare* and visionary director Lisa Peterson to find a way to make the western world’s oldest extant work of literature not only intelligible, but immediate, relevant and eerily fascinating—like a barroom raconteur telling literally the oldest story in the book and making you believe it is being told for the first time. Gods and goddesses, weak-tendoned…More
Upcoming and/or noteworthy
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A Christmas Story (2010)
Nov 21 — Dec 26
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The Santaland Diaries (2009)
Dec 2 — Jan 1
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The Imaginary Invalid
Jan 11 — Feb 6
News from Portland Center Stage
Learn to know yourself and laugh with Evie!
02 September 2010 & Posted by jessy
We asked donor, patron and education activist Evie Crowell some questions about herself. Read on to learn more about her!
MoreGET THAT JOB! A Musical Theater Audition Workshop with Jeffrey Stocker
30 August 2010 & Posted by Sarah
This free Community Artist Lab with Jeffrey Stocker will utilize songs and monologues from Sunset Blvd to provide tools for the auditioning musical theater performer.
More- 23 Aug 2010
- Are Celebrities the New Pantheon?
- 21 Aug 2010
- I AM BIG: Meet the Cast of Sunset Boulevard
FLOATING IN MIDAIR
02 September 2010 & Posted by Chris Coleman
Peek in on the second week of Sunset Boulevard rehearsals.
MoreLadies and Gentleman, please NAME YOUR SEAT!
23 August 2010 & Posted by jessy
As a unique gift to yourself or someone who is special to you, did you know that you could name a seat in the Portland Center Stage Main Stage Theater? Well, you can! Read more to learn the top five reasons why naming a seat is pretty darn cool.
More- 19 Aug 2010
- Where Are Your Season Tickets?
- 16 Aug 2010
- Director’s Notes: Sunset Boulevard