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Dec 30,2008
Brody on Broadway
by arthur smid
"Please make mistakes," Brad Fortier, comedian and educational director at the Brody Theater explains, "they're essential to this art, because a lot of those mistakes can become very brilliant comedy if we utilize rather than minimize the mistakes." Fortier talks casually with students, "Improv training really opens a different way of being - when you eradicate insecurities around mistakes. With improv we're breaking social norms to get to this comedy." People come to the show to be entertained and maybe, with a desire to participate. One of the attractions of the theater is a chance to enroll in classes, overcome your fear of speaking in public, and be spontaneously creative with people. The Brody Theater has been active in Portland for twelve years and just leased a new home at 16 NW Broadway. It's in the lower part of the Broadway Hotel, between Helen's Market and Ichiban Sushi. The Housing Authority of Portland welcomed the theater to Old Town in hopes
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Sep 5,2008
TBA Round Up Round Up
by shooter
Most publications have their TBA picks, highlights, or complete guides. There's lots of good info out there, so I thought I'd round up all the TBA round ups I could find. Now, you can make an informed decision about what you want to see!The Portland Mercury's Destination Fun is a list of highlights for the next few days, and their amazingly thorough guide to the entire festival is one of the best resources out there.
The Portland Tribune talks about Mike Daisey and Kenny Mellman and Bridget Everett .
The Oregonian mentions Antony and the Johnsons (we are going to that tonight and are VERY excited about it) and Neal Medlyn (who is hysterical). Here's a link to our previous post about Neil along with a link to a video. Brian Libby talks about visual artists at TBA.
Willamette Week's T.B.Ah-ha! is their highlight list, including that important list of FREE events.
Ultra talks about Sojour
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Sep 1,2008
Free Night of Theater Coming in October
by Veritable Vegan
Between Oct. 16 and 30, 2008, Portland will join 100 cities across the country that are participating in Free Night of Theater 2008, a program of Theatre Communications Group and local organizations such as the Portland Area Theater Alliance. Here's more from the program's Web site: "Free Night of Theater is Theatre Communications Group's exciting national audience development program designed to attract new audiences to America's not-for-profit theatres. Since the pilot program, which debuted in three cities in 2005, Free Night has expanded across the country and will be presented in over 100 cities by more than 600 theatres in 2008. "As the Free Night program rolls out over an ever expanding national stage, we are thrilled to offer this unique opportunity to provide access to thousands of new audience members to experience the joy of theatre for the first time -- absolutely free of charge!" For further updates and to find which local theatre companies are participa
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Jul 2,2008
PICA’s 2008 Time-Based Art Festival (TBA:08) Full Festival Guide now available as PDF
by shooter
The TBA:08 Guide, which will be available in printed form by August 4, 2008, is now available to download online. Read up on all the TBA:08 Artists, see the schedule, check out the map, and start planning your TBA itinerary. Download TBA:08 Guide Download TBA:08 Schedule Download TBA:08 Venues & Map The 2008 Time-Based Art Festival (TBA:08) is Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's (PICA) annual convergence of contemporary performance, dance, music, new media and visual arts projects in Portland, Oregon. Now in its sixth year, TBA:08 is presented from September 5-14, 2008 with visual art installations running until October 5. The TBA Festival examines and celebrates every form of contemporary art and is the only festival of its kind in North America.
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