Center Stage

What's in a name? Well next week the right name means a great deal at Portland Center Stage. March 10th through March 15th, 2009 has officially become "Charlie Week" at Portland Center Stage. What does that mean? Anyone with the name Charlie (or Charles or Chuck) can get as many tickets as they like to one of that week's performances of How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found for just $25 each.

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Producer Allision Ferrier has announced the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Brandt Reiter's new drama End Of Play, which will begin performances on April 17th, 2009. End Of Play is a thirteen-character drama about Theatre, Hollywood and the cost of dreams. When industry outcast Jack Wells abandons his Nyu teaching post for Los Angeles to support his young girlfriend's fledgling career, he finds himself caught between the depth of her ambition and his own tarnished soul.

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The Nw Film Center along with the Institute for Judaic Studies brings you the 17th Annual Portland Jewish Film Festival.
The big film this year might just be another chance to see Waltz with Bashir on the big screen. Some feel this was the best animated film of 2008 … yes, even better than Wall-e. Others think it was the top documentary.
Here’s a complete list of films … each is single admission.
April 16 Thur 7 Pm
Max, Minsky And Me
Germany 2007
Director: Anna Justice
Nelly, a precocious 12-year-old, lives in Berlin with her German Christian dad and American Jewish mom, who is very eager for Nelly to crack down on her bat mitzvah studies. But her twin obsessions—astronomy and her distant fantasy heartthrob, 16-year-old Edouard, Prince of Luxembourg and fellow stargazer—occupy all of her time. Nor is she much interested in the simple-minded girls’ basketball team, which fills the lives of her schoolmates.
Jeff Bayer

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