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[OPENS FRIDAY] Mary McDonald-Lewis directs the story of two men—one Jewish, the other goyish-—in 1930s Germany, newly adapted for the stage by Frank Dunlop from Katherine Kressman Taylor's novel of the same name. Readers Theatre Repertory at Brunish Hall, 1111 SW Broadway, 800-992-TIXX. 11 am Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 11 am and 7 pm Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2 and 7 pm Sundays. Opens April 20. $11.50-$23.50+.

Bad Dates

[OPENS FRIDAY] A one-woman show about love, the Romanian mafia, and shoes, shoes, shoes! Portland Center Stage at the Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, April 22, May 6 and 20, and June 3; Noon Thursdays. 2 pm April 22 and 28, May 6, 12, 13, 20, 26 and 27, and June 3, 9 and 10. Opens April 20. $16.50-$41.50.

Beyond the Fringe

[NEW REVIEW] Lots of little pieces clash together in The Tragedies' production of this classic post-World War II buffoonish English satire. An ensemble of five actors poorly present hurried gags, pointless pratfalls and bogus British dialects. There are humorous moments among the 11 skits, including cast member Nation's shining Shakespearean finale, but it all doesn't add up. Jason Custer, channeling the spirit of Alan Bennett, fills the stage with presence while Kelly Linss could learn to hold for laughs. Beyond the Fringe is beyond bad, and feels like a night at the pub. Perhaps it belongs in one instead of the cavernous Crimson Theater in which it plays. WAYNE BUND. Crimson Theater, 700 NE Dekum St., 367-2100. 8 pm Thursdays-Fridays. Closes May 5. No performances April 26-27. $10.

FAUST

[SHORT RUN] An original rock opera written and composed by the students of da Vinci Arts Middle School. da Vinci Arts Middle School, 2508 NW Everett St., 916-5356. 7 pm Thursday-Friday, 2 and 7 pm Saturday. Opens April 19. $5-$15.

Frogz

The most successful production ever to come out of Portland opens for its last run before heading off to tour the world. If you haven't seen this lovable creature comedy yet, this will be your last chance for a long while. Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., 231-9581. 7:30 pm Fridays, 1:30 and 7:30 pm Saturdays, 1:30 pm Sundays. Closes April 29. $16-$27.

Gonzo: A Brutal Chrysalis

[OPENS WEDNESDAY] A one-man show about the life of Hunter S. Thompson. Duke Productions at The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., and Shoebox Theater, 2110 SE 10th Ave., brownpapertickets.com. 8 pm Wednesday-Thursday at The Know; 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays at Shoe Box Theater. Opens April 18. $10-$15.

The Long Voyage Home

[CLOSES SUNDAY] Four short plays about life at sea by Eugene O'Neill. Llewellyn J. Rhoe directs. Arts Equity at the Main Street Theatre, 606 Main St., Vancouver, 360-695-3770. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. Closes April 22. $8-$24.

The Mail Order Bride

[NEW REVIEW] Portland Actors Conservatory delivers a highly entertaining, razor-sharp performance with their latest contemporary romp, The Mail Order Bride (inspired by the plays of MoliÈre). The oddball ensemble causes an unexpected stir with their comical takes on aging, feminism and the like. Argan (played by the forthright Tim Jaeger) is a widower who succumbs to a vain blend of Botox injections, holistic remedies and pill-popping to postpone his looming geriatric status, in addition to scheming up a plan to obtain a youthful, naive mail-order bride as his second wife-to-be. His disclosure leaves his daughters and sister horrified, resulting in an utterly disastrous—yet exceedingly funny—domino effect that takes hold of his impending nuptials. Standout performances by Sarah Farrell as Susana, Argan's eldest daughter, and Kendall Meyer as his sister Harriet, plus a wild host of unforeseen, laugh-out-loud dance numbers, round out this modern take on the extensive lengths people will go to cheat their inevitable expiration dates. ELIANNA BAR-EL. Portland Actors Conservatory at Firehouse Theatre, 1436 SW Montgomery St., 274-1717. 7 pm Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays. Closes April 29. $12-$20.

Miz Kitty's Parlour Vaudeville Show

[ONE NIGHT ONLY] The monthly variety extravaganza, this time featuring belly dancing, Czech jazz and the Taiwanese glove puppetry of Dim Sum Puppet Opera. The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., 223-4527. 7 pm Saturday, April 21. $12. 21+.

Repeat After Me

[NEW REVIEW] It's hard to find words that do Hand2Mouth Theatre's manic pageant of karaoke Americana justice: "fucking amazing" works, as does "whaaa?" The show ain't perfect by any means—how many onstage emotional breakdowns do you need, anyway?—but it is riotously funny, unabashedly bizarre and unlike anything else you'll see in town this season. Catch it now, before the super-official opening at this September's Time Based Art festival. BEN WATERHOUSE. Hand2Mouth Theatre at Goldsmith Performance Lab, 20 NW 5th Ave., 235-5284. 8 pm Thursdays-Sundays. Closes April 29. $10-$15.

The Retreat from Moscow

Edward (Keith Scales) is trapped in a horrible marriage with the barely sane Alice (JoAnn Johnson). Unable to bear it any longer, he departs abruptly, leaving their son, Jamie (Alex Moggridge), to deal with the aftermath. BEN WATERHOUSE. Artists Repertory Theatre Main Stage, 1516 SW Alder St., 241-1278. 7 pm Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2 and 7 pm Sundays. Closes April 29. $20-$42.50.

Rosalba y los Llaveros

If I Love Lucy had taken place in Mexico, the plot would have looked a bit like this Spanish-language comedy set in late 1940s Veracruz. The action is fast-paced, zany and enjoyable, but the English supertitles manage to keep up with the actors, who are clearly enjoying themselves. BETH SLOVIC. Teatro EspaÑol at Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St., 236-7253. 7:30 pm Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays. Closes April 28. $15-$18.

The Sisters Rosensweig

[CLOSES SUNDAY] This didactic comedy of manners succeeds despite some questionable casting—Pfeni, 40, and Tess, 18, are played by actresses who look about five years apart—and odd sight lines. Warning: The third hour of this early '90s kvetch fest is a long, ass-hardening haul. BEN WATERHOUSE. Profile Theatre at Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., 242-0080. 8 pm Wednesday-Saturday, 2 and 7 pm Sunday. Closes April 22. $10-$28.

The Star Spangled Girl

[CLOSES SATURDAY] Two roommates are torn between their efforts to publish a leftist zine and their attraction to the red-state hottie next door. Neil Simon, you nutball! Ferris Wheel Productions at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate Ave., 616-4791. 8 pm Thursday-Saturday. Closes April 21. $16-$20.

The Theory of Love

A musical investigation into the "dangerously romantic" workings of love, performed by "singing lecturers" David Abel and Leo Chapeau and accompanied by fragmentary video from members of the Metaplastic design group, Theory is a hymn, a mating song and a poignant confession that twists, inverts and repeats one musical phrase over and over to beautiful, hypnotic effect. Liminal Performance Group at various locations: See liminalgroup.org or call 890-2993 for details and reservations. 8 and 10 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 8 pm Sundays. Closes April 29. $8-$15. Limited seating.

They Came From Way Out There

[OPENS FRIDAY] An otherworldy musical revue that takes place during a meeting of the paranoid Paranormal Society, starring Susannah Mars, Bruce Blanchard and other local favorites. Artists Repertory Theatre Second Stage, 1516 SW Alder St., 241-1278. 7 pm Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2 and 7 pm Sundays. Opens April 20. $15-$42.50.

Who Stole My Dead Husband?

[EXTENDED RUN] Lou Pallotta's comedy about growing up Italian American continues through April. Madison's East Wing, 1125 SE Madison St., 1-800-966-8865. 7:30 pm Fridays-Saturdays. Closes June 28. $57-$67, includes dinner.

COMEDY

Dope Show, Stand-Up

Last Comic Standing finalist Tere Joyce headlines this benefit show for the legalization of marijuana. They should have called it "Jokes for Tokes." Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 236-9234. 8 pm Friday, April 20. $12. 21+.

Super Project Lab, Improv

Local hero, this is your life! Improvised! The SPL will take the true-life stories of Portland residents and improvise a whole new story. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate Ave., 230-9061. 10 pm Saturday, April 21. $5.

CLASSICAL

Eugene Symphony with Alisa Weilerstein

I hope the Oregon Symphony is taking notes. Once again our neighbors to the south at the Eugene Symphony upstage their deep-pocket cousin by snagging a major classical artist and giving her an important Northwest debut (they're breaking the bank by presenting superstar soprano Renee Fleming with the symphony next month—oh snap, Elaine Calder!). Young cellist Alisa Weilerstein may barely be into her 20s, but she's a masterful and vibrant musician, without being too aware of that fact. She solos in the Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2, and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero frames the concerto with two 20th-century minimalist works, Estonian Arvo PÄrt's Fratres, and American John Adams' Harmonielehre. Hult Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Eugene Center, Eugene, 541-687-0527. 8 pm Thursday, April 19. $15-$46.

Wu Man

Wu Man is revisiting her work with some new colleagues, the up-and-coming Daedalus String Quartet, in a program presented by Chamber Music Northwest mixing East-West composers Zhou Long and Chen Yi, a spate of Western classical works from Debussy to Stravinsky, and traditional music for the pipa. Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Ave., 224-9842. 8 pm Thursday, April 19. $15-$43.

Radiant Cloud

Zorba the Greek: not a bad movie. Mikis Theodorakis, author of said movie's music: not a bad composer. Cappella Romana (Alexander Lingas, director) performs a selection from Theodorakis' Requiem alongside the world premiere of A Woman Clothed with the Sun by contemporary composer Michael Adamis. Perhaps the famous "Sirtaki" theme from Zorba will be tossed off as an encore? C'mon, Cappella. St. Mary's Cathedral, 1716 NW Davis St., 224-8499. 8 pm Friday, April 20. $12-$25.

April in Paris

Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland's contribution to Portland's unofficial weekend-stuffed-with-French-classical-music includes the FaurÉ Requiem and choral works by Debussy and Ravel, as well as those lovable Boulanger sisters, Lili and Nadia. Salut, printemps! First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave., 488-3834. 7:30 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday, April 21-22. $5-$15.

Sweet and Sly

Sayonara, Schwartz-Moretti! The Symphony bids their outgoing concertmaster—the much-adored Amy Schwartz-Moretti—adieu (after two short seasons) in a French-kissed waltz program, with Moretti as soloist in Ernest Chausson's PoÈme and Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo. Ciao, Amy! We feel like we hardly knew ye. Associate Conductor Gregory Vajda is on the podium. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 228-1353. 7:30 pm Saturday-Sunday, 8 pm Monday, April 21-23. $20-$88.

Portland Youth Phil Chamber Concert

PYP's super youngsters continue their fresh-faced chamber-music series at the PAM with a program more ambitious and varied than what some of the touring groups who come through offer, ranging from the Schubert Cello Quintet to Brahms' String Quartet No. 1, Irving Fine's Partita, and Martinu's rarely heard La Revue de Cuisine. Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., 223-5939. 2 pm Sunday, April 22. $10-$12.

Quartet San Francisco

Klezmer, Latin and jazz music—Bernstein, Piazzolla, Brubeck—in a Friends of Chamber Music concert from the Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco. Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., 224-9842. 3 pm Sunday, April 22. $27-$37.

Music of the Spirit

Maurice DuruflÉ may have only left a pin's-head output of compositions, but each is exquisite, none more so than his deeply satisfying Requiem from 1947. Based on simple Gregorian chants, Durufle's rich, jazz-soaked harmonies (he was close with that other French master, Poulenc) and command of the organ (as both virtuoso player and composer) shine through in this perfect short work. Gilbert Seeley's accomplished Oregon Repertory Singers perform it alongside Durufle's always-popular Four Motets on Gregorian Themes and his less frequently heard Notre Pere. St. Mary's Cathedral, 1716 NW Davis St., 230-0652. 2 and 7:30 pm Sunday, April 22. $17-$33.

DANCE

Public Works

Those audacious ladies—and a few gents—at 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts/2 Gyrlz Quarterly have whipped up yet another fever-pitch series of arts happenings. This one, called "Public Works," features PDX movement, music, literary (and unclassifiable) artists in "raw works-in-progress, rough cuts and experiments" at the Someday Lounge, fast becoming Portland's go-to spot for live arts innovations. This week's installment brings electro-musical wizard Eric Hausmann, and movement improvisations/experiments with Works Corps members Lily Gael, Emily Stone, Nora Robertson and more. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. 5:30 pm Wednesday, April 18. Free.

Dance Uncovered: Oslund+Co/Dance

Conduit pulls back the curtain, as it does in this monthly series, to shine a spotlight on one of Portland's dancemaking talents. Up this week: our very own grande dame of modern dance, Mary Oslund, who showcases selections from a new work for her full company (nine members strong) called Sky, in advance of its full premiere this May at Imago. Conduit Studio, 918 SW Yamhill St., 221-5857. 1 pm Saturday, April 21. Free.