Penn State Altoona’s spring theatre production, “The Wake of Jamey Foster” by Beth Henley, will run March 21-22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. An eccentric Mississippi family gathers for the obligatory wake of their not-so-dearly-beloved relative. Through moments of laughter and absurdity, The Wake […]
New York Stage and Film returns to Marist College July 14-August 6 for their 2023 Summer Season. See the full programming, and learn how to purchase tickes!
Black Box PAC's 2022 Save Our Stages season continues with the world premiere production of Exposed by Beth Henley. The show runs at The Black Box Performing Arts Center - 49 East Palisade Avenue in Englewood, NJ - now through Saturday May 28. On Sunday May 22,
Black Box PAC's 2022 Save Our Stages season continues with the world premiere production of EXPOSED, a new play by Beth Henley. The show runs at The Black Box Performing Arts Center - 49 East Palisade Avenue in Englewood, NJ - from Saturday May 7 to Saturday May 28.
Hollywood actor Bing Russell embraced Portland’s wild, weird 1970s and enticed Elvis with Mavericks, Big League dreams
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Bing Russell, right, created an unusual kind of baseball team in Portland. Former New York Yankees star Jim Bouton, left, couldn t resist the call of the wild. (Netflix)
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The 1970s weren’t being kind to Portland.
Gas shortages caused cars to queue for blocks outside filling stations. The New York Times ridiculed the city for the “bomb-site look” of its downtown. The population had begun to shrink.
But a Hollywood actor looked around the struggling blue-collar town in 1973 and couldn’t stop smiling. He called Portland his “favorite city in the world.”