The view alone as you are coming in is pretty amazing so get there early before a show and take a…read morewalk around. Or, take a stroll down the waterfront after the show, get some air and wait for the traffic to die down a bit. Parking is also quite good. Portland Classical radio is the building's purpose through the day and if they are hosting a performance then their parking lot opens up to the guests which is great since you do not need to hunt for or pay for parking seeing something so close into downtown. The ticket prices were a bit steep feeling but you get a drink and some pre show snacks that were quite lovely - down to my cup of wine. The shows are much more intimate too so you really feel a bit more connected to the performance. The venue seems very clean and well cared for.

I have visited the Arlene schnitzer concert Hall many times. Last night I attended the Oregon…read moresymphony. The concert hall is beautiful and a great venue for seeing a performance. Like most venues, there is a lack of women's restrooms, so plan accordingly. As the concert hall is in the heart of downtown. It's a great spot so you can get dinner before show.

This is a fantastic spot for a concert. The staff team is always incredibly kind and helpful, and…read morethe ambience cannot be beat. We've been here for a few different concerts, and the acoustics of the space are wonderful. Would recommend seeing a myriad of types of things here. Come check it out!

This is somewhat about the Keller Auditorium as well as the Back To The Future show I went to. It…read morewas one of the best live performances I have been to (and I've seen some good ones). I almost didn't stay for the second half because of some early morning obligations I had the next day, but so glad I did- because it was amazing! The likeness of the performers to the actors in the movie wasn't exact but accurate. The dialogue was fun, had spurts of relate-able content to the modern-day audience, but didn't veer off of character too far. And the DeLorean + lights show! Seriously and unexpectedly loved it. And the Keller staff did such an amazing job of herding us all around before & after, while getting drinks, and during the intermission. It was a bit miraculous. What show is next? ;-)

I flew in to see Phantom with my daughter. It was my first time here and was assigned parking about…read morea 20 mins walk. I didn't know there were parking right across the street! It was a little intimidating walking in the dark by ourselves. But at least I now know there are parking closer to the Keller Auditorium for the next time. We got to the door about 10 minutes before curtain call. I was surprised that the line moved quick and with ease. Once we got in, we decided to stop by the souvenir shop after the show and opted to use the restroom on the left side. There was a line of 9 people ahead of us. We stood in line only to find out that it was ONE stall. That explained the long wait. Wish the ushers or staff let people know that there was a ladies lounge on the other side with more stalls. All I heard was that there's restrooms upstairs but it's the same. My impression was that this venue was not equipped for a big crowd. It wasn't a humongous venue and it looked like all or most seats has a good view. We sat on the left side, 7 rows back on the aisle. I think those seats was perfect because we were close to the stage but still far enough back so we can absorb everything. My chair was comfortable and was roomy. I think the lady behind me wasn't too comfortable. She was kinda tall and kept bumping her knees on the back of my seat. My suggestion to taller people, try to get the end seats. That way you can kinda stretch out a little and not be uncomfortable during the show.

I've made so many special memories at Lincoln Performance Hall over the years, it was a joy to…read morereturn this evening for a performance of Spring Awakening. Patrons are still benefitting from the 2013 renovation, which provides roomier and more comfortable seats, and better sound and acoustics. The theater seats 465 people. I'm still recovering from an injury last fall, and I find it helpful to sit in accessible seating. I contacted the theater for information regarding seating arrangements and they were able to give me all the details I needed. I was pleased to find a seat reserved for me the night of the performance, and someone checked in with me to make sure I was comfortable in my chosen location. I didn't expect this level of care and follow through for a college theater production, but thank you so much! I had a wonderful evening. There are many concerts, presentations and special events that take place in this theater each year. I highly suggest looking at the calendar regularly so you don't miss out on any exciting events.

Beautiful performance hall, it's full of old architecture. That being said it doesn't have any…read moremodern amenities. We tried to get tickets to the NBC by steps' performance last year, but it was sold out as it was at our performance today, and I'm so glad we scored tickets!!!This is the perfect first venue for introducing your child to the theatrical world! It's a child friendly performance and a great place for the venue with parking garage directly across the street. We will be attending more performances now that we know how accessible they are.

It was magical what happened on stage at the Clinton Street Theater at…read more8:00PM on June 4. In the indispensable company of the French novelist-poet Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Maurice Ravel came to life. Jena Viemeister is the founder of --- and driving force behind --- the recently established Divergent Opera Theater, which was responsible for the magic. Collaborating with co-artistic director Kristin Heller and performing with a remarkable cast of exceptional performers assembled for the occasion --- with most of them singing more than one role --- Jena presented what amounted to a theatrically enhanced 'concert version' of Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges. Typical Ravel, the work is every bit as challenging as it is ingenious. Divergent Opera shone brightly. An English-language narrative relating the action, scene, by scene, made the performance very agreeably accessible. L'Enfant et les Sortilèges ('The Child and the Magic Spells') is an hour-long one-act opera in French that is certainly a jewel of its kind and possibly a masterpiece of its genre --- presenting an intimate, thoughtfully comedic look into a day in the life of a privileged young lad who hates his schoolwork and impatiently awaits his opportunities to wreak havoc. Viewers look on with an unsettling brew-jumble of amusement and horror to observe the boy indulging mischievous impulses; playing pranks on the toys and his pets and the furniture --- even the wallpaper. They then witness his 'paying for his pleasures' after his mother has resigned herself to her son's defiance and left --- and all his surroundings awaken into a life of their own to torment him in return. Viemeister personally enacted the role of 'l'enfant' with real panache --- imparting the initial spark as the first character to sing and establishing an interpretive momentum that seemed to catch fire in earnest and to be assimilated by each subsequent performer. Notwithstanding the limitations of 'acting' understandably restricted to facial expressions (often extravagantly successful) and a very few props, all the singers seemed to 'reside' in their respective roles. The words and music lived and breathed. Countertenor Loren Masanque was an imposing presence in the dual roles of the child's mother and also of a local herdsman, ably scaling the not inconsiderable heights of the roles that he sang with impressive clarity. His performance was expressively matched by the one delivered by tenor Eric Asakwa in the triple roles of 'The Teapot,' 'Old Man,' and 'Frog.' In both cases the music was clearly so well in hand on the part of its respective performers as to allow the characters to emerge à pleine force. No less successful in her triple roles as 'The Cup,' 'Dragonfly,' and 'Squirrel' was mezzo-soprano Haley Maddox, whose arresting facial features provide her the unmistakable appearance of having been 'born for the stage.' Sopranos Erin Walker ('The Fire') and Lindsay Reed ('The Shepherdess' and 'The Bat') both turned in performances not short of stunning as each showed herself a wonder of agility and finesse in negotiating roles hovering high in the vocal ionosphere. Vakare Petroliunaite, as the last to make her appearance, was, as always, well worth waiting for. She performed the roles of 'The Princess' and 'Nightingale' --- and creamed them both. Chorus members for the production included Karsten Montgomery, Emily Skeen, Jared Young, and Nick Detorre. Of indispensable foundational significance to the excellent performance was outstanding piano accompaniment provided by Rebecca Stager. Conducting for the occasion was Lisa Lipton. Where the Clinton Street Theater itself is concerned, it is altogether tempting to conceptualize the historically invaluable 1925 venue --- with the ambience of the far-from-fully-realized reclamation it continues to need --- as a 'public gathering-space counterpart' of a nineteenth-century Parisian garret. In short, the venue provides an atmosphere very much in the casual tradition of 'come as you are' --- as one can imagine the friends of La Bohème's 'Rodolfo,' 'Colline,' and 'Schaunard' showing up at any hour of the night or day at the garret the trio shares --- flasks in hand, stories to tell; philosophies to discuss a few flights up off the sidewalks of Paris; 'Mimi's' to meet. And look what came out of the kind of garrets exactly like those immortalized in a great deal of nineteenth-century opera --- artists and poets and musicians aplenty. Who knows where 'Divergent Opera' will be showing up in the perhaps not-too-distant future. It says something that Colette and Ravel surely enough came to life on June fourth, and there has very possibly not manifested an apparition more gratifying to witness since Jesus woke Lazarus. Miracles are alive and well in Portland today. Applause, applause. --- RL Remmel

From the owner: Divergent Opera Theater (D.O. Theater) makes it it's priority to bring you inclusive and innovative…read moreperformances and vocal training. We encourage collaboration with individuals and community groups that are traditionally underrepresented in society, such as the disability and LGBTQ communities.

I've attended a few Oregon Ballet Theatre performances over the years and I'm so grateful to them…read morefor their brilliant creativity, hard work, and sharing their passion with us. They truly bring joy to life. I had the privilege of attending Firebird last night and loved every minute of it. I especially loved the classic elegance, eclectic spin, and simplicity of Indigo. It was utterly captivating. I loved the music and I loved watching the movement. It brings tears of joy to my eyes even now as I think back on it. Thank you so much OBT for everything you do. You and your fellow Artisans are essential to life. I am greatly looking forward to being completely captivated by your future performances. I need to make this a regular part of my life and I can't wait until I can attend another performance.

OBT's performance of The Sleeping Beauty was incredible. We were stunned, absolutely mesmerized…read more The dancing was magical (OBT's ballet stars are incredibly talented), the orchestra's music was thrilling, the costumes were gorgeous (perhaps among the most exquisite ever), and the staging was beautiful. We see most of their performances each year. OBT's dancers and company are multi-faceted. If classic ballet isn't your favorite...enjoy one of their more modern performances. They do both with such flair! Highly recommended.

For a city the size of Portland it really does have a lot going on in the arts world and we have…read moremany wonderful buildings to house it. In this blog, I would like to just concentrate on one of them - what used to be known as the New Theater Building and now called the Antoinette Hatfield Hall. Now why they called it a Hall, I have no idea, because this Hall contains several theaters including the Newmark and Dolores Winningstad theaters. Full review and pictures in my blog: http://www.brianbailey.us/blog/?p=583

Bought the tix on a Wednesday morning for a Saturday evening show. Received an email from gotickets…read moreasking if the tix were transferred. There were no tix. 3 more emails and still no tix. Went on their chat system. Send more emails to me. No tix. Called the company. Got hung up on. Called a second time. Was told I had to download the Ticketmaster app to get the tix. Did that. No tix. Called bk. Send photo of no tix on on gotickets or Ticketmaster. Told they were re-send. Received another email. No tix. Called again. Told sent again. No tix. 3 days and several hours I spent on the phone, internet and chat system. I finally received the tix Friday night. After all that I then received 8 calls from the company trying to make sure I received the tix. The system was pathetic. The customer service was the worst i have ever seen. I could have driven 80 miles each way to Portland and bought the tix from the box ofc and still spent less time trying to obtain them thru the internet. I have been to this venue before. Never again!!

The food is good but not the star of this place; it's the many bars around the property and the…read moreproperty itself. It's a repurposed elementary school and the theme is everywhere you walk in this property. The halls feel historic and like the school it once was, the pictures and artwork are lovely and interesting, the bars are all over the place and cute, like "Detention", and all have the period pieces that make you feel like you are experiencing a part of the past history. The food is similar to regular pub food, and it's good and hearty but not high end. This property is worth a visit.

I am visiting Portland, and somehow ended up here because it's in the neighborhood I am staying at…read more I work in hospitality, and have been opening 4 stars for years, have published cookbooks, and own a media company that is food/lifestyle. I've been here 3x, and never made to feel welcome. I originally liked the concept, and had a good coffee there- but the manager- I think his name is Rodney, and the staff are among the rudest I have ever met. I won't go back, and don't think my local friends will after a really weird, wild incident today. Not worth going into, but don't waste your money. Portland is a food city. You will have a better time elsewhere.

One of the hardest things about being mobility challenged is accessibility to just about anything…read morereally. I was so active and and I try to continue to be as much as I can. I have a tissue disorder so I need ADA seating and thankfully I was able to relearn to walk and I'm not paralyzed but my body also causes my funds to be limited. With that said, I completely understand that companies want to sell as many tickets at full price as they can before allowing Arts for All patrons. I just wish they would have this disclosed on the Arts for All site or that they only offer Arts for All as a rush situation the night of the event. Triangle Productions says to contact the box office for AFA tickets so I left several messages for Triangle Productions with no call back for weeks. Now the production is a month away so I figured I'd try email. I had to hunt down their email because their website just has a phone number. A few hours later I received a curt reply that they're too busy to deal with phone calls and that they only allow AFA tickets day of the show. They were only able to give me ADA seating if it was for a regular ticket. It's shocking and sad to receive such an uncomfortable reply like this especially reading their mission statement. I didn't ask to be disabled and unfortunately my disability affects my available funds. I want to support the Arts still and wish I could monetarily. I was just at a show last night and the choreographer's thank you speech moved me stating thank you for including yourself in this experience with us... my friend and I, upon leaving discussed how much this really affected us. I'm so grateful I was gifted that inclusive message last night because it made this intensely oppositional message a bit easier to bear. I might mention that that company reserved space for us weeks ago and all of their shows are sold out for their run as well.

What a wonderful experience in watching Margie Boule starring as Eleanor. She delivered a first…read moreclass performance. The story of Eleanor's life was woven together very well. I knew very little about her life. Fascinating. The reason for the low rating is due to the lack of microphones as well as speakers. Sitting five rows from the stage in the center and clould not hear Ms Boule most of the time except when she stood down stage.