A Christmas Story was fabulous especially with the narrator. He was fantastic. We also thought the father did an amazing job. Kudos to the actors. We did think it was a little difficult at time to hear the children or the wife but overall we enjoyed. Again, fabulous narrator! read more

Stageworks Northwest puts out excellent theater with talented casts and crews. Impressed that there is amazing theater in Longview. Most people think you have to go to either Portland or Seattle for good live theater. But sandwiched between those cities is Longview And there they have the Columbia Theater for the Performing Arts. And one block down is Stageworks Northwest. Stageworks Northwest calls the old Longview Theater their home and the place is being restored. The plays and musicals there are creative with a good variety. Set design is excellent and acting, singing and dancing is delightful as well. All for a price that doesn't break the bank. I just saw a Rodgers and Hammerstein review which was 2 hours of great music. Before that, I watched a drama about 2 war photographers trying to adjust to life back home. And before that I was at a science fiction musical that used old rock and roll tunes mixed with space. All of them so well done. Stageworks Northwest is a cool place and I highly recommend it. read more

Loved it A small l town theater in a historical building. Today; we went with our son and family to see Chaos at the Cannery. It was an old time type play with a villain, hero, booing and hissing plus signs telling us what to do. They had the piano player, pop corn to throw at the Villain and overacting actors. Perfect. The building is a small theater - definitely no bad seats - and in the process of refurbishing. It is one of the old theaters in Longview and I am happy to see they are trying to keep it going. I can't speak of how good the actors are since they were supposed to be overacting but in my understanding it is harder to overact then to act. If so they are all fabulous. I especially loved the young sign holder in her beautiful red dress. All the characters did a great job as old vaudevillian actors including the old fashioned songs played on the piano read more