Win Tickets: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest @ Portland Center Stage | Review + 2-For-1 Discounts
March 8, 2011 — pdxpipelineOur friends at Downtown Portland Marketing Initiative have given Pipeline a pair of tickets to give away for One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. Be sure to check out other great 2-for-1 tickets deals at many other downtown venues as part of the Marketing Initiative’s Downtown Winter Blah-Buster.
To win Cuckoo tickets from Pipeline, comment on this post why you would like to attend. A winner will be drawn and emailed on Friday .
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Review By Nathalie Weinstein
Most of the Oregon State Hospital was demolished recently for a new building. But at Portland Center Stage, the hospital’s inmates are alive and well.
Based on a Ken Kesey’s novel, ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ explores the inhabitants of an Oregon mental ward and how they are affected by the institutional treatments they receive there. Narrated by Chief Bromden, a Native American pretending to be a deaf mute, the story begins when a rebellious convict, Randle McMurphy, enters the ward and attempts to shake things up.
‘Cuckoo’ is at once a playful, physical comedy and a subversive drama exploring the failings of the US mental health system. The ability of the cast to go from hooting and hollering over a dirty joke to Read the rest of this entry »
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