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Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film byRoger Corman, with book and lyrics byHoward Ashmanand music byAlan Menken. The demonic plant openedon September 16 and performances run through October 16.Bill Fennellydirects a cast featuringNick Cearley,Gina Milo,Jamison Stern,Chaz Rose,David Meyers,Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi andAlexis Tidwell.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film byRoger Corman, with book and lyrics byHoward Ashmanand music byAlan Menken. The demonic plant opens tonight on September 16 and performances run through October 16.Bill Fennellydirects a cast featuringNick Cearley,Gina Milo,Jamison Stern,Chaz Rose,David Meyers,Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film byRoger Corman, with book and lyrics byHoward Ashmanand music byAlan Menken. The demonic plant opens on September 16 and performances run through October 16.Bill Fennellydirects a cast featuringNick Cearley,Gina Milo,Jamison Stern,Chaz Rose,David Meyers,Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film byRoger Corman, with book and lyrics byHoward Ashmanand music byAlan Menken. The demonic plant opens on September 16 and performances run through October 16.Bill Fennellydirects a cast featuringNick Cearley,Gina Milo,Jamison Stern,Chaz Rose,David Meyers,Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film byRoger Corman, with book and lyrics byHoward Ashmanand music byAlan Menken. The demonic plant opens on September 16 and performances run through October 16.Bill Fennellydirects a cast featuringNick Cearley,Gina Milo,Jamison Stern, Chaz Rose,David Meyers,Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below...

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film by Roger Corman, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. The demonic plant will take over the U.S. Bank Main Stage with preview performances beginning September 10 an opening night on September 16 and performances running through October 16. Bill Fennelly directsa cast featuring Nick Cearley, Gina Milo, Jamison Stern, Chaz Rose, David Meyers, Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell.

Bryan Cranston is a cool guy. Loved and acclaimed from both inside the industry and those at home, we already know Anthony Hopkins is a fan, and you can now add Brandon Polanco to that list. In 2012, Cranston was filming “Cold Comes the Night” when production halted due to Hurricane Sandy. Being the cool guy that he is, Cranston wasted no time and created a short film contest for the production assistants working on the film. He challenged them to write and submit scripts, with the winner landing Cranston in the lead role, in a film they would shoot during the downtime. Pa Brandon Polanco’s script won, and three hours later “Writer’s Block” went into production. The 13-minute black-and-white short film stars Cranston, Chaz Rose, Lela Edgar, and Spenser Granese, and the whole experience is one Polanco treasured and learned from. "A piece of advice that I got...

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy temporarily halted the production of "Cold Comes the Night," a drama-thriller starring Bryan Cranston (read our review). During that impromptu down-time, Cranston created a contest. He invited the movie's production assistants to create a script to submit to him, and if he liked it, he'd star in it. The winner was Brandon Polanco, and the result was "Writer's Block," a short black-and-white starring Cranston, Lela Edgar, Spenser Granese, and Chaz Rose. According to BuzzFeed, production began just three hours after Polanco won the contest. What's the story? It's not crystal clear, but it definitely keeps you watching with unflickering narrowed eyes until the end.