Newmark Theatre

All seats here are excellent. I went to see a dance performance and sat in the very top row and still had a great view. Easy to find parking around the area.

Outrageous ticket «fees»!
I tried to buy tickets for a show at the Newmark and was appalled to see a 38% «convenience fee» for $ 27 tickets. That’s crazy enough, but I thought I could avoid such highway robbery by going to the box office. Nope, exact same fee is added to the ticket price there. This extra fee is unavoidable, no matter how the tickets are purchased. Ridiculous. There are other, better venues in town.

Take the stairs… the elevators were so abrupt I felt seasick. My husband commented on the bathrooms being taken up by homeless bathing in the sinks… lovely… The signage is not that great so we both separately were trying to go to the wrong theater. It is most unfortunate a lot of performances I will be seeing are scheduled here. Their only real saving grace is how nice the people who work here are.

Exciting! Going to the ballet here for the first time and the theatre promises to be a wonderful experience, with its aura of blue velvet and old cherry (mahogany?) wooden panels. The orchestra and first balcony levels even have old, real wooden chairs! How cool and comfortable they look from my nosebleed section.
Yet the view to the stage is breathtaking, acoustics are good and it is a different way of seeing a ballet being danced, from so up high, the bird’s eye view. I can tell the dancers are projecting straight forward, but I can read the emotions better on their faces actually.
It is a lovely experience, again, and I am so grateful to be in this city where people appreciate the arts.

See Oregon Ballet Theater’s «Celebrate» before it’s over (April 26, 2014)! Each piece that comprises this performance is beautifully choreographed and all the dancers are stunning: graceful, athletic and passionate. I usually prefer classical ballet, but I was pleasantly surprised by the contemporary ballet style that is «Celebrate». (I don’t know if it’s really considered «contemporary».) What an evening to remember during my five-​day visit to Portland! Thank you, OBT.
As for the Newmark Theatre itself: I was happy with my orchestra seat, row N, in the center. As a visitor, I wasn’t quite sure when I purchased my ticket if it would be too far, but the venue is not large, so it was perfect. Too bad the gentleman sitting in front of me had hair that was slightly spiky. Sometimes, I couldn’t see the dancers’ feet on stage when his head obstructed my view. I just sat upright a bit more and problem solved. (A little booster seat might have helped me, too.)

I went here for Jared Diamond’s talk and discussion for the release of his new paperback edition. Thanks Powell’s Books for putting this on.
I will try to keep this as a review on the venue, but realize that watching a single person give a presentation is quite different from a play, musical, or anything like that.
The place was pretty full, but I had no issue either seeing or hearing all the action from the stage. Getting in and out was also quick and painless, and we found some nearby street parking which was free since it was later on in the evening.
I look forward to returning to see more shows here.

Sawthe meltdown of Fiona Apple-​gate here, Oct 2013. Kind of a mess. But let’s stick with the venue.
What a neat venue! It’s super small and intimate. This is how I wish the Roseland was. Everyone gets a seat, the artist is intimate and near. Even the balcony is good seating here. I sat about 10 rows back. I would love to see another show here. It’s hard to find though.
Funny story: I was browsing instagram, hashtag #newmarktheatre and found the-person-sitting-next-to-me’s photo of their ticket stub. Howdy, neighbor.

This theatre is beautiful and intimate.

This is a beautiful and comfortable venue. The facility offers complimentary tours on Saturdays from 11 to 1. Tracy is a center volunteer and gave a warm, thoughtful tour of four theaters in the complex. Ask for Tracy and you’ll get a wonderful tour from an old friend.

I came here to see Khaled Housseini speak. I loved the theater. It was perfect and comfortable.

I’ve been here over the years for a variety of performances, from dance, to lectures, to interviews with authors. The Newmark is a great, intimate, very Portland theater. The sound and the view is good pretty much anywhere you sit.
There’s a terrific lobby with a bar and a place to get a quick bite before the show if you like. The Newmark is part of Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA)‘s venue roster, and it never disappoints.

I like this theater. It’s a small theater but any seat makes it a good seat. I came to watch the final showing of Legally Blonde: the Musical and it was great! My bf and I had so much fun! We got drinks which were reasonably priced. They give it to you in a cup with a lid so that you don’t spill your drink! I never drank beer out of a straw before but I liked it! All in all, it was a good experience!

The Newmark Theatre, part of PCPA’s army of venues, is a pretty decent place to see a show (like, for example, an announced-​at-​the-​last-​minute Dave Chappelle set). It’s pretty intimate, it’s in decent shape (save for the older seats), the sound holds up, and it sits in a fairly upscale theater building. Not really the place I’d expect to see a self-​styled ‘filthy nightclub comic’ talk about time travel and self stimulation while smoking at least a half-​a-​pack of cigarettes on stage, but hey.
The process for getting in and out of this theater is interesting. You show your tickets actually at the door to the space itself, so it’s not as easy as just getting in to the building and then having free reign. You have to show your ticket each time you come in and out. The upside, of course, is that you can leave and reenter, which is something you can’t do at most venues around town.
The bar sitch here is decent — drinks are not so hard to come by, and the prices are what you’d expect from a venue. The volunteers here are on the older side, and looked somewhat perplexed to be seating this type of crowd while a DJ bumped out some crazy loud rap. I have the feeling they’re more used to performing arts, not so much a hip-​hop scene. Regardless, they did it with a smile on.
I’d definitely come back here for a show. Especially if Dave comes back for another epic 2 hour and 40 minute set!

Went for John Oliver. Great show! I thought it would be a nicer venue though. Didn’t seem very clean with hand prints all over the inside of the elevator and a little dusty or musty inside. For some reason, they scanned our tickets and told us which floor but then had to send us to another floor. This happened to another couple as well. Kind of odd. Also… too many people kept getting up and going to the bathroom during the show which is not the fault of the venue. Although they did a last call for seating (I noticed because I just made it in then) and yet they still allowed a few different groups of people in probably about 20 minutes after that (once the show started). All these really late arrivers just happened to be on my row as well. John Oliver himself commented about how bad the lighting person was who couldn’t follow him! It was super hot in there as well.
But the show was hilarious!

Last year we went to the Newmark theater to see the Portland Jazz Orchestra perform Duke Ellington’s jazz adaptation of the Nutcracker Suite. It was a terrific show, and the theater is really a lovely venue with really good acoustics.
But the actual theater is really only part of the story because the ArtBar, adjacent to the Newmark is itself a Portland music venue. The Artbar is really the foryer of the Newmark, so It’s quite a large space including a fireplace and plenty of room for a stage.
During the Portland Jazz Festival many jazz combos, local and otherwise, set up and played in the bar, and many of the ArtBar shows are free. It’s a really casual and intimate spot for listening to small jazz combos.

I love the Newmark Theatre as a live concert and comedy venue. Actually I appreciate the entire New Theatre Building. now called the Hatfield Hall or something like that.
The foyer or rotunda of the building is classy with lovely art glass that looks like a flock of birds circling the top of it. The colors change with light from lime green to teal to purple and silver. Sitting beside the door is a statue of what looks like The Green Man, but he has a spigot for an arm and legs like an octopus He’s also a chair that kids obviously are welcome to climb on.
Located in the rotunda are a bar and restaurant. I know they serve great french fries as that was all I had time for tonight, prior to the show. That and a nicely poured drink. I think this bar/​restaurant has odd hours. it may only be open when something is going on at the Schnitz or the Newmark.
The theatre itself has wonderful acoustics for classical piano, which I what I went for today. Tickets for this event were $ 30 to $ 60, but I have seen comedy here for $ 20.
It’s not really a small theatre, I imagine it seats close to 1000 people but it feels intimate. Beautifully decorated in cherry wood and light and dark blue, there are what appears to be brass stars on the ceiling.
For the size town that Portland is, I know this theatre is busy much of the year with dance, music, concerts and comedy too… it’s pretty versatile and we are lucky to have ti to enjoy.
Do yourself a favor and take in an event at the Newmark one of these days. Have dinner at a nice spot downtown and celebrate the arts!

The husband and I were at the Newmark last night to see David Cross. I have walked by the 1111 SW Broadway building a hundred times, but all I have ever noticed was the marquee and the Art Bar! Anyhow, upon arrival we were met with a very long line to get a drink. The line, having about 20 people in it with two bartenders, took about 30 minutes to get through, literally making us the last people to take our seats. I’m not sure what the problem was, but the bartenders were really really really slow. Maybe since the beers on tap cost $ 6 they were trying to give us our money’s worth — I really do not know.
The theater itself is stunning, and every seat has a wonderful view. We had two large loud men in front of us, but because of the staggered seating and the general roominess of the place we weren’t bothered by them at all.
As for Cross, he was hilariously offensive as usual, and put on a great show. He did start about 8 minutes earlier than advertised — so I would recommend getting there EARLY. Being fashionably late — or even on time! — could leave you out in the cold.