Wouldn’t it not be superb – and a coup – if Clatskanie native Cole Escola would return to their house state of their Tony award-winning position as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh Mary” … on the Oregon Shakespeare Pageant? (“Oregon’s Cole Escola wins Tony Award as lead actor for the Broadway sensation, ‘Oh, Mary!’” June 9).
Additionally, Beaverton native Brooks Ashmanskas, who attended Beaverton Excessive College, has been starring in “Smash” on Broadway. Shoshana Bean additionally stars on Broadway, not too way back in “Depraved.” She, too, is a product of Beaverton Excessive College.
Oregon could also be backwater nation, however we all know expertise once we see it.
Jeff Mandel, Portland
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