Sam Hagen

Radial Theater Project and 18th & Union will present the West Coast premiere of Hostages, a play by Seattle-based playwright Yussef El Guindi.

Radial Theater Project and 18th & Union are pleased to announce casting for an upcoming production of Hostages, a play by Seattle-based playwright Yussef El Guindi.

Spanning 28 theater companies and 59 productions, from the largest and most prominent to small, humble and innovative, the Gypsy Rose Lee Awards honor as much professional theater as we reviewers can cram into our year.

The 'large theater' productions of ACT Theatre's The Royale and The 5th Avenue Theatre's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying take top honors and the 'small theater' productions of ArtsWest's Death of a Salesman and Washington Ensemble Theatre's The Things Are Against Us take top honors - for most category wins!?

Spanning 28 theater companies and 59 productions, from the largest and most prominent to small, humble and innovative, the Gypsy Rose Lee Awards honor as much professional theater as we reviewers can cram into our year.

Sometimes you go to a show and you see what can only be described as a "Star Turn". That performance that shows just how amazing an actor is. But what do you call it when you see it over and over again? Lately I call it Conner Neddersen as, just like his previous stellar performances, his performance in Strawberry Theatre Workshop's current production of "9 Circles" shows off once again just how fine of an actor he is and how he keeps growing better and better with each role.

Broadway-bound new musical, Come From Away, presented by Seattle Repertory Theatre, wins four Gypsys, tying with another new musical, Lizard Boy, also produced by Seattle Repertory Theatreand also with four Gypsys, a company that has been known for years as a powerhouse dramatic straight-play playhouse! 

Seattle Theater Writers critics' circle is pleased to present the nomination slate of the fifth annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters in the prior calendar year.

Theater Schmeater is pleased to announce the West Coast Premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' early play, In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings. The winner of the 2015 Tony (for Between Riverside and Crazy), Guirgis weaves a desperate tale of people caught in the gears of progress fueled by faceless movers and shakers. Echoing William Saroyan, Guirgis characters' lives intersect in a run-down bar fated for demolition.  

You know when you're in a store or restaurant or even a movie theater and you overhear the conversations of the workers and take that little peak into their lives? Well now there's a nearly three hour play about that, "The Flick" by Annie Baker currently performing from the folks at New Century Theatre Company. And it's only slightly more interesting than the real thing.

Theatre Machine presents an all-new adaptation of Maxim Gorky's classic of Russian Theater, THE LOWER DEPTHS adapted and directed by Melissa Fenwick (RAGE WITHIN/WITHOUT).

Sandbox One-Act Play Festival returns June 4 - 8 to its new location at West of Lenin in Fremont, premiering the latest from award-winning playwrights of The Sandbox Artists Collective. From political upheaval to lost love to artificial intelligence to a quirky tale of romance and relationships, SOAP Fest 2014 promises to have something for every palate.

Radial Theater Project presents AISLE 9, a new play to be performed at the 2013 Seattle Fringe Festival. AISLE 9 will be performed at Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St. (11th Ave. at E. Pike St.), Seattle, WA. Performance dates and times: TONIGHT, 9/18: 7:30pm Thursday, 9/19: 6:00pm Saturday, 9/21: 6:30pm Sunday, 9/22: 3:30pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

Radial Theater Project presents AISLE 9, a new play to be performed at the 2013 Seattle Fringe Festival. AISLE 9 will be performed at Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St. (11th Ave. at E. Pike St.), Seattle, WA. Performance dates and times: Wednesday, 9/18: 7:30pm Thursday, 9/19: 6:00pm Saturday, 9/21: 6:30pm Sunday, 9/22: 3:30pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

According to published reports, British television actress Briony McRoberts, wife of Downton Abbey's David Robb, died after being hit by a Tube train at Fulham Broadway station in London on Wednesday morning, July 17. She was 56.

GreenStage, Seattle's longest-operating Shakespeare company, celebrates its 25th season in 2013 with two of the Bard's favorites for the summer Shakespeare in the Park season, and a new Backyard Bard series of scaled-down productions for smaller parks and other venues. Our silver-anniversary season will be our most exciting and biggest yet, with nearly 60 performances in 22 different parks from July 12-Aug. 18. As always, GreenStage performances will be absolutely free of charge. Go see a play!

The conclusion of the "Team of Heroes" Trilogy, "Team of Heroes: No More Heroes" currently playing at Annex Theatre has swooped in to save us all, but it could use some saving of its own. Yes, all of your favorite damaged superheroes and super villains are there as well as little gimmicks and tricks to make the audience squeal, but unfortunately the show slowly plods along with no direction or purpose and ultimately fizzles.

After five years and three productions the action packed Super Hero saga that is Team of Heroes comes to a dark and satisfying conclusion in Team of Heroes: No More Heroes.

After five years and three productions the action packed Super Hero saga that is Team of Heroes comes to a dark and satisfying conclusion in Team of Heroes: No More Heroes.

Volunteer Park will be the place to be for theater fans today, July 14 and tomorrow, July 15 as GreenStage presents the 12th annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival. Pack a picnic, bring a blanket, and enjoy two days, three stages, seven companies, and 14 performances of FREE family fun! Plays will be performed by GreenStage, Seattle Shakespeare Company's Wooden O, Theater Schmeater, Balagan Theatre, Jet City Improv, Last Leaf Productions, and, new to the festival this year, Shakespeare Northwest.