Review: SWEENEY TODD at The 5th Avenue Theatre
Dear Readers, I’m baaack! It’s been months since we’ve spoken or even since I’ve been in a theater due to a medical issue that’s kept me homebound.
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Review: BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL'S JOURNEY at Seattle Shakespeare Company
Dear Readers, you know I find one person shows to be problematic.
SEATTLE CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARDS (JAY'S PICKS) 2022
Dear Readers, I don’t need to tell you, it’s been a crazy year.
Review: THE FLIGHT BEFORE XMAS from Macha Theatre Works
Dear Readers, we all know that travelling during the holidays can be a nightmare.
Review: MR. DICKENS AND HIS CAROL at The Seattle Rep
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is an enduring classic.
Review: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at Village Theatre
“Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” is an enduring classic for a reason.
Review: NOT / OUR TOWN from Pony World Theatre
Dear Readers, there’s an interesting an innovative new work based on an old classic playing in Capitol Hill with Pony World Theatre’s “Not / Our Town”.
Review: THE AMEN CORNER at The Williams Project And Langston
Dear Readers, if you’re at all familiar with The Williams Project, then you know of their hard-hitting shows.
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at The Paramount Theatre
Dear Readers, I’m going to offer up a few unpopular opinions of mine.
Review: MACBETH from Seattle Shakespeare
In this time of year with black cats, ghouls and ghosts, and things that go bump in the night, it stands to reason that Seattle Shakespeare would bring out one of the bloodier and creepier of Shakespeare’s canon, “Macbeth”, or “the Scottish play” as it’s known by superstitious theater fo
Review: LA TOFANA'S POISON EMPORIUM at Macha Theatre Works
A world premiere play, set in the 1650’s, that resonates so much with today? That’s what we currently have from Macha Theatre Works with their production of “La Tofana’s Poison Emporium”.
Review: THIS IS HALLOWEEN at The Can Can
The Can Can, Seattle’s fabulous burlesque house, celebrates the 15th anniversary of their collaboration with The Triple Door by bringing back their ode to Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with their tantalizing “This Is Halloween”.
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at The Paramount Theatre
Chances are you were forced to read Harper Lee’s classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird” in school.
Review: A WHITE HAUNTING at MAP Theatre
If you’ve ever seen a MAP Theatre show, Dear Readers, then you know they tend toward the odd little stories laced with humor, but ultimately fairly dark and twisted.
Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Seattle Rep
The problem with a one person show, Dear Readers, or even a mostly one-person show is that often the author can tend to ramble.
Review: CLOUD TECTONICS from Sound Theatre Company And Earthseed
Dear Readers, I am a sucker for both a sweet love story and even more so when we mix in a little magical realism.
Review: THE GRISWOLDS' BROADWAY VACATION at The 5th Avenue Theatre
The Griswolds’ have been to Wally World, they’ve visited family for Christmas, and they’ve nearly destroyed Europe on their vacations.
Review: CHOIR BOY at ACT Theatre
Dear Readers, I’m going to set the “Way Back Machine” to 2011 where I was first introduced to the works of playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney as the Seattle Rep had produced his stunning “The Brothers Size”, a show that hit me so hard in the gut that I think about it to this day.
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