The Arden School of Theatre, part of UCEN Manchester, are screening the Maltby and Shire musical 'Starting Here, Starting Now' this Valentine's weekend. The musical was filmed in Manchester prior to Christmas and features the graduating students of their BA (Hons) Musical Theatre programme.
The winners of the 2017 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards are announced by the Seattle critics circle, Seattle Theater Writers!
Seattle's critics announce the Nominees of Excellence in Seattle theatrical productions. Spanning dozens of theater companies and productions, from large and prominent to small and humble, the Gypsy Rose Lee Awards honor the excellence found in as much professional theater as we reviewers can attend in a year. Named in honor of the famed theater entrepreneur and Seattle native, Gypsy Rose Lee, and in a nod to the vast numbers or theater practitioners forced to travel the country to earn their living, the Gypsys seek to acknowledge the excellence of the Seattle theater community.
This fall Washington Ensemble Theatre will stage Teh Internet Is Serious Business, the first of three plays in the company's 2017/18 season that will put toxic masculinity under a microscope. Teh Internet Is Serious Business is a captivating and irreverent tale about the hacktivist group Lulzsec, a byproduct of Anonymous, and its rise to global online power. Written by Welsh playwright Tim Price and directed by celebrated Seattle director Wayne Rawley (writer and director of the critically acclaimed Live! From the Last Night of My Life), performances begin on September 15 and run through October 2, 2017 at 12th Avenue Arts (1620 12th Avenue). Tickets range from $15 - $25 and are on sale now at www.washingtonensemble.org.
Does the judicial system delay the primal need for catharsis that humans crave? Is 'eye for an eye' revenge ever justified? Does justice truly lead to peace?
ELECTRA By Sophocles, adapted by Frank McGuinness |Directed by Sheila Daniels at Center House Theatre at Seattle Center, Center House Lower Level
A riveting drama of a daughter's sworn vengeance. The Greek wellspring for all revenge stories.
Does the judicial system delay the primal need for catharsis that humans crave? Is 'eye for an eye' revenge ever justified? Does justice truly lead to peace?
