Watch a new preview video of Blithe Spirit at Seattle Rep! Laugh out loud with Noël Coward’s irreverent classic comedy. Featuring sets, props, and costumes #BuiltBySeattleRep’s talented shops, along with an incredible local cast.
Alex Lin will be honored with the National Theatre Conference's prestigious Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award, supported by Jean Bruce Scott and Julie Jensen, presented annually to recognize an outstanding emerging playwright. Learn more!
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Dear Readers, I do love a good farce. That rollicking romp with oodles of physical comedy and improbable situations. Combine that with a good comedy of manners and it’s gold. What that spells is Noël Coward’s classic “Blithe Spirit” and lucky for us, it’s playing at the Seattle rep. And while there were a few little hiccups, the show is a laugh riot!
Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Laugh Out Loud This Holiday Season with Blithe Spirit at Seattle Rep!
Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced further casting, design team and a brand-new title for its reimagined The Pirates of Penzance. This jazz-infused, New Orleans-style Broadway production, now titled Pirates! The Penzance Musical and we've got all the information about the new production.
The company's 2024-2025 season will launch with the return of the all-ages musical that sold-out every performance in YPT's inaugural season. Learn more about the show!
The York Theatre Company announced additional performers for its gala honoring Bernadette Peters and Ted Snowdon on November 11 at The Edison Ballroom, promising a memorable evening of celebration.
Dear Readers, really good storytelling doesn’t need flash and glitz. Sometimes, it just needs a touching story with solid performances. Such is Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “Primary Trust” currently playing at the Seattle Rep. A sweet little unassuming story with a lovely arc.
Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, has announced that California-based playwright Naomi Iizuka has been selected as the fifth recipient of the Hermitage Major Theater Award (HMTA).
ACT Contemporary Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the 49th year of the beloved theatrical classic, A Christmas Carol. Originally adapted for the stage in 1976 by ACT founder Gregory Falls, this season's production will see the return of Seattle actor Darragh Kennan in the iconic role of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series will present two new works-in-progress by iconoclastic writer/performer Sandra Tsing Loh.
Due to enthusiastic response, FIM Flint Repertory Theatre is extending its run of the musical Godspell. Originally scheduled to close on Oct. 20, the company has added two additional weekends, and the show will now run until Nov. 3.
Premiere Stages at Kean University has announced the two playwrights from the 2024 Premiere Play Festival who were selected for expanded development as part of the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
The Playwrights Realm revealed its 2024-25 cohort. Four early-career playwrights awarded with nine months of resources, culminating with a reading in The Realm’s INK’D Festival. Learn more about the cohort!
Dear Readers, I’m all for a show poking fun at darker, heavier topics. Hell, there’s a comedy on Broadway right now centered around the night President Lincoln was shot. But if you have something funny or poignant to say, make sure it’s not the same bit for two and a half hours such as was the case with the Seattle Rep’s current production of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth”.
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Noah Reid, known for his role in SCHITT'S CREEK, will perform with Mazin Elsadig in A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at Coal Mine Theatre, directed by Ted Dykstra, starting this November.
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will begin previews on Tuesday, September 17 ahead of an opening on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Meet the cast of Our Town here!
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