BWW Review: Lesser Known Players' CASA VALENTINA Feels Tentative at Best
One of our best living playwrights, in my opinion, is Mr.
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BWW Review: ACT Negotiates a Stunningly Solid Piece with OSLO
In 1993 a few Norwegian politicians managed the impossible, to get the Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate a peace.
BWW Review: PFP and REBATEnsemble's NIGHT PARADE Lacks Focus or Intent
Dear Readers, if you've been reading my reviews for a while then you may know of my disdain for performance art.
BWW Review: FADE at Seattle Public Theater
FADE at Seattle Public Theater is a quiet little show that's worth making a lot of noise about.
BWW Review: SMT's LEGALLY BLONDE Could Be 'So Much Better'
Recently (and I do mean recently) another company in town did a concert staging of "Legally Blonde" utilizing actors of color in roles that they might not normally be cast including an African American "Elle".
BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY Nat'l Tour at 5th Ave Still One of the Best Shows I've Seen ... Ever!
Dear Readers, as many of you know, back in November of 2015 Seattle was blessed with being one of the first cities to see 'Come From Away' before it ventured on to be the hit it still is on Broadway.
BWW Review: Seattle Rep's A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Shimmers with Tragic Beauty
Dear Readers, in the past you may have heard me refer to what I call "theatrical alchemy".
BWW Review: Fantastic.Z's SEVEN HOMELESS MAMMOTHS WANDER NEW ENGLAND Wanders a Bit Too Much
When any playwright sits down to their notepad/typewriter/computer I would hope they have pinned to their workspace a note which, in very large, bold letters reads, "Is this germane to the story I'm trying to tell or is it only interesting/funny to me?" Without that question we get plays like "Seve
BWW Review: Café Nordo's Spell Goes a Bit Awry in THE WITCHING HOUR
I'm certainly a fan of the creepy and the crawly and the things that go bump in the night which is one reason Halloween is my favorite holiday.
BWW Review: Forward Flux and Pratidhwani's A SMALL HISTORY OF AMAL, AGE 7 Sweet but Doesn't Connect
Dear Readers, I know you've heard me talk before about taking the air out of a scene or earning your pauses or pauses you could drive a truck through.
BWW Review: Showtunes Gives Us the LEGALLY BLONDE We Didn't Know We Needed
Showtunes is doing "Legally Blonde"? Don't they do obscure musicals that never get done? Yes, that's them, Dear Readers.
BWW Review: SKELETON CREW at Arts West
Skeleton Crew at ArtsWest Theatre is a double punch of grit and heart.
BWW Review: WET's EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH a Raw Blistering Look at Body Image
Over the years I've been to several plays that have cautionary signs in the lobby.
BWW Review: Village's THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES Is Super Fun ... For Nerds
A few years back, on one of my trips back to the Mothership (New York), I was going to see one of the many incarnations of "Forbidden Broadway", a series I've loved for years.
BWW Review: Book-It's JANE EYRE Has Fire but Lacks Passion
Well, Dear Readers, this is a first for me.
BWW Review: Seattle Shakes and Upstart Crow Bring Down the House Again with RICHARD III
Dear Readers, if you were lucky enough to catch Seattle Shakespeare Company and Upstart Crow's all female epic productions of the "Henry VI" Trilogy that they dubbed "Bring Down the House" and showed in two parts a few years back then you know of the power that they brought to the stage with some of
BWW Review: ACT's SKYLIGHT Provokes, Ends, and then Ends Again
David Hare's "Skylight", currently playing at ACT, is a play teaming with recriminations over infidelities and the struggles of class at the heart of the demise of two people's relationship.
BWW Review: WAITRESS at Paramount is Charming, Heartfelt, and Funny all Mixed up and Baked in a Beautiful Pie
Known for her soulful sound in the pop music world, Sara Bareilles burst onto the musical theater scene out of the blue with her smash hit 'Waitress'.
BWW Review: Strawshop's PRELUDE TO A KISS a Last-Minute Triumph
Any theater company has that fear of, after weeks of rehearsing one play, having to switch it out for another with little rehearsal time left before opening.
BWW Review: Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors in Intiman's NATIVE GARDENS
For as long as there have been living spaces people have had points of contention with their neighbors, whether it's the people upstairs, next door, or on the other side of the fence.
BWW Review: ACTLab and Pratidhwani's QUEEN Examines the Ethics of Bee Science
I've never been a fan of bees, in fact they terrify me.
BWW Review: THE RULES OF CHARITY at Sound Theatre Company
Rules of Charity by Sound Theater Company is a production that is long overdue.
BWW Review: BLOOD WEDDING at The Williams Project
The Williams Project latest collaboration with Equinox Studios is the very ambitious production of Blood Wedding.
BWW Review: Theater Schmeater's Inconsistent and Chaotic SHE KILLS MONSTERS
Greetings adventurer, you and your party are approaching a multiheaded beast to which you must convey a story filled with drama, high stakes and dire consequences.
BWW Review: ACT's LAUREN WEEDMAN DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Cavorts with Little Point
Dear Readers, if you know me you know of my disdain for shows that end up as someone else's therapy on stage.
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Eureka Day Leo K. Theater (9/24-11/15) |
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Our Town & Sanctuary City State Theater (10/02-11/01) |
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URINETOWN at Tacoma Little Theatre Tacoma Little Theatre (3/26-4/18) |
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Nanay Pork Filled Productions (10/30-11/14) |
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Come From Away Village Theatre (1/02-1/24) |
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I Am My Own Wife Intiman Theatre (11/04-11/22) |
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A Picasso Theatre33 (10/16-10/25) |
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The Dina Martina Christmas Show Union Arts Center (12/04-12/24) |
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THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Tacoma Little Theatre Tacoma Little Theatre (7/09-8/01) |
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And Then There Were None Village Theatre (1/12-2/14) |
