The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Seattle.
A few years back, Dear Readers, I stumbled on an article about a new little show called 'Disenchanted', about Fairy Tale Princesses in a musical revue telling about how life ain't so happily ever after and since I always love a good dose of snark I instantly became obsessed.
Sweet Land at Taproot Theatre is a sweet treat of a show.
A young idealist comes to town with an aim to take down the rich fat cats who have rigged the government to only work in their favor only to be swayed by the trappings of their wealth and power.
Back in 2005 Broadway was abuzz with the arrival of a musical version of the much beloved book and movie "The Color Purple".
Dear Readers, I recently commented on a show at ACT on how it was the veggies to your theatrical diet.
We all remember hearing of the tragedy of August 9th, 2014 when Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri was shot in killed by police officer Darren Wilson in his attempt to apprehend Brown after a convenience store robbery.
Lady Day at Arts West is a study of nuance and subtleties.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Arts West is one of the least passive audience experiences I've ever had.
If you think you know Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' you may want to think again.
Let me start, Dear Readers, by saying this is NOT the frothy Disney cartoon you may recall from your youth.
One thing I've found with Paula Vogel's plays is that they never cease to surprise.
Masterpiece, classic, epic, monumental - it's hard to find a word that encapsulates this production of Les Miserables.
Wild Horses is a one-woman show that tells the story of one summer of her youth, a summer that changed everything.
SMOKED! At Cafe Nordo is an immersion dinner theater experience into the Wild West.
MACBETH at Seattle Repertory Theatre is hauntingly brilliant.
Lady Windermere's Fan at Taproot Theatre is a tapestry of tightly woven threads in which all are needed to tell the story.
The women of Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche attack the play with smiles, sugarcoated sarcasm, and thinly veiled sensuality.
Welcome to Arroyo's is the story of two siblings in the aftermath of the death of their mother.
Dear Readers, a few years back on one of my trips to the Mothership, I managed to catch Robert Askins' hilarious play "Hand to God" on Broadway and as soon as I finished wetting myself from laughter I thought, "Someone in Seattle needs to do this so my Dear Readers can wet themselves as well.
Once again, Dear Readers, we've ventured into the realm of one of my favorites.
I'll admit that I've never been what you would call a fan of 'Phantom of the Opera'.
Dear Readers, we're about to enter the realm of my favorite show of all time, that of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's musical masterpiece "Little Shop of Horrors".
During the curtain speech Seattle Shakespeare Company Artistic Director (and director of the night's show) George Mount and Managing Director John Bradshaw joked on how they don't often get to present a Washington premiere since they usually deal in 400-year-old plays.
Claire Kiechel, author of "Pilgrims" currently being offered from Forward Flux Productions at West of Lenin, lists in her bio that she is a writer on Netflix's "The OA".
The family dramedy of a wedding in chaos is no new idea in fact it's been done to death.
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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) |
