The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Seattle.
If you're going to put up Shakespeare (or any play really) with a different time or locale or, as is the case with the current Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Timon of Athens , with cross gender casting then have a reason for it.
God's favorite musical is back! This is, I believe, the fourth time the tour of The Book of Mormon , that juggernaut musical from 2011 (the Hamilton of its day) from the warped minds of Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame and Robert Lopez who co-wrote Avenue Q (as well as that litt
Can a Christmas noir be both gripping and funny? Can it succeed at all? Well, we know it can, because Christmastown returns to Seattle Public Theater as the second half of their holiday double feature.
It's the most wonderful time to be queer, sings BenDeLaCreme, drag queen of both local and international fame (you may remember her from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 and now Drag Race All Stars 3! ).
As part one of Seattle Public Theatre's featured holiday double-header, The Flight Before Xmas manifests many peoples' worst nightmare: being stuck in an airport terminal when you need or want desperately to get to the final destination.
And I thought last year's offering from Caf Nordo and Scot Sgt.
A Civil War Christmas is a nice escape for folks that are getting a bit of a toothache from the glittery, schmaltzy, and sentimental Christmas plays foisted upon us this time of year.
A musical adaptation of the 2003 Christmas movie 'Elf' makes a lot of sense: the movie has all of the joy, sweetness, glitz, slapstick, and happily-ever-after for a crowd-pleasing production.
I should start, Dear Readers, by saying that I've been spoiled where the stage musical of Holiday Inn is concerned.
Book-It Repertory Theatre already routinely manages the difficult task of presenting literature in the Book-It style and making it flow and engage in a theatrical way, but apparently they felt this challenge wasn't enough for them as now they've attempted to add in music to that mix with their new a
Most people have that thing every year that signals the beginning of the Holiday season; seeing the lights downtown, that first pumpkin spice whatever, or braving the crowds on Black Friday.
Lately friends have been asking me what shows I'm most looking forward to this holiday season.
Thanksgiving dinner is a tumultuous time for many of us as we attempt to spend an evening with our loved ones.
Don't be fooled by the understated title: Teatro ZinZanni's Love, Chaos & Dinner is an entertainment extravaganza.
In the latest in the spate of movies turned musicals with no new music to speak of to turn up in Seattle, following in the trend of Dirty Dancing or the egregious Flashdance , we've now been offered up The Bodyguard .
Dear Readers, I won't bore you with the rehash of how I feel about the stage adaptation of Disney's Newsies from my disappointment of the restructuring of the story and songs from the movie, to the required suspension of disbelief that any of these dancers are young newsBOYS, to the fact that Jack
Good satire needs two things: merciless mockery, and a compelling narrative.
Whether it be platonic or romantic, everyone has been in a relationship with someone who makes no sense for them, or is unhealthy for them, or both.
Did you know, Dear Readers, that as recently as the 1930's, gay men could be arrested for meeting in public? Maybe? But did you also know that in New York it became just as unthinkable to portray a gay character on stage? Just one of those shameful points in our history that's beautifully illumin
I'm usually a sucker for a good sappy romance but I'll admit I missed the bandwagon where The Bridges of Madison County was concerned.
There's a certain hilarious show leaving Seattle and leaving a void in the comedy that we all desperately need in these tumultuous times.
Rebel Kat did such a good job with the adaptation of 'Coriolanus' (one of Shakespeare's rarely performed later works) that it does not feel like an adaptation at all.
David Mamet's American Buffalo has never been what you might call a comfortable play laced as it is with profanity, crime, and violence.
Back in 1997 a somewhat younger Broadway Geek became obsessed with the musical Ragtime .
Arthur Miller's classic The Crucible remains a kind of mainstay of theater across the country from professional productions down to the myriad high school productions.
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Million Dollar Quartet Harlequin Productions (6/19-7/19) |
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The Play That Goes Wrong Seattle Rep Theater (6/11-6/28) |
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Frida...A Self-Portrait Union Arts Center (6/06-6/28) |
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Jack Johnson at Gorge Amphitheatre Gorge Amphitheatre (9/26-9/26) |
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Silent Movie Mondays: The General The Paramount Theatre (7/27-7/27) |
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Dear Evan Hansen Village Theatre (3/23-5/02) |
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Welcome to Seattle: A Hometown Improv Unexpected Productions (5/29-7/03) |
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15th Annual Festival of Shorts Wade James Theatre (6/25-6/28) |
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Mötley Crüe Cascades Amphitheater (9/26-9/26) |
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FOOLISH MORTALS: A Haunted Mansion Burlesque Cabaret The Triple Door Theatre (9/26-9/26) |
