BWW Review: Sound Theatre Company's Unapologetic HOODOO LOVE Doesn't Romanticize
Sound Theatre Company's 'Hoodoo Love' is an important piece that's neither romantic nor for the faint of heart.
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Sound Theatre Company's 'Hoodoo Love' is an important piece that's neither romantic nor for the faint of heart.
There are certain things that spring to mind when thinking of a Jane Austen story.
It's not a revival of an old classic.
I always hated mowing the lawn as a kid but it was one of the chores with which I was saddled.
Some plays are light bits of fluff, perfect for an evening's entertainment filled with laughs and warm fuzzy feelings.
Take a silly yet beloved movie that breeds nostalgia in all who love it and turn it into a musical.
Are you adverse to fun or having a good time? If so, then just stop reading now and move on.
Keeping it brief, since the show only runs through this Saturday, LGBTQ theater group Fantastic.
The 1998 Sam Mendes staging of Kander and Ebb's classic "Cabaret" has come through the Paramount several times.
Give me a good old fashioned play with a good old fashioned structure; a beginning, a middle and an end.
In our current society where the issues of race and education are everywhere it's refreshing when a story comes along that still brings up those issues and provokes the conversation but without lecturing.
The Sondheim classic "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is one of those shows that everyone wants to put their own stamp on.
It's going to be very tough, Dear Readers, to tell you about the latest offering from Intiman Theatre, 'Barbecue', as I don't want to give anything away.
A well-intentioned show is sometimes just that, and unfortunately, Parlay company's first full-length production 'Maiden Voyage' falls under that category.
It's always the quiet ones you have to look out for.
Attention all you Broadway producers out there … or even you wanna-be producers … or just people who love to laugh, you'll want to head on down to the Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous to catch two comedy savants educate us with some historical fiction with "Gutenberg! The Musical!" But maybe
Back in the day when I was a mere fledgling musical theater geek I was introduced to the show 'Dreamgirls'.
'An American in Paris' is one of those films that, when you mention it, people who have seen it give a contented little sigh.
Elyot (Kit Lascher) and Sybil (Alysha Curry) are on honeymoon in the French Riviera.
I've never been a fan of transplanting classic works such as Shakespeare to "new and exciting" locales and time periods but I have seen it work as long as the adaptation enhances the existing story somehow or at the very least makes sense with the story.
Last night musical theatre nerds around the Seattle area may have felt a disturbance in the force as if there was a diva among us.
If you're going to riff on a classic, then have something to add to the conversation.
You may remember, Dear Readers, my lack of affinity for performance art.
Something as stylized as 'Twin Peaks' is really difficult to emulate, even in the form of homage.
First off, Dear Readers, let me explain that you will see no singing Ice Princesses or wacky snowmen in this show.
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