BWW Review: NEWSIES is a Rollicking Good Time, If You Turn Off Your Brain
I will admit to the fact that the original 1992 film of "Newsies" is one of my guilty pleasures.
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BWW Review: Annex's PUNY HUMANS Drones on with Not Much to Say
Slice of life plays, like "Puny Humans" currently playing at Annex Theatre, are difficult at best especially when focusing on one specific sub-culture such as Comic-Con attendees.
BWW Review: New Century's MY NAME IS ASHER LEV Elicits Powerful Emotion from the Unfamiliar
I doubt that many of us these days have such a rigid upbringing that our passion causes us to question our ideals.
BWW Review: ACT's Funny STUPID F**KING BIRD Gets Too Deconstructed
I'm perfectly fine when a play chooses to break the fourth wall and become self-referential.
BWW Review: Musically Solid SOUTH PACIFIC at Seattle Musical Theatre Feels Unpolished
Rogers and Hammerstein's 'South Pacific' is almost 70 years old.
BWW Review: Café Nordo's TO SAVOR TOMORROW Flies High with Laughs
Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts, put your tray tables and seat backs in the upright position and hang on as Cafe Nordo presents an evening of fun and food with their 60's spy send up, "To Savor Tomorrow".
BWW Review: Sweet Gay RomCom with THE HAT at Gay City
Romantic comedies for the straight community abound.
BWW Reviews: Stellar Performances but No Story in 5th Ave's A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
I'll admit to only a passing familiarity with Janis Joplin before I saw the current show at the 5th Avenue Theatre, “A Night with Janis Joplin”, in that I knew who she was but was hard pressed to come up with any of her songs.
BWW Review: Seattle Rep's BROWNSVILLE SONG Hits No Good Notes
It's all well and good to want to shine a spotlight on urban violence and inner city gangs through entertainment (theater, film, TV, etc.
BWW Review: Seattle Public Theater's THE OTHER PLACE Beyond Brilliant
Dealing with a potentially unreliable narrator can be an emotionally frustrating experience.
BWW Review: WORSE THAN TIGERS at ACT Theatre: Absurdism with a Bite
RED Stage's premiere production 'Worse Than Tigers' is more than an emotional roller coaster-- it is a full emotional carnival.
BWW Review: Local Jewell's LILIES Lacks Levels
As you may know by now, Dear Readers, one of my pet peeves in any performance is the lack of levels.
BWW Review: Gripping Vulnerability in MAP's BELLEVILLE
MAP Theatre may not be one of the most prolific companies out in Seattle.
BWW Review: An Underdone Gem Shines with Seattle Shake's MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION
When people think of George Bernard Shaw plays they inevitably go to "Pygmalion" or "Arms and the Man" or something like that.
BWW Review: Kevin Kent Gives a Hilarious and Heartfelt EULOGY at West of Lenin
Working through the grief of the loss of a loved one is never easy.
BWW Review: Touching MY HEART IS THE DRUM at Village Suffers Pace and Structure
One of my favorite events each year is the Village Originals Festival of New Musicals.
BWW Review: Powerful PARADE from Sound Theatre Company
In any given show you usually have the good guys and the bad guys.
BWW Review: Technically Superior VIOLET at ArtsWest Lacks Emotional Connection
There's no doubt that Jeanine Tesori's music in the musical "Violet", currently playing at ArtsWest, is stirring and powerful but it's the lyrics and book by Brian Crawley that truly pack the punch in the show.
BWW Review: Killer Talent in 5th Ave/ACT's ASSASSINS
Only the incredible Stephen Sondheim could make a musical about Presidential assassins and make it work.
BWW Review: Raw Examination of Social Work in LUNA GALE at Seattle Rep
Rebecca Gilman's play "Luna Gale" currently performing at the Seattle Rep has no good guys in it.
BWW Review: A Week at the Mothership Part 2 – The Biggest Surprise of the Trip
OK I'm back and let's just dive right in for the rest of the amazing shows I saw in New York.
BWW Review: A Week at the Mothership Part 1 - Caught Some Amazing Shows Including You-Know-Who
Dear Readers, I'm back from the Mothership (New York of course) to let you all in on some of the wonderful and not so wonderful things I saw with a few brief notes on each.
BWW Review: Theater Schmeater's One-Woman Show TECHLANDIA a Tender, Teasing Tribute
ATTENTION SEATTLE TECHIES: there is a sketch performance for you! ATTENTION NON-TECHIES AND THE TECH BEWILDERED: there is a sketch performance for you too! Come together all who have startup experience and all who believe the tech industry is (as director and writer Bridget Quigg puts it) a bubble w
BWW Review: AN OAK TREE Comes to Life While SEAGULLs Bemoan It at the Seattle Fringe Festival
A play where only half the cast knows the story and a trio of snarky seagulls who are rife with tragedy.
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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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Conscience Taproot Theatre (9/16-10/24) |
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Come From Away Village Theatre (1/02-1/24) |
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Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi ArtsWest (6/11-7/05) |
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Smoke on the Mountain Taproot Theatre (10/07-10/24) |
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Harlequin's 2026 "Home/Land" Season Announcement Harlequin Productions (1/23-12/24) |
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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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Monsta X Wamu Theater (10/24-10/24) |