BWW Reviews: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at ACT Feels a Little Anemic
It's one of my all time favorite shows so naturally I'm a little picky about it.
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BWW Reviews: THE ELEPHANT MAN from STAGEright Spotlights All Kinds of Freak Shows
We all love to gawk at things different from what we call "normal".
BWW Reviews: THE LAST FIVE YEARS Gets a New Vision from LungFish
Before you start the lynch mob against LungFish Productions for altering Jason Robert Brown's "The Last Five Years" let me assure you that not one word of the original has been changed.
BWW Reviews: Book-It's FRANKENSTEIN Filled with Chilling Imagery and Befuddling Choices
Sure, it's a story about a monster, but a monster that is looking for love and acceptance and his creator who's looking for power and the redemption they both seek from their mistaken paths to find their goals.
BWW Reviews: ON THE AIR at Teatro ZinZanni Is Three Hours of Pure Joy
Dear Readers, I must warn you against seeing the latest show over at Teatro ZinZanni, "On The Air".
BWW Reviews: Seattle Rep's VENUS IN FUR - In a Word, Delicious
Get yourself ready for something naughty, witty and all around fun as the Seattle Rep has brought to town David Ives' battle of wills and words, “Venus in Fur”.
BWW Reviews: MARISOL from Collision Project Feels Overly 'Edgy'
When my Mom goes to see shows of mine that are on the edgy or weirder side she inevitably comes back with the comment, "That was interesting" afterward.
BWW Reviews: SPELLING BEE at SMT Embraces the Charming Flaws in Us All
One of the things I love about William Finn's shows is that he draws such rich and flawed characters which makes them all the more real and relatable.
BWW Reviews: 5th Avenue's SPAMALOT - As Close to Broadway as You're Going to Get
If you know what I mean when I say things such as "Are you telling me cocoanuts migrate?!?" "She's got huge tracks of land!" and "Ni!" then you're my kind of nerd who understands the joy that is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
BWW Reviews: THE EQUATION from Theatre 9/12 – Two Stories that Don't Quite Hold Together
A new work is always a risk even from author Charles Waxberg who gave us the amazing "A Shade of Green" a few years back.
BWW Reviews: THE FOREIGNER at Village Packs the Laughs with Intelligence
It's a show that's done by pretty much everyone and their dog.
BWW Reviews: Seattle Rep's A GREAT WILDERNESS Burns with Thoughtful Poetic Beauty
The absolutely stirring performances would have been enough.
BWW Reviews: PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE at SSR Has Moments but Lacks Cohesion
When any of Steve Martin's plays such as "Picasso at the Lapin Agile", currently playing at Second Story Rep, is done well it can be a riotous evening of surreal fun.
BWW Reviews: THE NORMAL HEART from Strawberry Theatre Workshop Seethes with Poignancy
Before "Rent" put AIDS into the mainstream, before "The Temperamentals" looked at the plight of closeted gay men, there was "The Normal Heart", Larry Kramer's somewhat autobiographical, ground breaking master work which shoved the AIDS crisis and the gay lifestyle front and center at a time when peo
BWW Reviews: Seattle Shakes RICHARD II Lacks Highs and Lows
I've never particularly been a fan of Shakespeare's histories.
BWW Reviews: Balagan Takes JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA to Hell and Back Again
Opera has long been considered at the epitome of class and sophistication.
BWW Reviews: UPSIDE DOWNTON at Jet City Improv Brings Brit-ish Fun
The servants are downstairs and the Masters upstairs and the scandals and secrets are flying.
BWW Reviews: EVITA at the Paramount Has Its Moments, Even for a Non-Fan
I've never particularly warmed to Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Evita".
BWW Reviews: A CHRISTMAS CAROL and HAM FOR THE HOLIDAYS– Two Very Different Holiday Treats, One Theatre
Holiday theatrical traditions are alive and well at ACT but the two shows playing couldn't be more different from each other.
BWW Reviews: STC's HOLIDAY OF ERRORS Makes for a Nicely Naughty Holiday Diversion
Take equal parts Dickens and Shakespeare, add in a healthy spoonful of historical tom-foolery, the zest from a bawdy queen and stir it up til you don't know one play from another and you'll have the latest outing from one of the more impressive small theater companies in town, Sound Theatre Company,
BWW Reviews: 5th Ave's OLIVER! Doesn't Have That Oom-Pah-Pah
Any Charles Dickens' tale basically has the same theme, working through adversity to get to hope.
BWW Reviews: Balagan's THANKSKILLING Offers Crude and Crass Holiday Fun
It's the day after Thanksgiving and suddenly I feel myself getting attacked from a Thanksgiving turkey.
BWW Reviews: SCT's JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH is Magical Sweetness
When casting my reviewers eye to the world premiere musical version of Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach", currently playing at Seattle Children's Theatre, I am forced to look upon the show from two perspectives.
BWW Reviews: Rep's HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Filled with Thrills, Humor and Epic Staging
I love it when a production manages to actually make me giddy with its technical aspects whether that be the gorgeous set, the intricate staging or the storytelling lights and sound.
BWW Reviews: Slightly Off Kilter Hilarity with THE HABIT 13 at The Bathhouse
Someone left the gate open on the asylum again as the not-quite-right-in-the-head boys of The Habit are back with their next round of outside the box sketch comedy with "The Habit 13" at The Bathhouse Theater.
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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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11th Annual Star-Spangled Spectacular: Seattle Wind Symphony Benaroya Hall (7/02-7/02) |
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Smoke on the Mountain Taproot Theatre (10/07-10/24) |
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15th Annual Festival of Shorts Wade James Theatre (6/25-6/28) |
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Alison Krauss and Union Station Marymoor Live (8/22-8/22) |
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RAGTIME Village Theatre (10/24-11/15) |
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Titanic the Musical Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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Alice in Wonderland by International Ballet Stars in Tacoma, WA Pantages Theater (4/30-4/30) |
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Dear Evan Hansen Village Theatre (5/15-6/06) |