Review: SUNSET BOULEVARD at Showtunes Theatre
Dear Readers, if you know me at all you know my disdain for most things Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Dear Readers, if you know me at all you know my disdain for most things Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The MAP Theatre gang is back, Dear Readers, and as usual they’re not ones to shy away from the bizarre with their latest offering, “Blood Countess” by Kelleen Conway Blanchard.
This weekend, Intiman Theatre and The Seagull Project opened their outstanding, heart-wrenching, and purposefully uncomfortable production of Maxim Gorky’s The Lower Depths.
If you’re unfamiliar with the playwright Samuel D.
Village Theatre has welcomed a new show and a new Doctor to the stage this weekend.
Come with me, Dear Readers, for a little trip down the rabbit hole to “House of Hearts”, the latest offering at The Can Can.
Dear Readers, I hope you already have your tickets to “The Book of Mormon”, currently playing at the Paramount Theatre, because it’s pretty much sold out.
Dear Readers, I am loathed to admit that I’ve never seen one of Dina Martina’s Christmas shows.
Dear Readers, you know I’m not a fan of the bio musical.
It’s the holiday season, Dear Readers, and you know what that means.
Dear Readers, you know I love a good rousing tap number as much as the rest of you.
Two contemporary compositions provided the framework for the haunting, ebullient Symphony No.
First off, Dear Readers, I need to put it out there that “Beautiful: The Carole King Story” is one of the few bio-musicals that gets it right.
First off, Dear Readers, I want to wish the Seattle Rep a Happy 60th Birthday this week.
I know what you’re thinking, Dear Readers.
The Seattle Rep is certainly known for bringing in some rare gems over the years.
Dear Readers, I firmly believe that the smaller theaters in the area can accomplish anything that the bigger budget theaters can.
What did our critic think of ALCINA It’s worth going to see for the glorious music and courageous, proficient singing
Dear Readers, last night I discovered at “Cambodian Rock Band”, the latest collaboration of ACT and the 5th Avenue Theatre, that I am officially a cranky old man.
Dear Readers, it struck me last night, while watching The Can Can’s current production of “The Hitchcock Hotel” of the intersection of horror, humor and sex.
While watching the opening routine in “Passengers”, currently playing at the Seattle Rep, I found myself seeing a move I knew.
Author Ken Ludwig has certainly had a prolific career filled with some wonderful gems, “Crazy for You”, “Lend Me a Tenor”, and “Moon Over Buffalo” to name just a few.
In these tumultuous theatrical times, it’s of little surprise that The 5th Avenue Theatre would head back under the sea with a remount of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid”.
Dear Readers, I’m thrilled to say that my opinion of “Tina, The Tina Turner Musical”, currently playing at the Paramount, has changed.
DANCING AT LUGHNASA at SecondStory Repertory is a glimpse into the past and a way of life that has disappeared.
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