Seattle Newsroom Velocity Presents THE MIDSUMMER
by BWW News Desk on September 25, 2018 in Seattle Velocity Dance Center and the gray are thrilled to announce the world premiere of The Midsummer, running Oct 19-21 at Velocity's Founder's Theater. The gray is a brand new dance company in Seattle, and for its inaugural piece, artistic director and choreographer Beth Terwilleger has curated a stellar artistic team that features dancers from Seattle gems Whim W'him, Evoke Productions, The Three Yells, and Coriolis Dance among others. A veritable feminist powerhouse, this female-choreographed experimental ballet work is also scored with original music by the critically acclaimed cellist and composer Julia Kent. (more...)  Deana Duncan Named Artistic Director Of WICA
by BWW News Desk on September 25, 2018 in Seattle Deana Duncan, long-time Program and Production Director of the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, has been named Artistic Director of the Langley, WA based organization. (more...)  Verna Everitt To Lead Whidbey Art Center
by BWW News Desk on September 25, 2018 in Seattle Starting this month, Verna Everitt has taken over the leadership reins as the Executive Director of the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA). (more...) BSO Announces 2019 Young Artist Concerto Competition
by BWW News Desk on September 25, 2018 in Seattle Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra announces that the 2019 Young Artist Concerto Competition will be held December 8, 2018 offsite at Steinway Piano Gallery, 1218 3rd Ave #105, Seattle. (more...)  BWW Review: Forward Flux and Pratidhwani's A SMALL HISTORY OF AMAL, AGE 7 Sweet but Doesn't Connect
by Jay Irwin on September 25, 2018 in Seattle Dear Readers, I know you've heard me talk before about taking the air out of a scene or earning your pauses or pauses you could drive a truck through. Well the latest offering from Forward Flux and Pratidhwani, Lindsay Joelle's "A Small History of Amal, Age 7", while being a sweet and sometimes touching story, suffers from a typhoon of air and a convoy of trucks driving through making the show feel forced and lacking connection. (more...)  Snowflake Avalanche's Next Y York Play FRAMED Announced
by BWW News Desk on September 24, 2018 in Seattle Snowflake Avalanche proudly presents Y York's play, Framed at 18th & Union: An Arts Space. (more...)  First Interstate Center For The Arts Announces Free Concert For Grand Reopening
by BWW News Desk on September 24, 2018 in Seattle The Spokane Public Facilities District recently unveiled the new name and logo (First Interstate Center for the Arts) for the iconic downtown Performing Arts Center and now has some exciting news on the reopening of the venue in early November 2018. (more...) Ariel Quartet Performs In NYPhil's New 'Nightcap' Series
by BWW News Desk on September 24, 2018 in Seattle The highly-acclaimed, young Ariel Quartet returns to New York City in the fall of 2018 with two captivating performances: as a part of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra's Nightcap series, as well as the Aspect Foundation for Music & Arts series, based at The Italian Academy of Columbia University. (more...)  BWW Review: Showtunes Gives Us the LEGALLY BLONDE We Didn't Know We Needed
by Jay Irwin on September 23, 2018 in Seattle Showtunes is doing "Legally Blonde"? Don't they do obscure musicals that never get done? Yes, that's them, Dear Readers. Putting up for a few weekends, concert stagings with books in hand shows that usually don't see the spotlight. And now here they come with "Legally Blonde" that mega-hit. So why? Because they focus on rare voices and that could mean titles of shows or that could mean casting someone in a role for which they may never be considered. Enter an off-hand remark made at one of the 5th Avenue Theatre spotlight nights when Alexandria Henderson said she didn't have a dream role, just to be able to be cast without limitation and another actor on-stage shouted that she should be Elle in "Legally Blonde" and the crowd went wild. So, an African American Elle with the titular blonde locks. Why not? And that Dear Readers, is the last time we need focus on the fact that Ms. Henderson isn't your traditional Elle. For the rest of this article we'll only focus on the fact that she killed it! (more...)  Upcoming Non-Equity Auditions Sunday, Sep. 23
by Audition Roundup on September 23, 2018 in Seattle Updated this week! Check out upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, September 23, 2018 for productions in your area and around the country. (more...)  Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Sep. 23
by Audition Roundup on September 23, 2018 in Seattle Updated this week! Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, September 23, 2018 for both productions in your area and around the country including what/when/where and how to audition! (more...)  BWW Review: SKELETON CREW at Arts West
by Kelly Rogers Flynt on September 23, 2018 in Seattle Skeleton Crew at ArtsWest Theatre is a double punch of grit and heart. The recession is wreaking havoc on the auto industry in Detroit, and the plant workers are caught in the crossfire. When you can't control the forces at work around you, your reactions to the circumstances are all you have left. Stress, uncertainty, power plays, and self-preservation are all in the mix. The small but powerful cast will suck you into their world and leave their pain and worry stirring uncomfortably in your belly. In Skeleton Crew nothing comes easy, but building a good life is worth the fight. (more...)  Former Seattleite Returns With Drama & Comedy Exposing Gaps In Regional Queer Support
by BWW News Desk on September 22, 2018 in Seattle The award-winning international touring writer/performer, Ren Lunicke, is coming hot off the heels of Victoria Fringe Festival with an award for BRAVEST SHOW of 2018 for BLOOD RELATIVE. This is after a prodigious nomination for a Development Award in New Zealand for the same play, and several awards for "Ze": queer as f*ck! over the past two years. (more...)  BWW Review: WET's EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH a Raw Blistering Look at Body Image
by Jay Irwin on September 22, 2018 in Seattle Over the years I've been to several plays that have cautionary signs in the lobby. Usually they mention cigarette use or strobe lights but more than a few I've seen talk about trigger warnings in the piece. I'd never really understood the trigger warning until last night at Washington Ensemble Theatre's production of "Everything You Touch", a show all about body image. As a big guy myself, I've dealt with this stuff all my life but there was a quite powerful moment in the show where suddenly I had all these memories of my own childhood come rushing back including things like tauntings in school or my Grandmother mailing me weight loss articles she cut out from the newspaper. I'd never had that much of a personal and visceral reaction to a play before which leads me to think that either I'm not as well-adjusted as I think I am or, the production from WET is just that good. I'm going to assume it's the latter. Yeah, that's it. (more...)  BWW Review: Village's THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES Is Super Fun ... For Nerds
by Jay Irwin on September 21, 2018 in Seattle A few years back, on one of my trips back to the Mothership (New York), I was going to see one of the many incarnations of "Forbidden Broadway", a series I've loved for years. I asked my travelling companion if he wanted to join me. And while he enjoys theater he's not what you would call a theater nerd and so he opted out feeling that many of the inside jokes would fly over his head. It turned out to be a good call. Village Theatre currently has their latest show brought up from the Village Originals Festival onto the Mainstage, "The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes" and while it has a few moments where the story drags or gets slightly mired down in its own joke, I found it to be super fun. But in retrospect, it's super fun to me and was super fun to the person I was with but we're both musical theater nerds. I think the inside jokey-ness of this one might be lost on your basic theatergoer. (more...)  Billy And Howie Seago To Receive Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award
by BWW News Desk on September 20, 2018 in Seattle Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) and the Gregory Awards announce today that brothers Billy and Howie Seago will be recognized for their contributions to the Seattle theatre community. (more...)  Pratidhwani and Theater Schmeater's I AND YOU Opens 10/16
by BWW News Desk on September 20, 2018 in Seattle 'I AND YOU' by Lauren Gunderson Co-Produced by Pratidhwani and Theater Schmeater Directed by Agastya Kohli Theater Schmeater's landmark 26th Season rolls on as we partner with Gregory Award winning theater company, Pratidhwani to bring you the emotionally-charged and powerful 'I AND YOU' by Lauren Gunderson. (more...)  Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 9/21 - GYPSY, HUNCHBACK, FUN HOME, and More!
by BWW Special on September 21, 2018 in Seattle BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature GYPSY, HUNCHBACK, FUN HOME, and More! (more...)  Seattle Women's Chorus Wants Audiences to HEAR ME ROAR!
by BWW News Desk on September 20, 2018 in Seattle This first concert of the 2018-2019 season marks 15 years on stage for Seattle Women's Chorus (SWC). And SWC wants Northwest audiences to Hear Me Roar! The concert is filled with throwback favorites, pop extravaganzas, and fresh choral sounds that mark where the chorus has been...and where they are going. (more...)  Now Playing Onstage in Seattle - Week of 9/20/2018
by BWW on September 20, 2018 in Seattle Upcoming Shows - Week of 9/20/2018 for Seattle (more...)  Delight In The Melodies Of Turkey At Seattle Center Festál: TURKFEST 2018
by BWW News Desk on September 19, 2018 in Seattle Transform your cultural awareness at Seattle Center Festal: Turkfest, Saturday and Sunday, noon - 6 p.m., Oct 13-14, at Seattle Center Armory. Turkfest underscores the extraordinary arts and expression of a culture infused with eastern and western influences as it presents live entertainment, authentic foods, ethnic items for sale, workshops, demonstrations and hands-on learning for kids and adults. (more...)  SPFD Unveils New Name For The Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk on September 19, 2018 in Seattle Exciting changes are taking shape at Spokane's iconic urban performing arts theater, currently known as the INB Performing Arts Center. In addition to the $22 million renovation now underway, the Spokane Public Facilities District (SPFD) and First Interstate Bank (new venue naming sponsor) unveiled a new name and logo for the venue this morning at a media conference. The facility will now be known as the First Interstate Center for the Arts. (more...)  Reboot Theatre Company Announces 2018-2019 Season
by BWW News Desk on September 19, 2018 in Seattle Reboot Theatre celebrates its fourth season with the launch of Reboot TEST KITCHEN this fall and a delicious new take on the beloved classic SWEENEY TODD directed by Seattle favorite Julia Griffin and music direction by Aimee Hong this spring. (more...)  Tacoma Little Theatre Presents FOR PETER PAN ON HER 70TH BIRTHDAY, An Off The Shelf Staged Reading
by BWW News Desk on September 20, 2018 in Seattle Tacoma Little Theatre presents the poignant, For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Micheal O'Hara. This production will take place today, September 20, 2018 at 7:30pm. (more...)  Haley Lindsey Returns To The Pocket Theater In ONE OF THE GOOD ONES
by BWW News Desk on September 20, 2018 in Seattle Join Haley as she asks the deep questions and explores such varied topics as love, sex, murder, family, politics, mental illness, marine biology, and reality television in the second run of her hit standup show. (more...) |
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