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Sixteen actresses, two parts, one epic experience.

As part of the premiere of Bring Down the House Seattle Shakespeare Company has launched Show Us Your Shakespeare - a video competition to encourage and challenge young people all over the Puget Sound region to put their own spin on Shakespeare.

Seattle Center Winterfest offers festive and engaging activities aplenty for young and old over the traditional holiday break.

When you have a show that is so focused on one character, it's always interesting to see the different takes different actors give to the role.

Seattle Opera General Director Aidan Lang has named Kristina Murti the company's new Director of Marketing & Communications.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced its first major grant funding round of fiscal year 2017, which includes a $20,000 grant supporting a co-production of The Secret Garden, created in partnership between Seattle's The 5th Avenue Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company in

In response to continued strong ticket sales and critical acclaim, ArtsWest will further extend the run of Peter and the Starcatcher through Friday, December 30.

The National Tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is coming to Seattle's Paramount Theatre from December 13 - 18, featuring Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Euan Morton in the role of Hedwig, and Hannah Corneau as Yitzhak.

Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Euan Morton will take over the role of Hedwig, and Hannah Corneau will play Yitzhak in the National Tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the 2014 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, starting November 29th at the Civic Theatre in San Diego.

It is January in January as the Seattle Playwrights Salon welcomes playwright Michael January to The Conservatory Seattle for a presentation of The Legendary Bonnie and Clyde January 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM.

Forward Flux Productions has wrapped their 2016 season presenting 37 events or performances reaching over 2,000 audience members.

In these chaotic and somewhat disturbing times, we can all use a good laugh as a release valve.

The 14/48 Projects is very pleased to bring 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival, its 'punishing artistic exercise in speed and endurance' (The Stranger), back to ACT Theatre for two weekends in January as a partner of ACTLab.

'Omnium Gatherum' ('a gathering of all')  is playing every night for just one full week (minus Monday 18th) from Dec 16th through Christmas Eve at SJC Fairgrounds in the Marie Boe building - Come and celebrate the spirit of the season with us, through storytelling, theatre and song.

Today marks the start of frozen performances for the new musical Cubamor at Village Theatre's First Stage Theatre, though the production has already been on stage in front of public audiences for nearly a week.

The Seattle Playwrights Salon presents a An Evening of Shorts by Seattle Fringe festival and WARP Theatre standout Scot Bastian today, December 9th at 7 p.

The producers of the wildly popular holiday spectacular Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker snowstorm into downtown Seattle's illustrious Triple Door for their 11th season, offering 36 performances from December 9-29.

The spirit of the season abounds this weekend at Seattle Center.

The “playwright” of “Vietgone”, currently playing at the Seattle Rep, tells us from the beginning that this is not a war story but a love story.

In an artistic collaboration with Cafe Nordo in Pioneer Square, a four-course meal will deliciously underscore a signature Book-It theatrical experience.

Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) is entering a period of leadership transition.

In this age of selfies, portraits have never been more common nor, in many cases, more superficial.

Theater J will present the intellectually stunning Tony Award-winning drama Copenhagen this winter, directed by Eleanor Holdridge.

In response to strong ticket sales and critical acclaim, ArtsWest will extend the run of Peter and the Starcatcher through Tuesday, December 27.

Single tickets are now on sale for Seattle Rep's highly anticipated production of David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Fatboy Slim's epic HERE LIES LOVE, running April 7-May 28, 2017.