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THE ILLUSIONISTS - WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE the world's best-selling touring magic show, will play The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle as part of a 20-city U.

If you want to ensure that people come to see your play then make sure you have well advertised nudity and sex in it.

After breaking box office records in 2012, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to Seattle's Paramount Theatre from July 8 - August 2.

Award-winning local playwright Yussef El Guindi (Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World; Ramayana) returns to ACT with a new play that weaves issues ripped from world headlines into an intimate and personal story.

Cafe Nordo has announced that their new show, Don Nordo Del Midwest, will be extending through June at their new Pioneer Square Culinarium.

High school students from across Washington State packedThe 5th Avenue Theatre tonight for The 13th Annual 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theater, a high school version of the Tony Awards, proudly sponsored by Wells Fargo with additional support from Alaska Airlines.

The City of Seattle has named a street in honor of Speight Jenkins, General Director of Seattle Opera from 1983 to 2014.

Join us July 30 - August 1 for the hit show SEUSSICAL JR.

The BPA Shakespeare Society's 2013 and 2014 productions were met with rave reviews and sold out quickly; patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance.

The old adage “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans,” would be an ideal tagline for local playwright Kiki Penoyer's TAPHOUSE, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS.

The true story of murderous teens Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb has seen many iterations over the years, from thinly veiled derivatives like ROPE, COMPULSION or MURDER BY NUMBERS to direct accounts of their actions such as the musical THRILL ME, or the subject of this review, John Logan's NEVER TH

Award-winning local playwright Yussef El Guindi (Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World; Ramayana) returns to ACT with a new play that weaves issues ripped from world headlines into an intimate and personal story.

The 2015 ACT New Play Award recipient is Moby Pomerance, for The Piano Men, a true story of an American spy working on the Manhattan Project.

Forward Flux Productions will present the North West Regional premiere reading of Clarence Coo's award winning play 'Beautiful Province' at the IX Flux Salon gathering in Seattle.

Building upon its overwhelming success, West of Lenin presents the Sandbox One-Act Play Festival, returning today, June 3, through June 7 with another stellar evening.

Tim Minchin, the internationally celebrated composer and comedian behind the music and lyrics of the sensational Broadway hit Matilda The Musical, will join 5th Avenue audiences for the next Spotlight Night, The 5th Avenue's behind-the-curtains look at upcoming productions.

Tacoma Little Theatre presents The Ceremony of Innocence by Ronald Ribman, on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:30pm.

There may not be a ton of plot going on with Theater Schmeater's current production of "Four Dogs and a Bone".

With the sun out more and more (amidst all the rain, of course) the theatrical choices in the area tend to dwindle a bit.

Arouet presents LAWFULLY WEDDED: Plays about marriage.

Seattle Center Festal:  Spirit of Indigenous People promotes the value of all Native Americans, 11 a.

You made your flight, but what if you hadn't? You did the right thing, but what if it wasn't? It all happened one way, but what if it didn't?

Multi-talented actress and singer Jenifer Lewis returns to The 5th Avenue Theatre to headline the festivities at Cirque du 5th, the company's 12th Annual A Night at the 5th Gala, set for tonight, May 29th.

The Lakewood Playhouse presents the final show of its 76th season: DROOD - THE MUSICAL (Based on Unfinished Novel THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD by CHARLES DICKENS), adapted by Rupert Holmes.

Nights at the Neptune, Seattle Theatre Group's free summer series, returns for the 3rd consecutive year!   Offered free to the public and to the artists, Nights at the Neptune embraces local artistic expression, with an emphasis on presentations that address issues of race and social justice.