SEATTLE THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 297

No one mines an audience for laughter like Frank Ferrante; the actor/comedian who keeps a crowd in stitches, improvising on a whim.

Hot off her stunning victory on RuPaul's Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales (both Cornish alums) hit the stage at the Cornish Playhouse at the Seattle Center for two performances of their musical comedy, The Vaudevillians.

Edmonds Center for the Arts will present MORGAN'S JOURNEY today, May 8, 2013, with two matinees for families at 10:00am and 12:30pm.

Bob's Burgers is set for The Neptune tonight, May 8, 2013 at 8:00pm.

The 5th Avenue Theatre and Seattle Men's Chorus join together in 'con-drag-ulating' Jinkx Monsoon, who has taken the nation by storm - emerging from season five of Ru Paul's Drag Race as America's newest Drag Superstar.

UW School of Drama presents five one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, directed by MFA directing candidates Leah Adcock-Starr and Tina Polzin and featuring performers from the School of Drama's graduate and undergraduate programs.

The Custom Made Play Project announces the artist lineup for the second project: Emily Conbere (Playwright), Kelly Kitchens (Actor), Betsy Schwartz (Actor) and Rebecca Olson (Actor, Producer).

As Spring makes its way to Seattle, ESP goes to Texas for a typically beautifully-made play by the late, great Horton Foote, author of, among many works, The Trip to Bountiful, and the screenplays of Tender Mercies and To Kill a Mockingbird.

The conclusion of the "Team of Heroes" Trilogy, "Team of Heroes: No More Heroes" currently playing at Annex Theatre has swooped in to save us all, but it could use some saving of its own.

Seattle Repertory Theatre's full 2013-2014 season was announced today by Artistic Director Jerry Manning.

WICA presents an evening of Poetry with Judith Adams and Friends: Lark's Rising Shepherd's Whistle on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 P.

Washington Ensemble Theatre presents Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys by Caroline V.

I've always been leery of transplanting locales and time periods of classic plays just because we can.

Today, Harlequin Productions, a professional theater company in downtown Olympia, announces the launch of its Kickstarter campaign.

Seattle's theater simple, in collaboration with No Passport, stages Gun Control Theatre Action an evening of selected readings from 24 Gun Control Plays, performed at West of Lenin tonight, May 2nd at 7:30pm.

Fans of Erik Larson's Devil in the White City may have to wait a few more years for a screen adaptation of the hit novel, but Jet City Improv will bring Seattle audiences the next best thing this spring.

There's No Place Like Home, Whidbey Children's Theater's 2nd Annual Fundraiser to support a vibrant youth theater, will be held at the historic Bayview Hall at Bayview Center, Whidbey Island on Saturday, May 18, 5:00pm - 9:00pm.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

A few days ago I posted a review for another comedy in town where I commented on the fact that they just don't write farces like they used to.

A mother coming to terms with her daughter.

The announcement of Tony Award nominations raised a round of cheers this morning in the Emerald City as The 5th Avenue Theatre's Broadway hit A Christmas Story, The Musical received three nods from the American Theatre Wing, including Best Musical.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Tom Griffin's 'THE BOYS NEXT DOOR' is a tricky script…its subject matter is a group home in the Boston area housing four mentally-challenged adult men; Arnold, Norman, Lucien and Barry.

Edmonds Public Facilities District (EPFD) has extended the application deadline for two open Board positions.

Seattle Center Festal presents Spirit of West Africa, Saturday, May 11, 12 p.