Finding Happiness, Humor and God,
Often humor is more effective for discussing serious topics in life than serious drama There could be no better example of this than the new Taproot show, Pretty Fire, which opened recently.
Read more →Finding Happiness, Humor and God,
Often humor is more effective for discussing serious topics in life than serious drama There could be no better example of this than the new Taproot show, Pretty Fire, which opened recently.
Read more →MythFest is a series of three one-acts that each examine a well-known classical myth. Three women (Machelle Allman, Carolynne Wilcox, and Jen Smith Anderson) gather to pray to the goddesses and gods of old for, respectively, vengeance, wisdom, and beauty. Their prayers are answered in turn when their bodies are taken over by the spirits […]
Read more →Rookie director Peggy Gannon has staged a wonderfully acted Third for West Seattle’s ArtsWest Theatre. She has elicited heartfelt and thoughtful work from her entire cast and the play looks top dollar from the first scene. Third was Wasserstein’s final play; she died just months after its off-Broadway premiere. It is not her finest work, and while there are some very moving and thought-provoking scenes, the play finally remains somewhat thin and underdeveloped. However, this talented cast is ready and able to make the most of what they’ve been give
Read more →When in high school, playwright and composer Nathaniel Porter loved the way a punk cover could “take the original, crank up the distortion, pump up the tempo and add in some brattitude.” Black Vengeance is his punk cover of Shakespeare’s Othello. A thoroughly altered script, new songs and a three-piece punk band add up to a hit and miss evening on many counts, but the work is never dull and has a kettle full of clever riffs on the Elizabethan classic.
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