November 2015

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Treat your Family to This Christmas at Taproot

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The opening funny scene is a harried waitress (Elise) calling to get cake inscription instructions correct. There’s a strong chance the inscription may read “Congratulations New Dog” which is not what Leah intended. The word she wanted did start with “d” as in “Dad.”

Then there’s Mark’s mother Helen who swoops back into their apartment claiming the flights out of Seatac were cancelled, a next door neighbor Patrick who hadn’t really introduced himself

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Come From Away Soars at the Rep

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The Seattle Rep’s premiere of Come From Away could not have been timelier. The tragic events on the streets of Paris occurred only days earlier. The moment seemed to echo another era when western Europe grappled with darkness, of which Dickens noted “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” The play explores how immense tragedy somehow, someway brings out the best in humanity. To say that Come From Away is inspirational is greatly underselling the show. The work provides one of the most uplifting theatrical experiences imaginable.

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As a Beaver and an Artist

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Snappy Dialogue Diluted by Performance Whatever

Whenever a reviewer is assigned a “show” described as a “bizarre performance art” involving “clowing, improv, movement etc. ”, one puts the brakes on one’s expectations and does not exactly expect a well-made play. Given that limitation As a Beaver and an Artist, was in fact not only extremely entertaining, containing some excellent witty dialogue, but expressed, through black humor, profound truths about human existence and more importantly, the uncontrollable changes occurring in life.

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My Fair Lady opens at Village Theatre

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There’s nothing new about the story of My Fair Lady: flower girl Eliza Doolittle picks herself up from the streets of London with the self-centered assistance of linguistics professor Henry Higgins. It’s a rags-to-riches tale — and a prototype for not only many other stage plays, but also hundreds of Hollywood movies and not a few Washington politicians — and in and of itself the story is inspiring and entertaining.

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Quirky Buyer & Cellar at the Rep

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Playwright Jonathan Tolins has created a whopper of a high concept play; a description of the premise tells us just about all we need to know about the work. The setup is an enticing mixture of truth and fiction. The truth: Barbara Streisand really has written a book entitled My Passion for Design in which she describes an underground shopping mall that really exists below her Malibu mansion. The truth: Tolins once met Barbara and she offered him a Kit Kat Bar, which he declined. The fiction: the mall has a special caretaker, the struggling West L.A. actor Alex More. The one-man show imagines what it must be like to have a full time job down there in Barbara’s wacky personal playground.

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MetaWARPhosis Showcases 9 Plays

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WARP (Writers and Actors Reading and Performing) Theatre has a noble mission to “facilitate an organic and non-biased gathering for local playwrights, actors, and other artists.” Twice a year it presents a showcase featuring short plays by its members. The current showcase presented nine plays in two acts and included a three-song performance during intermission by Chris LeVaughn.

This is entry level amateur theater

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