Sunset Baby—To Heal or To Perpetuate
ArtsWest in collaboration with The Hansberry Project kicked off their newest season with a production of Sunset Baby by Dominique […]
September 2019
Indecent-Actually very very Decent
On the Seventh Day God Created Yiddish Theater. Between 1943 &1945 Satan destroyed it mercilessly.
Written by Paula Vogel Indecent at the Seattle Rep, was two hours of uproarious laughter, fantastic music, brilliant but simple special effects and some sadness, as it chronicled the vicissitudes of the play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asche and the various international productions over 50 odd years.
Edgar Allan—An Homage to America’s First Professional Writer
Edgar Allan, a play created and performed by Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan, was at 18th and Union Performing Arts
Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Take the Stage
In 2012, Washington D.C. Ford’s Theatre commissioned playwright Richard Hellesen to create a historical drama; the result is his Necessary Sacrifices, a fanciful play that imagines what might have occurred during the two meetings Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had in their lives. What really occurred when these two dynamic men met will never be known, but Hellesen gathered historical documents, letters, newspaper quotes and a good deal of Lincoln and Douglass’s written work to present a convincing replica of the fireworks that might have been ignited during their discussions. The Taproot Theatre, employing the immensely talented Lamar Legend as Douglass and Ted Rooney as Lincoln now stages the play’s West Coast Premiere.
“Club Sandwich” Juggles Comedy & Tricks Without Dropping the Ball
Bringing the same laughs as it did during its first run in 1994, the Flying Karamazov Brothers premiered their revival
Preview- Overcoming-Female Playwrighting Festival
Girlfriends! We will be heard!
Opening October 24th, 18th and Union Arts Space, Mampsh Productions, and Starstrewn Productions will present the world premiere production of Overcoming, a collection of short plays by womxn (womyn) playwrights. Overcoming showcases work by up-and-coming female playwrights as well as Seattle favorites of the stage.
Paradise Theatre Puts its Own Spin on ‘Addams Family’
From its time as a newborn in the mind of cartoonist Charles Addams to its time in the New Yorker
“We Go Mad”—A Haunting Tale Told with Puppets
Amy Escobar as writer, co-director, and producer of We Go Mad pivots on family to explore the enduring suffering and yearning to related that cascade down the generations. Using cinematic shadow play, modified bunraku, plus object manipulation, Escobar presents a theatrical case study of a daughter testing the limits of her sanity
A Light in the Piazza-Lovely and Light
Love at First Sight-To Trust it, or Not to Trust It-That is the Question.
Love at First Sight, is it simply lust or is it a psychic signal with chemical/hormonal ramifications and messages, which somehow unconsciously tell us that this could be the one? or one of the ones? Although romantic love rarely lasts given the realities of everyday life, it is such a strong emotion that Freud once said that it induced a near psychotic state in those afflicted with it.
On a more positive note, it can also be a signal that one really should marry the object of romantic love, because, aside from practical reasons, the best motive for marrying someone can be if you cannot imagine a future without them. If the motives are that strong, it can be worth the risk. This is the theme of the highly romantic musical The Light in the Piazza, a concert reading staged by ShowTunes Company, staged at the Cornish Playhouse.
Controlled Chaos Elevates “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
I’ve loved The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for many years. Growing up a dedicated musical theater fan, as well