Finding Neverland at Reboot Theatre
Reboot’s production of Peter and the Starcatcher, at Theater off Jacksonk, is rollicking gay fun. It’s got pirates,
(gay pirates) a disco ball on the ceiling, and a flying cat, all on a ship. It is filled with references that are warmly recognized by
the audience like the appearance of a Yugioh duel disk and Dungeons and Dragons. The set pulls you in with one glance at the pink gamer chair in its center.
Matt and Ben – The Comedic Tale of Two Actors’ Dreams
This Season, going with the theme of “Sometimes I Dream”, Artswest starts with their production of Matt & Ben, an acidic two-person comedy written by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers. The play, directed by Zenaida Rose Smith, is a rather satirical look at the lives of famous American actors, Matt Daemon and Ben Affleck before their rise to stardom, and seek to fulfill their dreams of writing a script, the two discover the real and imaginary troubles of trying to work together. This production was performed for the first time in Seattle on September 7th, at the Artswest Theater in West Seattle. The play originally premiered at New York’s Fringe Festival in 2002 and was the winner of the 2002 Fringe NYC Award.
The Ugly Radio LIVE!
Welcome to the Void. “The Ugly Radio: Live!” brings its late-night horror / sci-fi podcast to the stage for the first time!
Seattle’s pre-eminent late-night lo-fi sci-fi theatre anthology podcast is taking the stage! The Ugly Radio is performing its first ever LIVE show in the historic Central District at 18th & Union! Be there Sept. 7th-9th for a weekend of live performances featuring a rogues’ gallery of our favorite writers, our stellar ensemble and live music guests!
Saints, Sinners and the Moral Spectrum in-Between.
The oft described “eccentric” Seattle storytelling team Animal Saints and Animal Sinners is back with live and streaming performances of Going in Circles until Aug. 25. To call them “eccentric” is an understatement as are an outstanding team dealing with extremely abnormal subjects which even Twilight Zone would have found too weird. But Scot Augstson, Kelleen Conway Blanchard and Bret Fetzer have been enthralling audiences at 18th and Union for years and is one of the most unique acts in town.
Seattle Opera’s opening number of their 60th anniversary season.
The Seattle Opera opened their 60th anniversary season in McCaw Hall on August 12 with an
electrifying performance of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883), the first of the
four operas comprising his operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
Despite brief moments of levity in Das Rheingold, the Ring cycle explores the dark consequence
of exchanging love for unlimited power to fend off fear. In the end, love prevails, but only after
tragic loss and supreme sacrifice.
The Erin Jorgensen Festival (EJF) is a slightly tongue-in-cheek mini-arts festival chock-full of performances, mini-classes, films, record listening, and more. Anchored by daily “Bach & Pancakes” performances (a Bach cello suite performed on a 5-octave concert marimba, accompanied by pancakes), the eclectic festival lineup includes music by alt-bluegrass trio The Half Brothers; electric cello with Lori Goldston, percussion/electronics with Aaron Michael Butler; intimate acoustic music from composer Benjamin Marx, and more.
Taproot Theatre has blown it out of the park on its last performance of the season. After an extremely popular opening week, The Hello Girls will be staying one additional week. This production tells the story of America’s first female soldiers, the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit, also known as The Hello Girls. But more on that and Taproot’s rendition here: The Hello Girls-Delightful Musical at Taproot – Openings | Drama In The Hood
Can you believe it was all made with colored paper!
Most of us know about the Japanese craft of Origami, which folds paper intricately to create animals, but few of us know that there is an art form involving cutting paper. I learned of it in 2021 when I visited the National Nordic Museum in Ballard and saw the exhibit “Paper Dialogues: The Dragon and Our Stories.” There I learned that it is a thriving art form in Scandinavia as well as China.
“The Times they were a changin’”…And women were doin’ the changin’”
A thoroughly interesting, informative and absolutely delightful musical opened at Taproot Theater this weekend: The Hello Girls, which while entertaining, tells the story of the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit, colloquially knows as The Hello Girls, during World War I. With music and lyrics by Peter Mills, adapted from a book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, under the superb direction of Karen Lund, it depicts changing attitudes towards women at a unique moment of history.
A community theatre’s take on Shakespeare’s fantastical play. A raging storm swirled around the Blackrock Rexville Amphitheater as Shakespeare Northwest’s
