Author name: Marie Bonfils

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THE TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE!

“The Twilight Zone Live”

Since I only vaguely remember the TV series the “Twilight Zone” it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I attended Theatre Schmeater’s “Twilight Zone Live”, at ACT Theatre on opening night, Friday April 6th. Although I had a vague premonition that Twilight Zone had a cult following, I was not prepared for the delightful audience enthusiasm which added to the charm of the evening. It was not quite on a par with the audiences in Rocky Horror Picture Show but give it time.

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Nine 10-minute Comedies about Death, Sex: Election Season

I knew I was in for it, when the director of “Nine 10-minute Comedies about Death, Sex: Election Season” Shawn Belyea, managed to get in the Anglo-Saxon word for feces and the diminutive for Richard, as a slang word for a man’s appendage, all in the same sentence, while asking the audience to turn off their cell phones With the exception of one of the plays “Sex Life”, by Wayne Rawley, the audience got an overdose of profanity, contempt, very little creativity and the sort of humor which is largely forgettable because it lacks any insight into the serious issues of life.

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EMERALD CITY

So, after leaving the new West of Lenin space where Live Girls! is now presenting their latest show, “Emerald City”

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LARK EDEN

Take A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” cross it with Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” and you will find yourself at the crossroads

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Red by John Logan

Abstract painter Mark Rothko’s clinical depression disguised as artistic integrity.
“Red” by John Logan, directed by Richard E.T. White opened at the Seattle Rep on Wed, February 29th starring Denis Arndt as 20th Century abstract painter Mark Rothko and Connor Toms as Ken, his assistant. Originally the play opened in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse inLondon, and on Broadway it won a Tony award in 2010 and the Drama Desk Award. Through a long conversation, Ken and Rothko discuss life and art.

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PRAIRIE NOCTURNE

This show could have been titled: “Prairie Nocturne; or ‘Little House on the Prairie’: The Epic Readers Theatre Musical”.  And

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A Chorus Line

“If you’ve got a good curtain call, the audience leaves thinking the show was good, even if it wasn’t.” Director Neal Newman

This quote more or less sums up the recent production of “A Chorus Line” produced by Seattle Musical Theatre.

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WHITE HOT

Shock for sale! Step on up and get your fresh, “white hot” batch of shock just West of Lenin in

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