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The Slipknot

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Drugstores are Full of Euphemisms.

“Slipknot” is not an inappropriate word for this outstandingly performed and well-crafted solo play which opened at 18th & Union, (formerly New City) this weekend. Slip refers to casual jobs one just innocently “slips” into without realizing the knots which will bind us as we keep working at them day by day, week by week, month by month until we feel our brains have been reformatted to do only that one thing. Andrew Litzky’s superlative performance was, for me, a once in a life-time experience, because it was without a doubt not only the best solo performance I have ever seen, but probably, the best solo performance I will likely ever see.

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“The Santaland Diaries”

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Patrick Lennon stars in The Santaland Diaries (Joe Mantello’s stage adaption of the David Sedaris essay) as part of 18th and Union’s “Cracked Christmas” programming. The production doesn’t quite live up to the script, but this one-man show is guaranteed to raise the spirits of anyone feeling not so merry and bright this holiday season.

The Santaland Diaries is a sharp and funny account of Sedaris’s stint working as a Christmas elf at a New York City Macy’s department store. Crazy customer requests, a health-nut Santa, and a dwarf coasting on her looks are just the tip of the decorative-snow iceberg. The cynical Sedaris struggles to provide corporate Christmas cheer, but his misadventures will easily make audience members laugh.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas at Taproot Theatre

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The Taproot Theatre is again offering up a cute little stocking stuffer with its take on A Charlie Brown Christmas. The play recreates the warmth and good cheer Charles Schultz and director Bill Melendez first served up with their award winning television special back in 1965.

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“Sugar Plum Gary”

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Santa sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good. How, exactly? Sugar Plum Gary takes the stage at 18th and Union to answer all your questions about Christmas in this interactive comedy show.

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Preview Annex’s 6th Anniversary edition: Weird & Awesome with Emmett Montgomery

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Weird & Awesome just Might Shake the Pillars of Heaven! or Annex Theatre!! or the Pike/Pine Corridor!!!

On Sunday, December 4 at 7 pm Annex Theatre will presents the 6th Anniversary edition of Weird & Awesome with Emmett Montgomery! This month’s variety show includes:

Danielle K.L. Grégoire (Seattle producer of the Moth Storyslam / Founder of the Comedy Womb) will help guide us through the special night as co-host!

Portland based writer and comedian and Emmett’s adopted little sister Elizabeth Teets will share with us!

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Preview-A Child’s Christmas in…….. Alabama with Truman Capote!!!!

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Betty Campbell and Patrick Lennon are pleased to present their fourth annual holiday reading of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory, directed by Julie Beckman, this Sunday evening at 18th and Union, at 6:00 pm.

A Christmas Memory is the story of seven-year-old Buddy and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend. The story captures the simple joys of the Christmas season and the inevitable heartbreak of growing up. This autobiographical short story from 1956 is a holiday classic and one of Capote’s most beloved works.

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Miraculous-Miracle on 34th Street

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There really is a Santa Claus

Tacoma Little Theater, a 98-year old community theater, presented one of the best of the modern Christmas tales this past weekend, Miracle on 34th St. Like many Christmas tales, it deals with questions of morality and generosity through an unrealistic plot. Originally a film in 1947, starring Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood, there is also a fair amount of wit and humor.

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Book-It Brings ‘Treasure Island’ to the Stage

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Nearly 13 year old Jim Hawkins (Alex Silva) lives and helps out at the Admiral Benbow Inn with his father (unseen) and mother (Gin Hammond). A mysterious stranger, “Captain” Billy Bones (Jim Gall), arrives and asks Hawkins to keep a look out for a man with a wooden leg. But Bones is found, and he gets first one and then a second unwelcomed visit by pirates looking for him and the map he holds of buried treasure.

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