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The Toxic Avenger

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In a world filled with noxious cough-inducing air pollution, the gut-wrenching smell of garbage dumps and DNA-altering toxic waste (i.e. New Jersey), who could possibly save us from ourselves? Who will save New Jersey? The Toxic Avenger will.

The STAGEright Theatre production is Sophia Federighi’s professional directorial debut and is a hilarious, animated and madcap adaptation of the 1984 cult film of the same name. The off-Broadway musical adaptation, originally written by Joe DiPietro and its music by David Bryan, has been produced throughout the country and has won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical.

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Alcestis

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How much are we willing to sacrifice for those we love? That’s the question Euripides’s rarely performed Alcestis asks us to consider. The Irrational Robot Bureau’s production, directed and adapted by Adrian D. Cameron, presents the thought-provoking story of a queen who has sworn to die for her husband in a far more entertaining and accessible way than most versions of ancient Greek tragedies you’re likely to see.

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Miss Fortune has Green Eyes

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Families-Who would do Without Them

Although Brown Soul Production’s mission statement is to develop and produce new works by female writers of color, Miss Fortune Has Green Eyes, by Alma Davenport, which opened at Theatre 4, in Seattle Center, this past weekend, has universal appeal, as it deals with the family dysfunction caused by substance abuse.

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Woyzeck

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Extremely important play, with a highly flawed structure.

Georg Büchner the author of the plays Woyzeck, Danton’s Death, Leonce & Lena and the novella Lenz, is one of the most influential authors of German Literature, but perhaps the least prolific, due to his untimely death at the age of 23. Unfortunately the play, Woyzeck, which made his international reputation, was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1837. When it was produced in 1913, it burst onto the world stage and ushered in German Expressionism. Stage One Theatre at North Seattle College has just opened an interesting production of this strangely appealing but flawed play.

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The Royale

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The Royale Packs a Profound Punch ACT’s production of The Royale, the story of a black boxer from the Jim

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A Dazzling Winter’s Tale

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Seattle Shakespeare has chosen The Winter’s Tale to launch their 26th season. Believed to be the second to last script the Bard ever penned, the unusual play is filled with intriguing points and counterpoints as a devastating tragedy is ultimately averted in the later acts. The work has been described as a tragicomedy and presents many challenges for any acting troupe. Fortunately, the company has gathered some of Seattle’s most talented actors and technicians to present an earnest and remarkably thoughtful show.

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“The Wedding Band” by Alice Childress

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Alice Childress completed Wedding Band in 1962. It is set in rural South Carolina during World War I. Lovers Julia (a black seamstress played with heartbreaking sincerity by Debra Woods) and Herman (a white baker played from a brave heart by Chris Ensweiler) want to get married. They have been lovers for 10 years, and over that time Julia has had to move frequently. She longs for a place where they can be open with their affections and not have to deal with bigotry—from either blacks or whites. She is very much alone.

Is it necessary to remind you that South Carolina is in the Jim Crow south?

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Loose Rhinoceros About—What’s a Person to Do?

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Eugene Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros (1959) grew from his increasingly lonely witness to the attraction that Nazism held among the circles he traveled in during World War II. Ionesco (b. 1909, Slatina, Romania—d. 1994, Paris, France) and many of his friends would have been around 20 in 1939, the prime age for idealist fervor.

Strawberry Theatre Workshop intentionally produced this play to highlight the challenges of our current presidential election climate. Jess K. Smith’s direction found the play’s

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Gold Rush

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All that Glitters just Might Be Gold

Sandbox Radio, on Monday night, in the basement of Town Hall, delivered an evening not just of glitter but of sheer 100% golden entertainment with their new show, Gold Rush. Like gold, live radio is difficult to find, difficult to refine, conducts electricity, but also has a softness to it. Sandbox’s new show created an electrifying effect on the audience, as the audience actually participates in creating the show. Hosted by Leslie Law, one of the producers, Gold Rush had several sketches, the best of which were spoofs about the foibles of Seattleites, hilarious PSA’s, music composed by Jose “Juicy” Gonzales and a few monologues.

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