Irresistible Candy Heart: Even Pre-Tweens Love Raggedy Ann and Andy
That doll stumbled on a word or two. It was cool how Marcella flipped the cubes around to change […]
Summer Shakespeare 2016—Cymbeline
GreenStage’s 28th season of free outdoor theater is off to a terrific start this summer with perfect weather. I watched their production of William Shakespeare’s Cymberline in Volunteer Park this Sunday. Under the skillful direction of Vince Brady, the large company of 15 actors performed in front of the stage platform in the park.
Henry IV Pt1
Henry IV Pt 1. Last Leaf’s production of Henry IV Pt 1, opened at the Seattle Outdoor Theatre Festival in
The Siblings Grimm: Not so Grim Fairytales
Imagine that Rapunzel rescued herself from the constricting tower she was confined to, that Cinderella took hold of her own
Romeo and Juliet
Disappointing R and J.
Recycled Shakespeare, Seattle’s newest Repertory Theatre, located in North Seattle, recently produced Romeo and Juliet, a play Shakespeare himself called a tragedy, but what actually has elements of melodrama. Since everybody knows the story of the star-crossed lover’s and has seen the play umpteen times, any production needs a huge dose of imagination to sustain it for two and a half-hours without cuts. In spite of some technical strengths, Brandon Brown’s production lacked both creativity and brevity.
Centrifuge—Where Science Meets the Dramatic Imagination
World Premiere on Friday Night; Show Closes on Saturday Night — by Design
The set-up: as a partner project of the 14/48 Project (see reviews here and here), Centrifuge holds to 14/48’s sensibility of producing fully formed live theater in a limited amount of time. In Centrifuge’s case the clock began on Monday, June 20 when invited scientists and artists convened to toss potential topics into a large cylinder, one of which was randomly selected. … “Ready About and hard to lee.” Part of the fun opening night while waiting for the lights to go up was discussing with fellow audience members what that means.
After the draw, five writer-scientist teams
Sorry
Liberology
Written by the critically-acclaimed playwright and Tony award winning librettist, Richard Nelson, Sorry the third part of the Apple Family Triology, produced by Thalia’s Umbrella, opened at 12th Ave Arts, this past weekend. With a stellar cast, composed of some of my favorite Seattle actors, as well as a highly capable director and technical staff, the play was definitely not the thing.
The Mystery of Love & Sex Dances into the ACT
Playwright Bathsheba Doran is on a roll; she’s been collecting awards while writing scripts for TV’s Masters of Sex, Smash and Boardwalk Empire as well as a set of successful Broadway shows. The Mystery of Love & Sex opened at the Lincoln Center last year in New York and now has landed with a marvelous staging here at Seattle’s ACT. The show features a playwright in total command of her work, hitting on all cylinders.
9 Circles
Killing people bothers SOME people
It is difficult to find the words to express how great 9 Circles was!!!!!. Playing at 12th Ave Arts, produced by Strawberry Theatre Workshop, directed by Grey Carter, from a divinely inspired script by Father Bill Cain, S.J., with an exceptionally stellar cast, it was far more than just a good show. It was a spiritually uplifting EXPERIENCE which one rarely has in theatre or indeed in life.
Taproot Theatre’s production of The Realization of Emily Linder will make you call your mom
The Realization of Emily Linder opened at Taproot Theatre May 11. Written by Richard Strand and directed by Nathan Kessler-Jeffrey, the thought-provoking