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Seattle Rep’s The Great Society–A Dynamic Exploration of LBJ’s Presidency

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Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society does not merely bring history alive. The play grabs the audience around the throat and flings them onto a hair-raising three-hour thrill ride. The play covers Johnson’s one term presidency and proves to be even more powerful than its companion piece, All The Way. Jack Willis tackles the Herculean role of LBJ and commands the evening from the opening curtain. It may be one of the most spell binding performances this city has ever seen.

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Christmastown: A Holiday Noir

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Christmastown: A Holiday Noir

Seattle Public Theater staged the World Premiere of its commissioned play, Christmastown: A Holiday Noir, written by Wayne Rawley, and directed by Gregory-Award winner Kelly Kitchens, which promises an adult holiday grin over the contested values of Holiday Season, in a mock noir with comic book accents.

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Life—As a Musical? Yes!

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The world premiere of The Hours of Life, a musical about Edgar Allan Poe by Paul Lewis shines with loving attention. Directed by Corey McDaniel, this presentation by Theatre22 at the tiny Cornish Playhouse Studio at Seattle Center delivers the goods.

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Boondogglers Return with WHACKJOB

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Whackjob by James Jordan as revised with Dan Gildark—both long-term members of the Boondogglers—sputters in many directions. Attending the final preview before its opening on Dec. 4, I found this production directed by Gildark, who also plays the lead, a mash-up of news, science, video projection, and theater.

What’s behind this?

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All the Way

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Seattle Rep Goes All the Way

Given the red, white and blue bunting splashing the lobby of the Seattle Rep on opening night, and the advertising blanketing the city, it’s as though the Rep is nominating Lyndon Baines Johnson for president in 2016. But their current co-production of Pulitzer-prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan’s epic double feature of LBJ’s “accidental presidency,” All the Way, running in repertory with its sequel The Great Society, is no political campaign.

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