Gore Vidal meets Timothy McVeigh on the Eve of his Execution
A fund-raiser for Bridges Stage Company’s next production, the Northwest Premier of Terre Haute by Edmund Wilson, took place at the Bullitt Cabaret at ACT Theatre on Wed, March 19
Royal Blood is a play for the living. This world premiere from playwright Sonya Schneider, directed by Laurel Pilar Garcia
A Victorian Tale of Sadness and Compassion
Along with Jack the Ripper, the story of the Elephant Man is one the most intriguing stories of the Victorian era. Neither ever satisfied human curiosity by tying up the loose ends. The identify of Jack the Ripper is still unknown and to this day the cause of the Elephant Man’s deformities is still a mystery to scientists.
The 5th Avenue Theatre and The ACT’s goal is to “blow audiences away” with their collaborative production of the quirky and absolutely entertaining Little Shop of Horrors. They can check that job off of their “To-Do List” right now!
Finding Happiness, Humor and God,
Often humor is more effective for discussing serious topics in life than serious drama There could be no better example of this than the new Taproot show, Pretty Fire, which opened recently.
Rookie director Peggy Gannon has staged a wonderfully acted Third for West Seattle’s ArtsWest Theatre. She has elicited heartfelt and thoughtful work from her entire cast and the play looks top dollar from the first scene. Third was Wasserstein’s final play; she died just months after its off-Broadway premiere. It is not her finest work, and while there are some very moving and thought-provoking scenes, the play finally remains somewhat thin and underdeveloped. However, this talented cast is ready and able to make the most of what they’ve been give
When in high school, playwright and composer Nathaniel Porter loved the way a punk cover could “take the original, crank up the distortion, pump up the tempo and add in some brattitude.” Black Vengeance is his punk cover of Shakespeare’s Othello. A thoroughly altered script, new songs and a three-piece punk band add up to a hit and miss evening on many counts, but the work is never dull and has a kettle full of clever riffs on the Elizabethan classic.
Vipassana-Buddhist Concentration Camp for Gentiles
10 Days to Happiness is a not entirely irreverent, not entirely one-person show, written and performed by Donna Rae Davidson about her ten day meditation retreat at a Buddhist center in the wilderness. Each scene represented the trials and tribulations of getting through just one day of 10 hour meditations, bland vegetarian food, and halo-wearing, serene-emanating poseurs.
The Authentic Frankenstein Comes to Life at Book-It
Book-It Repertory’s Theatre new production, Frankenstein or modern Prometheus is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1819 novel of the same name. The moral lesson is contained in the subtitle. In Greek mythology, Prometheus was the Titan, who created man from clay, and by giving them fire, enabled progress and civilization. For this, the gods punished him harshly.
