Sound Theatre’s Brilliant “Citizen” Premieres at Center Theatre
Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen: An American Lyric,” is an undefinable, powerful polemic detailing the complex insidiousness of racism. Adapted from her […]
PREVIEW The Master & Margarita plus The Fever
Award winning Master & Margarita at The Edmonton Fringe Festival
Along with The Fever by Wallace Shaw, Seattle’s Theater Simple will take their award-winning original adaptation of Mikhail Bulgarkov’s acclaimed novel The Master & Margarita to The Edmonton Fringe Festival next month. N.B. The Edmonton Fringe Festival is the largest in the North America.
Last Leaf Production’s As You Like It
Shakespeare’ As You Like It has received mixed reviews throughout its history by many critics. Nevertheless, the play remains as
Wooden O’s Romeo and Juliet Brings Something New To A Classic
When performing a work of Shakespeare such as Romeo and Juliet, it is essential to not only stay true to the play’s original intent, but also remain unique among thousands of other adaptations. Luckily, Wooden O’s recent production of the tragedy stuck out as a great option for both newcomers and experienced viewers of Shakespearean theatre.
Village Theatre:The 19th Annual Festival of New Musicals
Shows by Annie Tippe, Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips, Oliver Houser, Khiyon Hursey, Cheeyang Ng, etc.
Village Theatre is excited to announce the lineup for The 19th Annual Festival of New Musicals, a series of five staged readings of musicals currently in development. The Festival will take place in Issaquah August 9-11, 2019. Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals is the birthplace of Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning shows such as Next to Normal and Million Dollar Quartet, as well as Broadway and Off-Broadway hits: It Shoulda Been You, Desperate Measures, Lizzie, and many more.
The Bee Man of Orn-Delightful Touring Children’s Show
The Bee Man of Orn: Fun, Laughter and Morals
Among the many delights of the annual Seattle Outdoor Theatre Festival in Volunteer Park (SOFT) are the children’s shows; this year I had the pleasure of reviewing The Bee Man of Orn by Dacha Threatre, and sitting with a number of happy engaged children.
Mirth Curbed by the Heavy Crown
Henry IV Part 2, one of Shakespeare’s history plays features one of the bard’s most brilliant comic characters, Falstaff. Prepared for Falstaff’s relentless pursuit of revelry and propensity for deception by this play’s precursor, (Henry IV part 1), audiences won’t be disappointed.
Last Leaf’s “Henry VIII” Reveals the Downside of Shakespeare in the Park
Watching Last Leaf Productions’ “Henry VIII,” I realize Shakespeare in the Park is an unfortunate medium. Often crowded by noise,
Bright Star Lights Up Taproot Theatre
The Taproot Theatre has been bringing quality shows to the Greenwood neighborhood for years, but rarely has it produced a blow the doors open, buckle-up energy, Broadway quality show such at it has going on now with Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Bright Star. The path these two musicians and storywriters took to creating an award winning Broadway musical is quite circuitous. The pair was inspired by the folk song “The Ballad of the Iron Mountain Baby” which narrates the mostly true story of a baby who in 1902 was left for dead when discovered by a William Helms near the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. In 2013 Martin and Brickell produced a bluegrass album that touched on the themes of this tale. That record went on to form the basis for their musical that hit Broadway in 2016.
Theatre 9/12’s “Death and the Maiden” Examines the Cost of Violence
Content warning: discussion of rape. Theatre 9/12’s “Death and the Maiden” is a fascinating and difficult work. Transforming the Trinity