Vicinity has potential at 18th and Union
Vicinity (Memoryall) opened quietly this weekend at 18th and Union. This seems appropriate for a play, written by Cristine Deavel […]
PREVIEW Indy Jones is a Crystal Skull Free Zone
From the comedy writers, who have had Seattle in stitches for decades and the creators of last year’s sell-out super
A Day in the Park with Mock Shakespearean Tales
On Sunday I sat on the lawn by the Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park to watch the Shakespeare Northwest company’s Once Upon a Shakespearean Tale, written and Directed by Carolyn Travis-Hatch. This show is part of GreenStage’s 2019 Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival. This string of five stories in the style of William Shakespeare, wonders how Billy might have written fairy tales.
‘As You Like It’ More Than Likeable for BPA’s Bard at Bloedel
“The way it ought to be.” It’s an expression used for everything from baseball without the abominable Designated Hitter, to
‘Mamma Mia’ Uproarious Fun for Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Every few years the appetite of community theater decision-makers and the arcane world of copyright and availability combine to bring
Crazy Woke Asians: The Always Sold-Out Comedy
Seattle native Kiki Yeung, who performed in Seattle with Pork Filled Players, and Freehold Engaged Theatre, has produced and will host, a mini tour of Crazy Woke Asians. The perennially sold out comedy show will take place at three different locations Unexpected Productions(Pike Place Market Theater),Laughs Comedy Club(University District) and Comedy on Broadway (Jai Thai on Broadway) between July 24th and July 26th.
The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion Has World Premiere
Let’s make one thing very clear from the get-go: Seattle’s very own Justin Huertas is one of the most imaginative and original playwrights currently living on this planet! The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion, now in its world premiere at Arts West, is filled with enough wildly creative ideas to fill four or five scripts. Here, Huertas employs sci-fi/fantasy ideas to work as a vehicle to present very real human dilemmas involving maternal love, gay and lesbian relationships and just general youthful angst. “Octopus”’ is enacted by a highly talented five member cast and director Mathew Wright has packaged a fast moving, spirited and often heading spinning one act. Though the work feels a bit cluttered in certain spots, Huertas continually provides thought provoking and insightful takes on a whole range of modern concerns.
‘Newsies’ an Entertaining Microcosm of Paradise Theatre
I’m not going to say that theater-lovers are more knowledgable about history than non-theater lovers. That would be a conceit
Mae West’s The Drag is anything but!
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.”
Was one of Mae West’s less famous quotes probably because it was NOT a sexual double entendre. It does, however, refer to her 1926 play The Drag, which never opened on Broadway due to censorship as it deals with the reality of Gay life in 1920’s New York The Drag has been revived by Play Your Part productions at the Calamus Auditorium at Gay City in lower Capitol Hill, much to my delight.
Crimes of the Heart-Hidden away in Woodinville
Three sisters staying in Hazelhurt, Mississippi.
Hidden away among the vineyards and the beautiful scenery is one of Woodinville’s treasures; the Woodinville Repertory Theatre, a professional theatre, which has mounted a stellar and I do mean stellar production of Directed by Jane Ryan, with an outstanding cast including Gemma Quackenbush, Megan Becker, Lori Hunt, Niki Flynn, Connor Kinzer and Rob Girffin, it was one of the most entertaining plays I have seen in a long time.