‘Angels in America’ a Sprawling and Important Epic at Lakewood Playhouse
Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” was never supposed to be a comprehensive work on the worldwide AIDS crisis. Instead, it […]
All’s Fair in Love and War in Aida at Seattle Musical Theatre
All are tales of human failing All are tales of love at heart This couplet from the opening song “Every
American Junkie Comes to Book-It
Preshow Nirvana music is piped into the theater as the audience takes in Catherine Cornell’s effective set, deftly capturing much of what Seattle was in the late 1980’s: scuffed up, graffitited and more than a little bit seedy. The effects of the current dotcom boom and Amazon’s overpowering influence in nearly every aspect of the city is tangible here. The local scene was a very different place for a young Tom Hansen, scurrying to Seattle from Edmonds or Lynwood. Hansen’s 2010 memoir, American Junkie, has recently begun to be printed again. It is an engrossing and frightening tale of a young man battling a monstrous addiction to drugs who is somehow able to come out alive to tell his story. Jane Jones and Kevin McKeon have adapted the memoir for the unique Book-It Theatre style and Jones directs the production. Ian Bond takes on Hansen’s role and is flat-out mesmerizing as he brings this charming yet tortured character to life.
Annie Baker’s Remarkable Uncle Vanya at Theatre 9/12
Critics arguing that Seattle’s current theater scene is in an impressive Golden Age, need not look any further than the stellar production of Uncle Vanya taking place on Capitol Hill at Theatre 9/12 to prove their claim. Once again director Charles Waxberg has gathered some of our area’s top actors and elicited breath-taking performances from them as they work their way through Annie Baker’s 2012 translation of Chekhov’s classic.
140 LBS A Powerful, One-Woman Show
A standing ovation is a social phenomena one often feels obligated to join, but in the case of 140 LBS at
“Class Clowns” Puts the Spotlight on Excellent First-Time Comedians
As the opening show in producer Woody Shticks’ Tender Loving Queers comedy mini-festival, Class Clowns was a strong starter. Introducing the characteristics that
Woody Shticks Excels in “Who Cares?”
Woody Shticks is many things- a comedian, a stripper, a comedian-stripper, and above all, an endlessly charismatic solo performer. His
The Unconventional “Afternoon Delight” Creates a Welcoming Space
Afternoon Delight, the final show in the Tender Loving Queers minifestival through, began with a potluck. I’ve never been to a show that
M. Butterfly sings at ArtsWest
How can a play written in 1988 where the bulk of the action takes place in the 1960s based around an opera written in 1904 feel at all relevant or captivating in contemporary culture? That is the question answered by Director Samip Raval and his able cast in David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly currently playing at ArtsWest.
Penguin Productions Brings I and You to Greenwood
A local troupe calling themselves Penguin Productions is staging a vibrant I and You in the Taproot’s Theatre’s Isaac Studio space. Shana Bestock ably directs Daisy Schreiber and Linda Cardona-Rigor in playwright Lauren Gunderson’s one-act gem. Opening night found the two leads rushing the opening scenes a bit, but once they found their footing they succeeded in presenting a solid rendition of this mind-bending exploration of Walt Whitman, transcendental philosophy and teen-age angst.