Conventionally Unconventional
When the Victorian version of “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” is ignored between a mother and daughter, and the wealth, which paid for the daughter’s expensive education, comes from prostitution and pimping, all hell break’s loose in George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Directed by Victor Pappas, Seattle Shakespeare Company opened this delightful play at Center House in Seattle Center last weekend
My Life is One Long Freudian Slip
Me vs my Subconscious, an original solo show written and performed by Rebecca Goldberg, demonstrated that the best humor is that which says something profound about serious existential questions. Like Woody Allen, Me vs. My Subconscious was all about one person’s insecurities in life.
SOUND THEATER COMPANY saves theater in this Shakespearean, Christmas romp. In the new comedy from Frank Lawler and Daniel Flint,
The Precursor to the Odd Couple
Fifty years ago, in the fall of 1963, Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park opened on Broadway. Set right before the Great Cultural Revolution, this very dated play explores the same theme as The Odd Couple; namely, how can two people, who are polar opposites, live together in harmony, even if they are very close.
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Sound Theatre Company, which has produced some excellent productions of excellent musicals has somehow managed to produce an excellent production of a very bad musical. The Wild Party had a virtuoso cast, choreography, musicians, set design and costuming but very little else, especially comic relief.
