Ibsen’s League of Youth Take Theatre 9/12
From time to time the Trinity Parish Church in First Hill transforms into Theatre 9/12. This July its space has […]
comedy
Catch Allison Gregory’s Wild Horses at 12th Ave Arts
Even as adults, some people struggle to define their identities and find their place in the world. But it’s no
Crewmates
Crewmates starts off full steam ahead, goes off course.
For those of us who have had to navigate courtship and relationship foreplay with foreigners, Crewmates, the off-night play at Annex Theatre, in the Pike/Pine Corridor exposes all the embarrassment, missed signals, cultural differences, conflicting expectations and hilarity of such relationships. Just to up the ante Crewmates’ author, Sameer Arshad, did not depict your average, American undergraduate on a junior year abroad courting a European (which is relatively tame) but a young man raised in a strict Muslim family, and a biological Japanese young lady adopted by a Filipino-American couple.
‘Pillowman’ Brilliant (and not for the faint of heart) at Tacoma Little Theatre
This is all to Director Blake York’s credit…or blame, depending on your perspective. Mr. York saw “The Pillowman” on stage
Year of the Rooster
Testosterone infused Battle of Cockerels and Cocks
Map Theatre’s latest production, Year of the Rooster, by Olivia Dufault, at 18th and Union, is not about the Chinese Zodiac, but about the blood sport of cockfighting, both the actual roosters who fight in the ring, and the owners who behave like roosters, challenging each other for social dominance outside the ring.
Le Prénom- ( What’s in a Name) Hilarious comedy in French.
How Not to Name a Baby!!!!!!
If you want to laugh uproariously, while improving your French, go to see Le Prénom, a French play in the original language, produced by Les Seagulls. On both fronts, laughing uproariously and improving your French, Le Prénom by Matthieu Delaport and Alexandre de la Pattelière, fits the bill. Although the show opened in March in Kirkland, there will be two more opportunities to laugh at this award-winning play, in May. ( N.B. le prénom means “first name” in French)
‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ Glimmers at Lakewood Playhouse
The story of Peter Pan is a well-remembered one spanning over 11 decades. In fact, J.M. Barrie introduced Peter as a
PREVIEW Le Prénom-French Language Theatre
If you thought the recent movie The Party starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Patrician Clarkson was the definitive hilarious dinner party gone wrong, wait until you see the French play Le Prénom. You won’t have to wait long as Le Prénom, performed in the original French, opens Friday March 23rd
Java Tacoma Adds Sitcom Revelry at Dukesbay
Tacoma’s Dukesbay Theater states, as its mission, “to promote independent theater in Tacoma and to give voice to artists of
You Can’t Take It With You Showing at Center Theatre
Last night at the Center Theatre at Seattle Center Armory, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s comedy You Can’t Take