Dated Gay-Themed Musical

Produced by Harlequin Productions the Tony award winning sung-through musical The Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine opened this past weekend at the state theatre in Olympia.

Harlequin Turns its Theatre into a Nightclub for and Outstanding Concert

Sugar and the Spitfires take the Harlequin stage to tell the real story of folk-punk stars Abigail and Shaun Bengson. The musical memoir shows a love story with an expiration date and explores the question: What if you only had one hundred days to live? One hundred days to love? Hundred Days is a story about humanity, love, and mortality, all things that cannot exist without the other. As lead singer Amy Shephard simply puts it: this is “A story about being human.”

A Christmas Carol at Harlequin Productions

A perfect way to settle into the Holiday spirit, Harlequin’s last production of the year is a classic retelling of an everlasting Christmas story. Originally written by Charles Dickens in 1843, A Christmas Carol follows a bitter old man, Ebeneezer Scrooge, and four spirits that come to him on Christmas eve. The ghosts of a former business partner and three iterations of the Christmas spirit urge him to follow a path of kindness in his life. This would result in more happiness for those around him and for him as well. A largely popular story, it has never been out of print and has been reproduced countless times for plays, films, operas, television, ballets and others.

At Harlequin Productions in downtown Olympia is The Highest Tide by local author Jim Lynch. In 2005, Lynch wrote the book, The Highest Tide, and it became an immediate hit with local Olympians and Seattleites. The book was adapted into a script by Jane Jones. It was once performed at Seattle’s Book-It Theater and is now […]

Performing at Harlequin Productions in downtown Olympia is Noises Off! directed by Corey McDaniel. This show takes audience members into the drama of a theater company putting on their own show, Nothing On. A show written by Michael Frayn in 1982. The show had became an instant hit—something that holds true to Harlequin’s production. The show […]