Legally Blonde the Musical
We are all familiar with the fact that sometimes, things just don’t go as planned. Seventeen years after the film […]
Magnuson Park
The Producers
Neo-Nazi Netwits and Teutonic Twits on Broadway
Any actor, who takes on the role of Max Bialystock in the The Producers, has a tough act to follow. But, Nathanial Jones in Seattle Musical Theatre’s current production of the musical adaptation at Magnuson Park, was every bit as irreverently funny and commanding as the original Max Bialystock-Zero Mostel. Under the direction of Alan Wilkie, author Mel Brooks’ comedic one-liners were delivered with rapier sharp timing, keeping the audience laughing the whole time.
Kiss Me Kate at Seattle Musical Theatre
Seattle Musical Theatre hits all of the right notes with its performance of Kiss Me Kate. Kiss Me Kate follows
Little Women the Musical
Seattle Musical Theatre delivers an enlightening production about family, loyalty and finding purpose in this world in Little Women the
Greasiest Stag in the Forest: Rotund Scam Artist is No Romeo
The Merry Wives of Windsor was a riot! And the GreenStage ensemble made it look easy. Daniel Wood directed
9 to 5 at Seattle Musical Theater
In Seattle Musical Theater’s latest production, 9 to 5, the hit 1980 film starring Dolly Parton is brought to the
Much Delight for the Holidays in She Loves Me
Well, well, well, well, well …
Everything about the production of She Loves Me by the Seattle Musical Theatre at Magnuson Park sings “fun.” Originally produces on Broadway by Harold Prince, Joe Masteroff penned the book, and Seldon Harnick and Jerry Bock provided the music (their next play was Fiddler on the Roof).
Director Alan Wilkie has honed all of the considerable talents of the cast and crew to a sharp edge.
Reefer Madness-the Musical
The Leafy Green Assassin of Youth
Reefer Madness originally was a 1936 movie, financed by a church group, to warn parents, not about demon rum, as this was after prohibition had failed, but against marijuana use. The film coincided with an attack by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics, culminating in a Federal tax in 1937 which was opposed by the AMA, N.B. it has been listed in the United States Pharmacopeia from 1850 until 1942, during which time it was prescribed for labor pains, nausea and rheumatism.
In the 1970’s the film became a cult classic of misinformation as the baby-boomers embraced marijuana as a pathway to spiritual enlightenment. Kevin Murphy, Dan Studney turned this campy movie into a musical, which opened at Seattle Musical Theatre this past Thursday.
Fiddler on the Roof
Fifty years after its 1964 debut on Broadway, Fiddler on the Roof continues to be an audience favorite (book by
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels
Great Play, No Need to Make it into a Musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the musical, which opened at Seattle Musical Theatre on Friday is the re-make of the 1988 movie, of the same name, which was a remake of an even better 1964 movie, Bedtime Story, with David Niven and Marlon Brando.