‘All Shook Up’ Rocks on for Itinerant Paradise Theatre
Regular readers of Drama in the Hood know the story of Paradise Theatre. Priced out of their home by a […]
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‘Drowsy Chaperone’ a Lovely Bit of Theater at TMP
“The Drowsy Chaperone” is a clever slice of theater that was first developed in 1998 by Bob Martin and Don McKellar with music and
‘Forbidden Broadway’ a Delightful Farce at Lakewood Playhouse
“Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits” is a movable feast. Originally produced in 1982, the show that spoofs the Great White Way
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
Bainbridge Performing Arts Returns to the Forbidden Planet in Style
When playwright Bob Carlton wrote “Return to the Forbidden Planet” in 1989, it was hailed as potential stage genius. It
‘Little Shop’ Closes Lakewood Playhouse 79th Season with a Bang
When the comedy/musical/romance “Little Shop of Horrors” was released in 1986 it became an instant sensation. It was unlike anything else released
Centerstage Returns to the Forbidden Planet in a Hilarious Way
Centerstage Theatre in Federal Way opened their penultimate mainstage show of the 2017/18 season this weekend with the space travel/Rock
BPA Stages Epic Peter and the Starcatcher
The legend of Peter Pan is a well-remembered one spanning over 11 decades. Indeed, J.M. Barrie introduced the lad as a
My Fair Lady opens at Village Theatre
There’s nothing new about the story of My Fair Lady: flower girl Eliza Doolittle picks herself up from the streets of London with the self-centered assistance of linguistics professor Henry Higgins. It’s a rags-to-riches tale — and a prototype for not only many other stage plays, but also hundreds of Hollywood movies and not a few Washington politicians — and in and of itself the story is inspiring and entertaining.
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.