‘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 […]
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‘Pajama Game’ Retro Fun at Centerstage Theatre
It is fun to look back at the way things were in the middle of the last century. The fashions we
‘My Fair Lady’ a Classic Hit at Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Broadway theatre-goers in 1956 were offered some rare and exciting treats. “The Reluctant Debutante” opened at Henry Miller’s Theatre. “Mr. Wonderful,”
Bainbridge Performing Arts’ ‘Xanadu’ Retro and Rad
On the heels of Olivia Newton-John’s successful 1978 film debut in “Grease,” along came Ms. Newton-John in the movie “Xanadu.” She
‘Catch Me if You Can’ One to Be Caught at Tacoma Musical Playhouse
“Catch Me if You Can” was most recently a hit movie. A true-life story of a con man and the cop
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
‘Xanadu’ a Campy Delight at Paradise Theatre
On the heels of Olivia Newton-John’s successful 1978 film debut in “Grease,” along came the movie “Xanadu.” Newton-John was every post-pubescent
CARRIE the musical
Think Spring Awakening set in the digital age, with a tinge of High School Musical ensemble pop, and with the ending of a horror story.
Co-presented by Balagan Theater and Seattle Theater Group and directed by Louis Hobson, CARRIE the Musical is not the starkly eroticized thriller of its literary and cinematic namesakes, but it is tons of fun. With ensemble numbers like “The World According to Chris,” about how important it is in adolescence to hurt others before they hurt you, CARRIE makes impeccable use of teenage-angst to tell a lively—if a little hokey—story of tragic almost-happiness.