Arms and the Man is Swissly Delightful
Seattle Shakespeare’s second production of the year, Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, is a charming success. The production is […]
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Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin
“If a song is very good it may break your heart, but what a song will never, ever do is
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
World Premiere of Ibsen in Chicago
Playwright David Grimm brings the world premiere of his latest work, Ibsen in Chicago, to the Seattle Repertory
“The Government Inspector” at Seattle Shakespeare Company Review
When town officials learn that an incognito government inspector has arrived in their town, they scramble to cover up evidence of their corruption. A broke, free-loading traveler mistaken fr the inspector takes full advantage of their greed and panic with hilarious results. Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of The Government Inspector is a laugh-out-loud funny comedy of errors.
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s “Julius Caesar”
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar has captivated readers, audiences, and theater makers over four hundred years since its premier. Unfortunately, Seattle Shakespeare Company’s current production of the classic can barely hold its audience past intermission….
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar is at its strongest when it leans into the present-day parallels. Craig B. Wollam’s set effectively brings to mind both the white-columned buildings of Rome and our nation’s capital. Doris Black’s costumes firmly anchor the production in present day Washington, D.C., from the power suits to an orange toupee. The physical world of the play helps the classic feel vital and relevant in 2017…
MacBeth-The Definitive Production
Five Star Production of MacBeth
It was with great delight that I attended Fern Shakespeare’s truly magnificent inaugural production, MacBeth, this past weekend at Seattle Center’s Theatre 4. Everything about this production was outstanding, and what set it apart from other Shakespeare productions around the Sound, was the uniform quality of the cast’s vocal production. Every actor spoke “trippingly on the tongue” and the elevated language was communicated directly to the audience. Truly this is the best Shakespeare I have ever seen in Seattle.
Here Lies Love: Disco Down at Seattle Rep-Extended thru June 18
Here Lies Love is one of the first songs and it is was what Imelda jokingly said should be put on her tombstone. Despite the conflicts she had that are the story arcs of the show she may well get her wish. Currently 87, she returned to the Philippines and served four terms as a congresswoman after her husband died in 1989.
Okay, Imelda (Jaygee Macapugay), having called out love, what does it mean to be loved by one person who is not treated fairly by your family, and later by you? I’m referring to the poor woman who helped to look after her when she was a child, Estrella Cumpas (Melody Butiu). In several songs moving from their nearly shared poverty (Imelda may have been materially poor, but her family had some better-off members and social prominence), through Estrella being blocked from Imelda’s wedding party, to Imelda insisting on a meeting and offering a bribe for silence after Estrella writes a book about their mutual origins. Imelda lived the jet-setter life while Estrella’s was still mired in poverty. Still, as Estrella sings in their last encounter, there’s no shame in being poor.
Or again, what does it mean to draw the romantic attentions of both the future dictator of your country and the man who will lead the Opposition?
4twenty: WARP theatre’s weed-inspired spring showcase
Social justice, Care Bear Stare, and Billie Holiday’s ghost. WARP Theatre’s 2017 spring showcase, 4twenty, is a fun, uneven, and undeniably Seattle-grown night of cannabis-inspired theater.
4twenty’s mission is to tell “stories that examine, celebrate, demystify, and normalize cannabis culture.” The pieces may share a common theme, but the range of genres and tones couldn’t be wider.The program of short plays, film, and spoken word draws from weed’s demonized past to its legalized present. 4twenty includes Seattle-specific sketch comedy, politically-charged historical fiction, a romantic-comedy musical, and more…
REVIEW-NADESHIKO
As Seattle skylines are awash with pearly pink cherry blossoms, it’s a good time to consider how hard it is to break from stereotype. Nadeshiko, an original play by Seattle based playwright, Keiko Green, seeks to expose and question ongoing assumptions about Asian women.