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A Doll’s House Part 2 Arrives in Seattle

Alan Sydney / March 24, 2019

Playwright Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House Part 2 came to Broadway in 2017 and garnered eight Tony Award nominations. Pamela Reed, playing Nora Helmer, heads up an outstanding cast for the show’s Seattle premiere at the Seattle Rep. The play’s action is set fifteen years after Nora walked out on her family in Ibsen’s groundbreaking Victorian era masterpiece, A Doll’s House. While enjoyment of the Rep’s current offering wouldn’t be curtailed if you haven’t seen or read Ibsen’s play, some familiarity with the work can only add to your appreciation of this thought provoking new show. However you approach the evening, you will be confronted with tough questions on the role of husbands, wives and marriages that really have not been definitively answered in the last 140 years.

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The Woman in Black: Phan-tastic

Eilish McLean / February 28, 2019

More than thirty years ago in a small theatre in Scarborough, England, an artistic director by the name of Robin

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A Thousand Splendid Suns Heats Up at the Rep

Alan Sydney / October 18, 2018

In 2007, author Khaled Hosseini followed up his smash hit novel The Kite Runner with the darker and more challenging A Thousand Splendid Suns. The two works share a number of the same concerns, covering the tumultuous conditions that occur in Afghanistan, a country that is experiencing a mind-boggling thirty-nine straight years of internal warfare. In this latter novel, Hosseini focuses on the “collateral damage” experienced by the country’s women. Ursula Rani Sarma has adapted the book for the stage and has sharpened the focus on two of the novel’s main characters: Mariam a poor country girl and Laila, a more prosperous young woman from Kabul. The production is a tough go, featuring a nearly relentless and brutal subjugation of the two women. However, some outstanding performances and The Rep’s superior staging make this production worth seeing.

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Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin

Nikki Eller / March 3, 2018

“If a song is very good it may break your heart, but what a song will never, ever do is

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World Premiere of Ibsen in Chicago

Nicholas Burks / February 9, 2018

Playwright David Grimm brings the world premiere of his latest work, Ibsen in Chicago, to the Seattle Repertory

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Moving forward with Two Trains Running.

Lucienne Aggarwal / January 18, 2018

Experiencing Two Trains Running, a revival of August Wilson’s famous play, was like taking a step back in time. The play is set in 1969 in a working class, black neighborhood known as the Hill District in Pittsburgh. The action takes place entirely in an ordinary restaurant that serves home cooked food like corn bread, chicken, ribs and beans. The set by the way is fantastic; a beautifully rendered and believable restaurant replete with a real food, a phone booth, a Rock- Ola jukebox, yellow vinyl backed chairs, a blackboard menu and a front door that slams with a tinkling bell and a satisfying thump.

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Raucous Ride with Pride and Prejudice at the Rep

Lucienne Aggarwal / October 5, 2017

Not one to mess too much with universal truths, I can confirm that it’s true; everyone loves a great comedy. Seattle Repertory Theatre presented the west coast premiere of Kate Hamill’s adaption of Pride and Prejudice last night. The play is directed by Amanda Dehnert, an experienced director who recently directed Westside Story, at Carnegie Hall. Kate Hamill shows her versatility and energy with this reimagined, sharp and humorous take on Pride and Prejudice. As Lizzy Bennet astutely states, “playing games keeps one sane.” Once the actors set foot on stage, there is no stopping the humor and fun.