Review: FANCY DANCER at The Seattle Rep & Seattle Children's Theatre
Dear Readers, what did you want to be when you grew up? Firefighter? Doctor? Lawyer? Bathroom attendant? Dragon? All worthy goals.
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Review: SUFFS at The 5th Avenue Theatre
Dear Readers, lately it feels like our most basic and dearly held civil liberties are being stripped away.
Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at The Paramount Theatre
Dear Readers, first off there were way too many empty seats at the Paramount last night for the new musical version of “Some Like It Hot”.
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at The Seattle Rep
Dear Readers, whether you want to admit it or not, we all love a little bit of schadenfreude to some extent.
Review: JURASSIC PARKING LOT at Seattle Public Theater
Dear Readers, hold onto your butts, they’re back! The mental patients of The Habit, the ones behind the hilarity of previous hits such as “A Very Die Hard Christmas” and “Titanish”, have once again returned to Seattle Public Theater to musically send up another hit film from the past, and
Review: & JULIET at The Paramount Theatre
Dear Readers, you should know by now my disdain for the Juke Box Musical.
Seattle’s 2025 Summer offerings
It may be hot out and that bright ball may be up in the sky (I think it’s called the Sun), but there are still some amazing shows coming to Seattle and surrounding areas.
Review: BYE BYE BIRDIE at The 5th Avenue Theatre
Dear Readers, there are some shows that just hold a special place in your heart, even if they may not age as well as you hoped.
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at ACT And Seattle Shakespeare Company
Dear Readers, Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” is a difficult show at best.
Review: DUEL REALITY at The Seattle Rep
Dear Readers, if you were lucky enough to catch the circus arts troupe The 7 Fingers at the Rep back in 2023 with their thrilling “Passengers” show then you know how amazing they are, and you know why the Rep chose to bring them back.
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Village Theatre
Dear Readers, when discussing the musical of Alice Walker’s classic novel “The Color Purple”, you must acknowledge the production’s own journey from the tepidly received original 2005 Broadway production to the enthusiastically received 2015 Broadway revival which launched the career of the
Review: SIX at The Paramount Theatre
Dear Readers, It’s true, the Queens are back.
Review: HAMLET at The Seattle Rep
Dear Readers, I want to set the not-so-wayback machine to January 2024 when I got to see the first preview of Eddie Izzard doing her one person “Hamlet” in New York.
Review: LAUGHS IN SPANISH at The Seattle Rep
Dear Readers, it’s always a dangerous proposition for a playwright to put the emotion they want you to feel in the title of their play.
Review: PARADE at The 5th Avenue Theatre
Dear Readers, we live in divisive times.
Review: LIFE OF PI at The Paramount Theatre
Dear Readers, sometimes we get magic on stage.
Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Taproot Theatre
Dear Readers, in the past I’ve talked about plays that are essential for your theatrical education, plays that are just good for you.
Review: CARNIVAL OF CURIOSITIES at The Can Can
Rejoice Dear Readers, as the Carnival is in town.
Review: WAITRESS at The 5th Avenue Theatre
Dear Readers, when the rights for local theaters to produce hit shows become available, or start to become available, you know every theater will be vying to be the first.
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