18th & Union Announces New Openings
Shows, Shows, Shows! By the end of March, 18th & Union will have presented 20 different productions in its opening season and hosted dozens of performers. Here's what's opening in the next few weeks.
BWW Review: RAISINS IN A GLASS OF MILK Examines Racial Issues in Theatre
More and more we see controversies arise in the entertainment industry as people of color are overlooked for some roles or pigeonholed in other roles based on their race. Well now a group of Cornish students and alum have assembled at 18th and Union for a remounting of their show illuminating those issues from the perspectives of those affected in their thought provoking "Raisins in a Glass of Milk".
BWW Review: Radial's WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT Takes a Visceral Emotional Journey
Dear Readers, there's not much I can tell you about Nassim Soleimanpour's searing play, 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' currently having it's Northwest Premiere at 18th and Union from Radial Theater Project. I'm unable to tell you about the play not because I don't remember but because you shouldn't know in advance. That's part of the show. I urge you not to Google any information about the show. But I also equally urge you to move hell or high water to catch this one, as it's a thrilling emotional journey unlike anything you're likely to have seen before.
Radial Theater Project to Use 18th & Union as New Arts Incubator
Radial Theater Project is pleased to announce that this Fall, the company will assume management of the 49-seat performance space currently known as New City Theater at 1406 18th Avenue in Seattle, Washington. Beginning in September 2016, the space will be known as 18th & Union.
Sound Theatre Company Presents Free Night of One-Acts
Sound Theatre Company presents a night of free theatre. Making Waves: The Age of Women presents two one-acts by women at very different times in their lives. The performance is slated for August 16, 2016, at 7:30p.m at the Center Theatre at the Seattle Center Armory, 350 Harrison, Seattle, WA 98109. Admission is free and tickets are not required.
BWW Review: AN OAK TREE Comes to Life While SEAGULLs Bemoan It at the Seattle Fringe Festival
A play where only half the cast knows the story and a trio of snarky seagulls who are rife with tragedy. These are just a few of the offerings from the 2016 Seattle Fringe Festival performing all over town this weekend and next. Now I wasn't able to catch everything this weekend and next week I'll be bringing you some fantastic goings on in New York but for now I wanted to let you in on the few shows I did see.
Seattle Fringe Festival Opens 2/25
For two weekends, in two Seattle neighborhoods, you can see some of the best new work from veteran producers and emerging artists: from serious drama to family-friendly fare, from burlesque to sketch to dance duets, from highbrow to lowbrow to no-brow-Seattle Fringe Festival has something for everyone.
Nominees Announced for 2014 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards!
Seattle Theater Writers, a critics' circle of local theater writers and reviewers, today announces the 2013 slate of nominees of the third annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters.
Seattle Shakespeare to Present Trailer Park TAMING OF THE SHREW, 4/25-5/12
A rowdy, rural romance takes the stage when Seattle Shakespeare Company presents a revival of its popular trailer park version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shew. Originally produced in 2009 as part of the company's outdoor Wooden O shows, The Taming of the Shrew will be brought indoors to the Playhouse at Seattle Center April 25 through May 12. Director Aimee Bruneau along with many of the original cast members return for the revival.
BWW Reviews: EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS … at SPT a Bit Cliché But Still Touching
Remember those cheesy After School Specials that were on TV when we were young? No? Just me? (Man, I'm old!) Anyway, for those not old enough to remember, they were hour-long specials back in the 80's and 90's that dealt with teen issues such as pregnancy, abuse, and even homosexuality (Ah, "The Truth About Alex"). Well, the current production from Seattle Public Theater, "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them", has a similar feel to it. And while not as cheesy as those specials of my youth I did find a few moments where I felt like I was 14 again being taught a lesson by the fine folks at ABC. But cheesy or not, the production manages to tell the story with heart and depth.
Seattle Shakespeare to Present Trailer Park TAMING OF THE SHREW, 4/25-5/12
A rowdy, rural romance takes the stage when Seattle Shakespeare Company presents a revival of its popular trailer park version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shew. Originally produced in 2009 as part of the company's outdoor Wooden O shows, The Taming of the Shrew will be brought indoors to the Playhouse at Seattle Center April 25 through May 12. Director Aimee Bruneau along with many of the original cast members return for the revival.
BWW Reviews: Forced BEATING UP BACHMAN at West of Lenin Feels Like an Early Workshop
I'm all for complex interpersonal family dramas. "August: Osage Country" for example is one of the best. But the current production from Bash Theatre and Radial Theater Project, "Beating Up Bachman" playing at West of Lenin is not that play no matter how much it tries to be. With its competing and often unresolved plot lines, disjointed dialog and a cast who at times feels like they just got the script, "Beating Up Bachman" felt like a play in its early stages of life, thrust upon an audience too soon.
