Seattle Theatre Newsroom

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced a series of free community performances for its highly anticipated world premiere educational touring show, Songs of the Moon: Fantastical Folktales from Asia written by Maggie Lee and Annastasia L. Workman, directed and choreographed by Mimi Katano, and music directed by Aimee Hong.

Eddie Izzard will bring 23 characters to life in a dynamic new staging of William Shakespeare's iconic play, Hamlet, to Seattle. Learn more about the performances and see how to purchase tickets.

Tickets for & Juliet will go on sale in march for the eight Seattle performances at The Paramount Theatre this summer. Learn more about the performances and see how to purchase tickets.

Intiman Theatre has announced the Seattle debut of multidisciplinary artist Ahamefule J. Oluo’s dazzling new show, The Things Around Us, playing April 24 - May 4 at Broadway Performance Hall.

The Seattle Men’s Chorus is adding a second Seattle date for its upcoming spring concert — Dolly: Seattle Men’s Chorus Salutes Dolly Parton — in response to the strong community support for the Chorus’s holiday show, including a sold-out final performance.

Time Stands Still (by Thalia’s Umbrella), draws you into a carefully crafted, intimate world where the line between audience and observer feels blurred. With a thoughtfully detailed set and a standout performance from its lead actress, this production demonstrates the impact of small-scale storytelling with deep emotional resonance.

Dear Readers, I love a good play that can make me feel something. Not just tell me a story but immerse me in the subject. One such play is Sarah Ruhl’s “Letters From Max” currently playing at Seattle Public Theater. And while it certainly got to me, the play itself has some accessibility issues I need to discuss.

The University of Washington School of Drama is inviting audiences to experience Late, A Cowboy Song, a bold and unconventional play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The award-winning Reboot Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Off Jackson, by special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh, will present Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, a musical adaptation Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

 Four years after its acclaimed UK premiere, HUNGRY is set to make its U.S. debut with Sound Theatre Company. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Circle of Fire Theatre, newly founded by Molly Hall, Jason Gingold, and Ken Michels, performs their second mainstage performance, Noël Coward’s BLITHE SPIRIT, in partnership with Redmond’s SecondStory Rep.

CRAVE, Sarah Kane’s stylistic one-act play, is an uncompromising plunge into the raw, chaotic landscape of human emotion. Now performing at Intiman Theater, this is a 55-minute concept piece that seems to revel in its own disarray. In true avant‐garde fashion, the play introduces us to four enigmatic characters–A (Lathrop Walker), B (Christopher Morson), C (Marya Sea Kaminski), and M (Alexandra Tavares)–whose disjointed, abstract musings recall the erratic pulse of late 90s beat poetry. Their relationships remain a mystery, their interactions sparse, each figure channeling a distinct, seething rage that resonates deeply with our current socio-political climate.

Bloomsday by Steven Dietz and directed by Randy Clark, will run March 21 - April 6, 2025 at The Dukesbay Theater. This time-travel love story blends wit, humor, and heartache into a whimsical and almost poetic appeal for making the most of the present before it is past.

Watch a video preview of the 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Contemporary Theatre's co-production of The Last Five Years, starring Cassi Q Kohl and Jeffery Wallace. Go on a journey with The 5th and ACT Contemporary Theatre in this musical rarity.

Dear Readers, if you’re not familiar with the Jason Robert Brown love story, “The Last Five Years” currently being offered from ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre, you could get a bit confused watching it. So be sure to read on to avoid confusion. But for myself, I’ve seen it a few different times. I’ve seen it with a larger cast than just the normal two people, I’ve seen a production that chose to change the intent of the breakup, and, of course, I’ve seen the movie. But the story isn’t what confused me in this production. No, my confusion came from trying to convince myself that these two people were now or ever in love. No chemistry. But we’ll touch on that more later as well.

Love, loss, sex and desire play across the stage in this poetic and deeply personal play from legendary playwright Sarah Kane, returning to Seattle nearly two decades after it last stunned audiences as one of the first productions from Washington Ensemble Theatre (WET). Check out photos from the production.

Nashville Ballet has announced Paul Vasterling’s The Sleeping Beauty is returning to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall on Saturday, February 22 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 23 at 2 p.m.  Tickets are on sale now and expected to sell quickly. 

Key City Public Theatre will present the world premiere of Denise Winter's dynamic adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Learn more and see how to attend.

Pork Filled Productions and SIS Productions will host Instant Noodles 24 Hour Asian-American Play Festival, written by Celeste Mari Williams, Molly Olis Krost, Eddy (Jiuxi) Xin, M. Yichao, Anamaria Guerzon, and Carol Y. Lee.

The 5th Avenue Theatre has pie on the menu. Waitress, the hit Broadway musical, is onstage beginning next month. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Tacoma Little Theatre and The University of Washington-Tacoma Theatre Department will bring Pulitzer Prize-winner, Nilo Cruz’s surrealist play to life. Learn more here!

Dear Readers, I’m all for a slice of life play showing the inequities in class, race, gender, etc. in the past and spotlighting how far we have not come. Such a play is Pearl Cleage’s “Blues for an Alabama Sky”, currently playing at the Seattle Rep. It’s not a new play; in fact it’s about 30 years old. But it still packs in some resonance. What it fails to pack in completely is much of an arc or ending for its characters.

Blues for an Alabama Sky is now playing at Seattle Rep through February 23. Check out all new clips from the show in this new video and learn more about the show here!

This February, the University of Washington School of Drama will present The Winter’s Tale, directed by the visionary Kate Drummond. Learn more about the show here!

This February, the University of Washington School of Drama will present The Winter's Tale, directed by the visionary Kate Drummond. The production runs at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse from February 13-23, 2025.