"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," the Broadway musical about mating and logging in the Pacific Northwest during pioneer times, will be performed at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, and directed by noted local director and Pacific Northwest native Allison Narver.
November 28, 2008
Theater review by Misha Berson: New Century Theatre Company, a new Seattle-based professional troupe, stages "The Adding Machine" as its first production, a vigorous, strongly performed version of a 1923 drama about the Machine Age.
November 18, 2008
Absurd fun and a deconstruction of musicals lie within "The Drowsy Chaperone's" show-within-a-show.
November 3, 2008
Theater review by Misha Berson: Seattle Shakespeare Company presents a diverting, quick-moving version of "Henry IV," an adaptation by Dakin Matthews that combines Shakespeare's parts 1 and 2 into a single staging production.
October 27, 2008
Live Theatre Week will include fun and educational theatrical events -- including free tickets to shows -- at Seattle-area theaters Oct. 13-19, 2008; sponsored by Theatre Puget Sound.
October 10, 2008
Charlayne Woodard's new one-woman play at Seattle Repertory Theatre, "The Night Watcher," examines the rewards of not being a biological parent, and how "aunties" are an invaluable part of the village it takes to raise children.
October 2, 2008
Seattle's Intiman Theatre stages "All the King's Men," an Adrian Hall play based on the Robert Penn Warren classic, plays Sept. 16-Nov. 8 and is the final play in Intiman's five-year American Cycle.
October 1, 2008
Theater review by Misha Berson: "Shrek the Musical" has a super-talented cast, charming songs and, despite some flaws, comes off as a musical full of heart in its world premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre on Sept. 10, 2008.
September 11, 2008
The Masters of Lindy Hop & Tap take over Seattle's Century Ballroom Aug. 13-17, with public dances, demonstrations, film screenings and more.
August 13, 2008
Theater preview of "Intimate Exchanges": English playwright Alan Ayckbourn tackles the problem of a satisfying denouement in an ingenious manner — his two-act comedy ultimately allows for 16 possible endings, depending on the choices characters make throughout the play.
August 8, 2008
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