Wednesday, May 8, 2024
"Your House Is Not Just a House," out this month, is the debut children's book by Idris Goodwin, Seattle Children's Theatre artistic director.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 01:00PMThursday, December 2, 2021
After 13 years in Seattle, dance artist dani tirrell is heading to Washington, D.C., leaving a legacy of collaboration and community-based art, and a void Black arts leaders say will be diff…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 26, 2021
Ever wondered how ACT Theatre makes Jacob Marley pop out of the stage or how it creates the wintry scenes that make "A Christmas Carol" feel magical? Take a look at the craft, creativity and…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, November 18, 2021
Another pandemic holiday season is here, though this year there are vaccines and falling COVID-19 case numbers ushering the return of in-person theater. Here are shows that will help you cel…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMMonday, September 13, 2021
After a year and a half of closed theaters and empty stages, this fall brings the return of live indoor theater at several venues around the Puget Sound area. Here are some of the most excit…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMAfter months of canceling shows, finally, some Seattle-area performing-arts groups are welcoming in-person audiences this fall. Three artists show us what it takes to bring stages back to li…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMFriday, August 6, 2021
Seattle Theatre Group, which operates the Paramount, Moore and Neptune theaters, and Seattle Arts & Lectures on Friday announced that they would require proof of vaccination for those at…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:38PMTuesday, August 3, 2021
This year’s outdoor Shakespeare productions from GreenStage and Seattle Shakespeare Company seem to have a common theme in mind: laughter. And laughing to some of Shakespeare’s best come…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, July 21, 2021
Nearly 50 years after Bruce Lee’s death, a fresh wave of Asian American artists and creators are expanding upon his legacy by creating nuanced roles for Asian American actors and stories t…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMTuesday, July 13, 2021
Intiman Theatre’s new chapter looks promising. It’s moving into its new digs at Seattle Central College, and this fall opens its new season and welcomes the first class of students to th…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, July 1, 2021
Though Washington state has fully reopened, it’s not that easy for theaters, many of which aren’t reopening until the fall or winter. Here’s why it’s complicated bringing theater bac…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, June 2, 2021
After a year without in-person theater and performances, Seattle-area performing arts groups are taking advantage of the warmer weather and planning plays and performances outdoors.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 13, 2021
With The Campfire Festival, The Williams Project is one of the first local theater groups to answer the call for a return to live theater, and it's answering it by taking theater back to a s…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 6, 2021
Stagehands are the behind-the-scenes wizards who build sets, rig lighting and help make theater magic. But the hit to live entertainment due to COVID-19 sent the community reeling, and its m…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, March 24, 2021
Seattle-based conceptual artist Natasha Marin’s “Black Imagination,” which centers and celebrates the depth and breadth of Black creativity, is a sweeping project that exists in five d…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, March 10, 2021
After a difficult year that has taken a significant financial toll on Village Theatre, this week an anonymous donor gave a $3 million gift to the theater. The gift will be used for reopening…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, February 24, 2021
A generation of theater artists, interrupted by the pandemic, is facing an uncertain future as they struggle to make professional connections, keep their craft sharp and make ends meet, all …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, February 11, 2021
Several local theater companies, including Book-It Repertory Theatre, Taproot Theatre, eSe Teatro and Washington Ensemble Theatre, bid farewell to long-standing artistic directors and welcom…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, January 14, 2021
Seattle Repertory Theatre is embarking on an ambitious undertaking: three commission projects that will support the development of over 20 new plays over the next decade — more than the Re…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMTuesday, December 22, 2020
When Scott and Pam Nolte founded Seattle's Taproot Theatre in 1976, it was a small touring company of actors that performed in churches, schools and libraries. They've since built a theater …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, December 16, 2020
Even as we cozy up in our quarantine outposts for isolated holiday celebrations, much of Seattle's theater community has created virtual holiday shows to enjoy from the best seat in your hou…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMTuesday, December 15, 2020
"Changer: The Radio Play," originally created as a stage play until COVID restrictions hit, conveys the power of storytelling, traveling back in time to delve into origin myths and forward t…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMFriday, December 4, 2020
Local performing arts groups project that their virtual holiday shows will bring in only a fraction of their usual holiday revenues. Yet many are proceeding, in new ways and formats, hopeful…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, November 25, 2020
Seattle Theatre Group, operator of the Paramount, Moore, and Neptune theaters, is implementing a second wave of staff reductions. With this second round, STG will have reduced its staff by 8…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMBook-It Repertory Theatre launches its audioplay season with its adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's "Childfinder," a tale of a divided society battling for power and freedom, fitting for our …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMFriday, May 1, 2020
Like countless others in the arts and beyond, drag performers have been hit hard by venue closures and stay-home orders. But the drag community has always found ways to endure, connect and c…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMFriday, January 31, 2020
In 2018, Dani Tirrell's "Black Bois" captivated audiences with its multigenre performance sharing a wide range of experiences of Black 'bois.' This February, the show returns with an expande…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, November 20, 2019
"Shout Sister Shout!" at Seattle Rep breathes life back into the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, whose guitar genius and eclectic fusion of blues, jazz, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, a…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, April 17, 2019
As an activist-artist herself, director Valerie Curtis-Newton finds common ground in the community of black women and the art-activism portrayed in her latest production, Christina Ham's "Ni…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AM 
