Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Many companies have moved back inside, but there's still great variety for anyone looking to experience performances in the open air this summer.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 12, 2022
ACT's production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-winning play finally takes the stage after its 2020 cancellation, reminding audiences to know who is on your side.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Featuring work from six local artists and a new development process, “And So That Happened ...” looks to find hope in the events of the last two years.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, May 5, 2022
Leah Nanako Winkler's parody of "white people by the water" plays takes on the works of Chekhov and Shepard, but Intiman's take falls short of coalescing.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, April 20, 2022
Sylvia Khoury's "Selling Kabul" gives actor Yousof Sultani a chance to tell a story deeply connected to his family and the people in Afghanistan.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, April 14, 2022
Crediting Seattle with setting the stage for her growth as a writer, Yim's win puts her name on the national scene.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMTuesday, April 12, 2022
Starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Oscar nominee David Strathairn, Ibsen's "Ghosts" pits morals and truth against each other and the audience in between.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, March 30, 2022
This spin on the 1982 story by Rachel Ingalls offers a surreal journey of self discovery as love blooms between a housewife and a creature from the sea.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, March 17, 2022
From understudies to digital production to a lot of testing, theaters are parsing new ways to do business as they step back on stage.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, March 16, 2022
Seattle Public Theater's production of "Pipeline," despite outstanding performances from the actors, falls just shy of its full potential.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMTuesday, March 8, 2022
600 Highwaymen use the final chapter of their triptych to bring strangers together and start to process the pandemic's mental and emotional fallout.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMMonday, March 7, 2022
As Washington and King County drop COVID-19 masking and vaccination requirements this month, what arts groups and venues are doing is varied.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMThursday, March 3, 2022
The leaders of Hedgebrook, Seattle Arts & Lectures and Macha Theatre Works are making room for writers to be, and find, themselves.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWednesday, February 23, 2022
"Freestyle Love Supreme," infused with a unique blend of freestyle rap, hip-hop and improvisation, invites audiences to reconnect with the joy of live theater.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMMonday, February 14, 2022
Before she takes the Broadway stage, Porkalob offers Seattle a look at the second installment of her intimate series of memoir plays.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMTuesday, December 28, 2021
Welcome to the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society. Chris Bean will be making his directorial debut, and for the next two hours his cast will be telling you the story of “The Murder at Haver…
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Once the “on air” light goes on, the story of George Bailey in Bedford Falls is told at a brisk pace, broken up only a couple of times by “commercial breaks” that include sung jingle…
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With its “Futurology” season, guided by co-artistic directors Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo, Teatro Vista offers a glimpse at the future of the company.
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Audiences can get an early look at theater’s future. “New Stages is a really important part of our new-work pipeline,” said director of new works Jonathan L. Green. “It feels great t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMMonday, November 22, 2021
On the first night of Hanukkah, a quirky band of actors comes across a town and they look to trade a story for food and shelter. That story tells the tale of Hershel as he spends Hanukkah ou…
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“Hundred Days” allows love to shine through the darkness of grief. The story plays out over the course of essentially an hour-and-a-half concert featuring a mix of folk and punk music.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:37PMSunday, November 7, 2021
When the cast bursts onto the stage with a blast of warm energy against the quickly cooling Chicago weather, it’s clear that there are few better ways to spend 90 minutes than with gas sta…
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The play follows two tracks: One, with a young Wayland wanting to move away from the racism he’s facing in Mississippi and to Chicago. In the other, Della Rose sits dreaming of a chance fo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMMonday, October 18, 2021
As the Mercury Theater reopens, it looks to become a place for artistic growth and community. “For those audience members coming back, it’s still going to be the same great Mercury that …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMThursday, October 14, 2021
Now called the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, the historic venue company will undergo a series of renovations, beginning with a $4 million first-floor project.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMWednesday, October 13, 2021
Inspired by real accounts of women in a U.K. prison, this Chicago premiere is presented by Shattered Globe Theatre in association with Interrobang Theatre Project.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMFriday, October 1, 2021
Tucked away in a corner of the Loop, "Drunk Shakespeare,” created by Scott Griffin and David Hudson, sets about telling the story of Macbeth’s rise to and fall from power through improvi…
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“Every person, no matter who you are, no matter what walk of life you come from, there’s someone on that stage that you can relate to in some capacity," said Javon King about "Rent."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMWednesday, September 29, 2021
This Saturday, Collaboraction will present the second night of its sixth annual Peacebook Festival, featuring a series of films and solo reflections on the topic of peace.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:16PMThursday, September 23, 2021
After a year away, Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival returns to brighten Chicago stages with presenters both local and international.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMTuesday, September 21, 2021
The basics remain the same: The Neo-Futurists ensemble attempts to perform 30 short plays in 60 minutes, with the order of the plays determined by the audience.
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