Three things Seattle Times writers love this week: the droll yet trenchant "Footnote," a 2012 Oscar finalist for best foreign-language film, now on DVD; the Great Performances documentary 'P…
Al Pacino, Jake Gyllenhaal, Edie Falco, David Mamet, Jonathan Franzen are just a few of the stars lining up for the 2012-2013 Broadway season.
A sampling of the sketch and improv comedy, shortie works by Seattle playwrights and more available for theater fans at Bumbershoot 2012.
ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery in West Seattle has announced that the American Theatre Wing (creator of the Tony Awards) has awarded the company a National Theatre Company grant. The award …
The revamped Intiman Theatre plans to go forward with another four-show, two-month play festival in 2013, and has a plan to eliminate its remaining debt by the end of 2014.
From Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic:
One weekend is left in Sound Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's "The Illusion": Aug. 24-26, 2012.
A review of what is perhaps Harold Pinter's most demanding work, the two-act "No Man's Land." At ACT Theatre through Aug. 26, 2012.
Summer is about to close, and so is the four-play Intiman Theatre Festival. It has to pack up Aug. 26, and it's staging what it calls a "blowout sale": $15 tickets for walkup patrons, starti…
Sun Valley Opera hosts its 11th annual International Vocal Competition in Seattle on Aug. 21, meaning four aspiring singers will duke it out vocally for cash prizes. This year's final four, …
A review of Harold Pinter's "Old Times" at ACT Theatre through Aug. 25, 2012.
What do the revived Intiman Theatre's summer shows tell us about where the company's headed? About its aesthetic direction, the kind of theater it wants to be? The artistic profile is still …
A review of Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" " true to the original, not the film version, which Uhry also wrote " staged by ReAct Theatre at Hugo House in Seattle through Aug. 25, 2012.
Annex Theatre's premier production of "Kittens in a Cage" offers an unmoored and funny parody of a particular brand of cheap B movies.
A brief look ahead at Sound Theatre Company's production of "The Illusion," Tony Kushner's popular adaptation of Pierre Corneille's 17th century comedy "L'Illusion Comique."
Critic's Notebook: The Seattle Opera's financial situation is among the most acute among American opera companies, although problems affect almost all of them.
Marvin Hamlisch, famous for composing "A Chorus Line," pop songs including "The Way We Were" and the theme from "The Sting," died Monday in Los Angeles after an illness. He became the Seattl…
The Village Theatre's 12th Annual Festival of New Musicals will take place Aug. 10-12, 2012, in Issaquah.
ACT Theatre's first Pinter Festival has opened with a scintillating bill of two one-acts: "The Dumb Waiter" and "Celebration," which serve as bookends to the British dramatist's career.
A review of the 5th Avenue Theatre's local production of "Rent," in Seattle. Through Aug. 19, 2012.
Two recent 5th Avenue Theatre shows are on their way to Broadway: A limited holiday engagement of "A Christmas Story, The Musical" will join the open-ended run of the Aimee Semple McPherson …
Hold onto your hats - Henry Winkler is heading to Broadway as a porn star.
A preview of Seattle Opera's production of "Turandot," starring soprano Lori Phillips.
Bill Berry, associate artistic director of the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, is staging his long-planned revival of "Rent" " this time, the musical showcases a new generation of local music…