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A look at some of the noteworthy productions, exploring myth and mirth, at the 2012 Oregon Shakespeare Festival, by Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson.
ACT Theatre opens its Pinter Festival on July 20, 2012 " a month of films, performances and even a party dedicated to the work of the late British dramatist and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.
"The Well Digger's Daughter," directed by " and starring " Daniel Auteuil, is an affectionate remake of the 1940 Marcel Pagnol film of the same name. A period drama, it was filmed with pains…
"Saving Aimee," a musical about evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson that was produced in 2011 by the 5th Avenue Theatre, is going to Broadway soon.
ArtsFund, the region's central funding organization for the arts, announces recent grants totaling $2.36 million to 60 King and Pierce County arts groups.
A review of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," one of four plays in the Intiman Theatre Festival. Through Aug. 26, 2012.
A brief preview of "Represent!," a multicultural playwrights festival hosted by The Hansberry Project at ACT Theatre, July 17-22, 2012.
A review of Theatre 9/12's production of Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly Last Summer," through July 29, 2012.
British playwright Alan Ayckbourn will stage the U.S. premiere of his play "Sugar Daddies" at Seattle's ACT Theatre in fall 2013. The stint at ACT will mark the West Coast directorial debut …
Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents "Iolanthe," July 13-28, 2012
Strawberry Theatre Workshop in Seattle returns with a three-play 2012 season focusing on political activists and activism. The season opener is Dario Fo's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist,"…
Three things Seattle Times writers love this week: the beginning of the end for TNT's "The Closer," screenings of "Singin' in the Rain" in honor of its 60th anniversary and soul singer Irma …
Marion Oliver McCaw Garrison loved opera. "She almost never missed a performance in these 29 years I have been here," said Seattle Opera's...
A preview of the four-play Intiman Theatre Festival, which is the Seattle theater company's first season since financial distress caused the company to close in 2011. Previews begin July 5; …
The Seattle Opera announced Tuesday night that it expects a shortfall of $1 million for the 2011-12 season, and cuts are on the way for staff, salaries and programming for future seasons. Th…
The Seattle Opera announced earlier this evening that it is expecting a shortfall of $1 million for the 2011-12 season. The opera's immediate plans are to cut leadership salaries and elimina…
The Capitol Hill Block Party, which kicks off July 20, has announced a new visual arts component featuring commissioned work by 23 artists, including Allison Kudla, Brent Watanabe and Anne B…
A review of Stephen Adly Guirgis' "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train," staged by Azeotrope at Seattle's ACT Theatre through June 24, 2012.
A review from the first weekend of Arts on the Waterfront's free performances of "Romeo and Juliet." The performances continue June 22-24, 30, and July 1, 2012, and include dancing to live b…
Seattle theater-scene veteran Frank Stilwagner is the new executive director of Flying House Productions, chosen from 32 candidates. Flying House is the organization that oversees Seattle Me…
From the Dept. of Broadway News: Choreographer Donald Byrd, who helms Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theatre, has been named to the Tony Awards Nominating Committee for the 2012-13 Broadway season…
How much free stuff can Seattleites handle? More, you say? Here it comes: Arts on the Waterfront is staging free performances of "Romeo and Juliet" on the waterfront this summer, starting at…
Reviews of two shows on Seattle stages in June: "Riddled," by Marya Sea Kaminski, at Hugo House; and "Entertaining Mr. Sloane," by Joe Orton, at Theater Schmeater.
A review of "[title of show]," brought back for a short return engagement by Balagan Theatre, June 15-17, 2012.
Three things Seattle Times writers love this week: Grace Jones' energetic hula-hoop performance at the queen's Jubilee; five reissued Wodehouse tales from W.W. Norton; and "Shakespeare in Ka…
