This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (12/6)
There’s a veritable Santa’s workshop of Christmas shows on now, from classics like The Nutcracker and variations on A Christmas Carol to brand-new works; plus plenty of other shows if the holiday ones aren’t your thing. Here’s what’s on this week.
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Openings
MJ The Musical (touring) – Broadway @ The Paramount Theatre (opens 12/7, closing 12/17). In Downtown Seattle.
Velocity Dance Center: Next Fest NW (opens 12/7, closing 12/16). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Latitude Theatre: Victorian Christmas Cards – A Festival of New Short Plays @ TPS Theatre4 (preview 12/7, opens 12/8, closing 12/17). At the Seattle Center. 🎅🏽🎄
ACT Contemporary Theatre: The Dina Martina Christmas Show (opens 12/8, closing 12/24). In Downtown Seattle. 🎅🏽🎄
Kitten N’ Lou: Jingle All the Gay @ Oddfellows Hall (opens 12/8, closing 12/24). In Seattle (Capitol Hill). 🎅🏽🎄
Olympic Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker @ Edmonds Performing Arts Center (opens 12/8, closing 12/20). In Edmonds. 🎅🏽🎄
Olympia Family Theater: The Velveteen Rabbit (opens 12/8, closing 1/7/2024). In Olympia.
Port Angeles Community Players: Christmas at Pemberley – Georgiana and Kitty (opens 12/8, closing 12/23). In Port Angeles. 🎅🏽🎄
Renton Civic Theatre: The Full Monty (opens 12/8, closing 12/23). In Renton.
Tacoma Little Theatre: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (opens 12/8, closing 12/31). In Tacoma. 🎅🏽🎄
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts: Falstaff in Love (opens 12/8, closing 12/23). In Langley.
Tacoma City Ballet: The Nutcracker @ Pantages Theater (opens 12/9, closing 12/23). In Tacoma. 🎅🏽🎄
Stage West Community Theatre: One Christmas Eve at Evergreen Mall (closing 12/10). In Ocean Shores. 🎅🏽🎄
Intiman Theatre: Black Nativity (co-production with the Hansberry Project) (previews 12/12-13, opens 12/14, closing 12/30). In Seattle (Capitol Hill). 🎅🏽🎄
Short Runs & Events
Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue (touring) @ The Moore Theatre (12/6-10). In Downtown Seattle.
Bremerton Community Theatre: A Christmas Carol (BCT Jr.) (12/8-10). In Bremerton. 🎅🏽🎄
Cornish College of the Arts: Senior Cabaret (12/8-10). In Seattle (Denny).
El Sueño: Mestizo @ Mini Mart City Park (12/8-9). In Seattle (Georgetown).
Seattle Opera: Holiday Concert @ The Opera Center (12/8-10) 🎅🏽🎄
The 14/48 Projects: Theater Anonymous – It’s a Wonderful Life @ Cornish Playhouse (12/9). At the Seattle Center. 🎅🏽🎄
Cornish College of the Arts: New Moves @ NOD Theater (12/9). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Dance Fremont: The Steadfast Tin Soldier, A Story Ballet @ Shorecrest Performing Arts Center (12/9-10). In Shoreline. 🎅🏽🎄
Jet City Improv & Pork Filled Productions: Junction Comedy Show – A Night at Joy Market @ ArtsWest (12/10). In West Seattle.
Strawberry Theatre Workshop: Jose Gonzales Trio Performs A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Cornish Playhouse (12/10). At the Seattle Center. 🎅🏽🎄
The Shattered Glass Project: Plays In Progress (staged readings) @ Seattle Public Theater (12/11). In Seattle (Green Lake).
Town Hall Seattle: Seattle Theatre Lives! (moderated by Misha Berson; co-presented by Northwest Center for Creative Aging) (12/12). In Seattle (First Hill).
Closing Soon
Bellingham Theatre Guild: The Game’s Afoot (closing 12/10). In Bellingham.
Stage West Community Theatre: One Christmas Eve at Evergreen Mall (closing 12/10). In Ocean Shores. 🎅🏽🎄
Continuing Runs
Bainbridge Performing Arts: Beauty and the Beast (closing 12/17). On Bainbridge Island.
Burien Actors Theatre: The Twelve Dates of Christmas (closing 12/17). In Burien. 🎅🏽🎄
Centerstage Theatre: Sleeping Beauty – A Holiday Panto (closing 12/17). In Federal Way. 🎅🏽🎄
Edmonds Driftwood Players: Willy Wonka (closing 12/17). In Edmonds.
Lakewood Playhouse: The Seafarer (closing 12/17). In Lakewood.
ManeStage Theatre: A Christmas Story The Musical (closing 12/17). In Puyallup. 🎅🏽🎄
O Christmas Tea – A British Comedy (touring) (performs locally through 12/17). At various locations. 🎅🏽🎄
Olympia Little Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play (closing 12/17). In Olympia. 🎅🏽🎄
The Phoenix Theatre: A Nice Family Christmas (closing 12/17). In Edmonds. 🎅🏽🎄
Port Gamble Theater: A Charlie Brown Christmas (closing 12/17). In Port Gamble. 🎅🏽🎄
Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: A MidWinter Night’s Dream (closing 12/17). In Marysville.
Seattle Rep: Little Women (closing 12/17). At the Seattle Center.
Tacoma Musical Playhouse: Cats (closing 12/17). In Tacoma.
Valley Center Stage: It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play (closing 12/17). In North Bend. 🎅🏽🎄
Off Road Shakespeare Company: A Christmas Carol (touring locally) (closing 12/21). At various locations (including Yonder Cider on 12/13). 🎅🏽🎄
Valley Center Stage: A Christmas Carol (staged reading) (closing 12/22). In North Bend. 🎅🏽🎄
ArtsWest: Snowed In (closing 12/23). In West Seattle. 🎅🏽🎄
Key City Public Theatre: What the Dickens? (closing 12/23). In Port Townsend. 🎅🏽🎄
SecondStory Repertory Theatre: Miss Bennet – Christmas at Pemberley (closing 12/23). In Redmond. 🎅🏽🎄
Shoes and Pants Productions: Scott Shoemaker’s War on Christmas @ Theatre Off Jackson (closing 12/23). In Seattle (International District). 🎅🏽🎄
Strawberry Theatre Workshop: Fellow Passengers (closing 12/23). In Seattle (Capitol Hill). 🎅🏽🎄
Taproot Theatre: A Charlie Brown Christmas (closing 12/23). In Seattle (Greenwood). 🎅🏽🎄
Unexpected Productions: An Improvised Christmas Carol (closing 12/23). In Seattle (Pike Place Market). 🎅🏽🎄
Unexpected Productions: Fa la la la la, ha ha ha ha: A Holiday Musical Extravaganza (closing 12/23). In Seattle (Pike Place Market). 🎅🏽🎄
ACT Contemporary Theatre: A Christmas Carol (closing 12/24). In Downtown Seattle. 🎅🏽🎄
Harlequin Productions: A Christmas Carol (closing 12/24). In Olympia. 🎅🏽🎄
The 5th Avenue Theatre: White Christmas (closing 12/27). In Downtown Seattle. 🎅🏽🎄
Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Nutcracker (closing 12/27). At the Seattle Center. 🎅🏽🎄
Seattle Public Theater: A Very Die Hard Christmas (closing 12/28). In Seattle (Green Lake). 🎅🏽🎄
Triple Door: Land of the Sweets – The Nutcracker Burlesque (closing 12/28). In Downtown Seattle. 🎅🏽🎄
Taproot Theatre: Georgiana & Kitty – Christmas at Pemberley (closing 12/30). In Seattle (Greenwood). 🎅🏽🎄
Village Theatre: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (extended – now closing 12/30, followed by Everett run). In Issaquah.
Seattle Children’s Theatre: A Very Electric Christmas (closing 12/31). At the Seattle Center. 🎅🏽🎄
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Wonderland (closing 1/7/2024). In Seattle (Pike Place Market). 🎅🏽🎄
Teatro ZinZanni: Residency @ Lotte Hotel (closing 3/31/2024). In Downtown Seattle.
The Roundup is a weekly (ish) feature. For this month’s shows by day, with ticketing info and links, see the Performance Calendar.
Want to plan your show schedule further out? See NWT’s list of 2023 shows (plus 2024 ones announced so far), which will be updated frequently as season lineups unfold.
Chase D. Anderson is Editor & Producer of NWTheatre.org.