This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (9/18)
There’s plenty to love this weekend, with lots of shows opening and short runs to catch while they last. Here’s what’s on this week (and an early look at next week, too).
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Openings
Taproot Theatre: My Lord, What a Night (previews 9/18-9/19, opens 9/20, closing 10/19). In Seattle (Greenwood).
Red Rover Theatre Company: Abacus @ West of Lenin (opens 9/19, closing 9/28). In Seattle (Fremont).
Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Times Are Racing (dress rehearsal 9/19, opens 9/20, closing 9/29). At the Seattle Center.
Tacoma Musical Playhouse: Sister Act – The Musical (opens 9/20, closing 10/13). In Tacoma.
Broadway Across America: Funny Girl (touring) @ Paramount Theatre (opens 9/24, closing 9/29). In Downtown Seattle.
Short Runs
Washington Ensemble Theatre: reSET All-Stars (new works by Alyza DelPan-Monley, Kaitlin McCarthy, Kelly Langeslay, Keyes Wiley) (9/19-20). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
18th & Union: Escape Hatch (9/20-21). In Seattle (Central District).
Seattle Opera: Open House (free afternoon event with various companies) (9/21). At the Seattle Center.
Grand Kyiv Ballet: Swan Lake (touring) @ Meydenbauer Center (9/22-23). In Bellevue.
Closing Soon
Reboot Theatre: Damn Yankees @ Theatre Off Jackson (closing 9/21). In Seattle (International District).
Whim W’Him: New Creations by Carlos Franquiz, Noelle Kayser & Adam McGaw @ Erickson Theatre (closing 9/21). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Bremerton Community Theatre: Run for Your Wife (closing 9/22). In Bremerton.
Harlequin Productions: Pride and Prejudice (closing 9/22). In Olympia.
Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: Firebringer (closing 9/22). In Marysville.
Seattle Public Theater: Titanish (closing 9/22). In Seattle (Green Lake). Read NWTheatre’s review here.
Tacoma Little Theatre: One Man, Two Guvnors (closing 9/22). In Tacoma.
Theatre Battery: Romeo and Juliet (closing 9/22). At Kent Station.
Continuing Runs
Yun Theatre: Passage @ 12th Avenue Arts (opened this week, closing 9/28). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
ACT Contemporary Theatre: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (closing 9/29). In Downtown Seattle.
Jewel Box Theatre: The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens (closing 9/29). In Poulsbo.
Olympia Little Theatre: Ghost of a Chance (closing 9/29). In Olympia.
ArtsWest: Guards at the Taj (co-production with Pratidhwani) (closing 10/6). In West Seattle.
Edmonds Driftwood Players: Murder Inn (closing 10/6). In Edmonds.
The Feast: The Adding Machine – A Cyborg Morality Play @ Lee Center for the Arts (closing 10/6). On the Seattle University campus (First Hill).
Lakewood Playhouse: Godspell (closing 10/6). In Lakewood.
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: The Hitchcock Hotel (closing 11/17). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
On Deck
Next Week’s Short Runs
18th & Union: Crash Course (9/26). In Seattle (Central District).
Washington Ensemble Theatre: reSET All-Stars (new works by Fox Whitney, Mark Haim, Angel Aguayo + Cherdonna Shinatra) (9/26-27). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Taikoproject (touring) @ Edmonds Center for the Arts (9/27). In Edmonds.
Mohini Dance School: Woman With No Wings @ Cornish Playhouse (9/27-29). At the Seattle Center.
Grand Kyiv Ballet: Don Quixote (touring) @ Pantages Theater (9/28). In Tacoma.
Next Week’s Openings & Previews
Seattle Children’s Theatre: Cat Kid Comic Club – The Musical (previews 9/26-9/28 matinee, opens 9/28 evening, closing 10/27). At the Seattle Center.
Seattle Rep: The Skin of Our Teeth (previews 9/26-10/1, opens 10/2, closing 10/20). At the Seattle Center.
Bellingham Theatre Guild: Cabaret (opens 9/27, closing 10/13). In Bellingham.
Enoch City Arts: Curse of the Red Mill (opens 9/27, closing 10/12). In Bremerton.
Noveltease Theatre: Hamlet – a literary burlesque @ Theatre Off Jackson (opens 9/27, closing 10/5). In Seattle (International District).
Olympia Family Theater: The House on Pooh Corner (opens 9/27, closing 10/13). In Olympia.
Port Angeles Community Players: Almost, Maine (opens 9/27, closing 10/13). In Port Angeles.
Pullman vs. Paxton: Lizzie @ Broadway Performance Hall (opens 9/27, closing 10/5). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Theater Arts Guild: Arsenic and Old Lace @ Lincoln Theatre (opens 9/27, closing 10/13). In Mount Vernon.
The Roundup is a weekly 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 2024 shows, updated frequently as season lineups are announced.
Chase D. Anderson is Editor & Producer of NWTheatre.org.