This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (1/7)

Chase D. Anderson January 7, 2025January 6, 2025

There’s plenty to love this weekend, with shows opening and short runs to catch while they last. Here’s what’s on this week.

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Openings

Broadway Across America: Kimberly Akimbo (touring) @ Paramount Theatre (opens tonight, closing 1/12). In Downtown Seattle.

Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Noir (opens 1/9, closing 3/16). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).

Short Runs

University of Washington Undergraduate Theatre Society: Theatre Dangerously (open stage) (1/10). In Seattle (UW main campus).

14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival – weekend 1 @ Center Theatre (1/10-11). At the Seattle Center.

Grand Kyiv Ballet (touring): Snow Queen @ Renton Ikea Performing Arts Center (1/10); Nutcracker @ Byrnes Performing Arts Center (Arlington) (1/11); Swan Lake @ Meydenbauer Center (Bellevue) (1/13).

Drunken Owl Theatre: Don’t Limit Women @ Jules Maes Saloon (1/10-12). In Seattle (Georgetown).

Edmonds Driftwood Players: Bugged (reading) (1/12). In Edmonds.

On Deck

Next Week’s Short Runs

On the Boards: Paul Budraitis – I Love That For You (1/16-19). In Seattle (Lower Queen Anne).

14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival – weekend 2 @ Center Theatre (1/17-18). At the Seattle Center.

Exit Space: Take Pause 20th Anniversary Show @ Broadway Performance Hall (1/17-19). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).

Seattle Opera: Les Troyens in Concert (1/17 & 1/19); The Music of Berlioz with Ludovic Morlot (1/18). At the Seattle Center.

University of Washington Dance: UW Dance Presents (1/17-19). In Seattle (UW main campus).

Parley Productions: Proofs – Castaway (1/18). Online (livestream).

The Shattered Glass Project: A Scythe and a Sandglass the Skeleton Bore (reading) @ ACT Contemporary Theatre (1/21). In Downtown Seattle.

Next Week’s Openings & Previews

Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble: Where Is Here? @ Seattle Public Theater (co-production) (alternating performances in English and Persian) (preview 1/15, opens 1/17, closing 2/2). In Seattle (Green Lake).

Annex Theatre: Gold (preview 1/16, opens 1/17, closing 2/8). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).

SecondStory Repertory Theatre: Gruesome Playground Injuries (preview 1/16, opens 1/17, closing 2/2). In Redmond.

Cascade Community Theatre: The Wizard of Oz @ Wagner Performing Arts Center (opens 1/17, closing 1/25). In Monroe.

Jewel Box Theatre: Curtain Up! (opens 1/17, closing 2/2). In Poulsbo.

Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: A View From the Bridge (opens 1/17, closing 2/2). In Marysville.

Triple Door: Bohemia (opens 1/17, closing 1/26). In Downtown Seattle.

Whim W’Him: New Creations by Cameron Fraser-Monroe, Robyn Mineko-Williams & Olivier Wevers @ Cornish Playhouse (Seattle Center) (opens 1/17, closing 1/25) and Vashon Center for the Arts (1/23).