This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (1/17)
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
Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble: Where Is Here? @ Seattle Public Theater (co-production) (alternating performances in English and Persian) (opens tonight, closing 2/2). In Seattle (Green Lake).
Annex Theatre: Gold (opens tonight, closing 2/8). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
SecondStory Repertory Theatre: Gruesome Playground Injuries (opens tonight, closing 2/2). In Redmond.
Cascade Community Theatre: The Wizard of Oz @ Wagner Performing Arts Center (opens tonight, closing 1/25). In Monroe.
Jewel Box Theatre: Curtain Up! (opens tonight, closing 2/2). In Poulsbo.
Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: A View From the Bridge (opens tonight, closing 2/2). In Marysville.
Triple Door: Bohemia (opens tonight, 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 tonight, closing 1/25) and Vashon Center for the Arts (1/23).
Short Runs
On the Boards: Paul Budraitis – I Love That For You (through 1/19). 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.
Continuing Runs
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Noir (closing 3/16). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
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.