This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (4/17)
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
Broadway Across America: Life of Pi (touring) @ Paramount Theatre (opened 4/15, closing 4/20). In Downtown Seattle.
Parade (touring) @ The 5th Avenue Theatre (opened 4/16, closing 5/4). In Downtown Seattle.
Seattle Rep: Laughs in Spanish (previews 4/17-22, opens 4/23, closing 5/11). At the Seattle Center.
Noveltease Theatre: The Great Gatsby – a literary burlesque @ Theatre Off Jackson (opens 4/18, closing 4/26). In Seattle (International District).
Anacortes Community Theatre: Making God Laugh (opens 4/18, closing 5/10). In Anacortes.
Burien Actors Theatre: The Sandwich Ministry @ Kennedy Catholic High School Theatre (opens 4/18, closing 5/11). In Burien.
Evergreen Playhouse: The Curious Savage (opens 4/18, closing 5/4). In Centralia.
Renton Civic Theatre: And Then There Were None (opens 4/18, closing 5/4). In Renton.
Short Runs
Intiman Theatre: Cherdonna’s Favorite Things – Intiman Cabaret @ Erickson Theatre (4/16-20). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Cornish College of the Arts: New Works Festival Part II: The Lore Project & Original One Act (4/17-19). In Seattle (Denny).
The Shattered Glass Project: In Between Places (reading) (4/18). In Seattle (Madison Valley).
Cornish College of the Arts: Cornish Dance Theater @ Cornish Playhouse (4/18-19). At the Seattle Center.
Closing Soon
Dacha Theatre: Emma @ 12th Avenue Arts (closing 4/19). In Seattle (Capitol Hill). Read NWTheatre’s review here.
eSe Teatro: Cornelia’s Visitors @ West of Lenin (closing 4/19). In Seattle (Fremont).
Taproot Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun (closing 4/19). In Seattle (Greenwood).
Bellingham Theatre Guild: Play On! (closing 4/20). In Bellingham.
Centerstage Theatre: Trouble in Mind (closing 4/20). In Federal Way (Dash Point).
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Roméo et Juliette (closing 4/20). At the Seattle Center. Read NWTheatre’s review here.
Valley Center Stage: In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play) (closing 4/20). In North Bend.
Continuing Runs
The Changing Scene Theatre Northwest: A Trick of the Light @ Enoch City Arts (closing 4/26). In Bremerton.
The Phoenix Theatre: Foolish Fish Girls & the Pearl (closing 4/27). In Edmonds.
Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: Lend Me a Tenor (closing 4/27). In Marysville.
Village Theatre: Jersey Boys (closing 4/27, followed by Everett run). In Issaquah.
ArtsWest: Athena (collaboration with Salle Auriol Seattle Fencing Club) (closing 5/4). In West Seattle.
Bremerton Community Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (closing 5/4). In Bremerton.
Seattle Men’s Chorus: Dolly (closing 5/18). At various locations.
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Carnival of Curiosities (closing 6/8). 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.