This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (4/25)
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
Seattle Rep: Laughs in Spanish (opened 4/23, closing 5/11). At the Seattle Center.
Key City Public Theatre: Carmelita (opened 4/24, closing 5/11). In Port Townsend.
Intiman Theatre: Ahamefule J. Oluo – The Things Around Us @ Broadway Performance Hall (opened 4/24, closing 5/4). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Sound Theatre Company: Hungry (opened 4/24, closing 5/17). At the Seattle Center.
All of Them Witches: The Shape of the Night @ Georgetown Steam Plant (opens 4/25, closing 5/4). In Seattle (Georgetown).
Ballyhoo Theatre: Hadestown – Teen Edition @ Edmonds College Black Box Theatre (opens 4/25, closing 5/4). In Lynnwood.
Harlequin Productions: R&J (opens 4/25, closing 5/18). In Olympia.
Jewel Box Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest (opens 4/25, closing 5/11). In Poulsbo.
ManeStage Theatre: Cheaper by the Dozen (opens 4/25, closing 5/11). In Puyallup.
Seattle Pacific University Theatre: The Voice of the Prairie (opens 4/25, closing 5/3). In Seattle (North Queen Anne).
Washington Ensemble Theatre: Drama Tops – Dads @ 12th Avenue Arts (opens 4/25, closing 5/10). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Tacoma Little Theatre: Bug (opens 4/25, closing 5/11). In Tacoma.
ACT Contemporary Theatre: Golden (previews 4/26-4/30, opens 5/1, closing 5/11). In Seattle (Downtown).
Short Runs
University of Washington Drama: Producing Artists’ Lab – Mother of Exiles @ Hughes Penthouse Theatre (4/22-26). In Seattle (UW campus).
Cornish College of the Arts: New Works Festival Part III: Musical Theater Showcase (4/24-26). In Seattle (Denny).
Grand Kyiv Ballet: Swan Lake (touring) @ Byrnes Performing Arts Center (4/25). In Arlington.
Seattle Cabaret Festival opening night @ Triple Door (4/25). In Seattle (Downtown).
The Guild Dance Company: The Works – Reconnected @ Yaw Theater (4/25-26). In Seattle (Georgetown).
Exit Space: Propel Air (4/25-27). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Valley Center Stage: And Then There Were None (reading) (4/25-27). In North Bend.
Jet City Improv: An Improvised Musical @ ArtsWest (4/27). In West Seattle.
Seattle Opera: Freddie Ballentine and Kunal Lahiry in Concert (4/27). At the Seattle Center.
Base: 12 Minutes Max (4/27-28). In Seattle (Georgetown).
Cornish College of the Arts: Performance Production Showcase @ Cornish Playhouse (4/28). At the Seattle Center.
Closing Soon
The Changing Scene Theatre Northwest: A Trick of the Light @ Enoch City Arts (closing 4/26). In Bremerton.
Noveltease Theatre: The Great Gatsby – a literary burlesque @ Theatre Off Jackson (closing 4/26). In Seattle (International District).
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.
Continuing Runs
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.
Evergreen Playhouse: The Curious Savage (closing 5/4). In Centralia.
Renton Civic Theatre: And Then There Were None (closing 5/4). In Renton.
Parade (touring) @ The 5th Avenue Theatre (closing 5/4). In Downtown Seattle.
Anacortes Community Theatre: Making God Laugh (closing 5/10). In Anacortes.
Burien Actors Theatre: The Sandwich Ministry @ Kennedy Catholic High School Theatre (closing 5/11). In Burien.
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.