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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (2/5)

February 5, 2020February 21, 2020 NWTheatre

What’s happening around town this week? Plenty — including some shows closing that you won’t want to miss.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (1/29)

January 29, 2020February 9, 2020 NWTheatre

Highlights this week include a diverse slate of openings, from prep school to monsters, and low-brown opera to fairy-tale ballet.  

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (1/22)

January 22, 2020January 30, 2020 NWTheatre

This week includes a few notable openings and great-looking shows across all the genres. From mainstage theatre to basement salons, opera stars to talking rice cookers, imagination on pages to dancers on walls — this week is one to explore.   

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (1/15)

January 15, 2020January 23, 2020 NWTheatre

A packed January gets underway, with a surge of theatre shows opening alongside short-runs in dance and more. Here’s what’s happening this week.  

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (1/8)

January 8, 2020January 17, 2020 NWTheatre

Happy new year! Here’s what’s happening this week, to start your arts year off right.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (12/25)

December 25, 2019January 9, 2020 NWTheatre

A bunch of Christmas shows and other big runs close out the year, with a few days to catch them if you missed them. In the new year, a sprinkling of shows is there to keep you entertained in an otherwise quiet week. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (12/4)

December 4, 2019December 22, 2019 NWTheatre

This week continues the robust month of “shows that are Christmas shows” and “shows that are not Christmas shows,” with lots of variety to choose from. Here are some things happening this week. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (11/27)

November 27, 2019December 8, 2019 NWTheatre

Loads of Christmas shows are opening this week. Here’s where you can find those, plus a few alternatives.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (11/13)

November 13, 2019November 29, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week include new works in dance, two shows supporting queer communities, and a wide array of theatre performances, from the south Sound to Skagit County. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (11/6)

November 6, 2019November 14, 2019 NWTheatre

This week is a relatively calm one, but with good options — from new dance works, to a playwrights-versus-poets throwdown, to a double-feature of modern plays. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (10/23)

October 23, 2019November 8, 2019 NWTheatre

From haunted tales to talented teenagers, in theatre, dance, and variety, there’s a lot going on this week. Here’s what we recommend.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (10/16)

October 16, 2019October 26, 2019 NWTheatre

This week brings some fun seasonal openings, two anticipated dance picks, and several closings to catch before they’re gone.   

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (10/2)

October 2, 2019October 16, 2019 NWTheatre

October slows down a bit from the September rush of shows, but offers some great picks nonetheless. Highlights this week include shows oriented around food, and a few intriguing openings.  

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (9/25)

September 25, 2019October 3, 2019 NWTheatre

It’s surprising to realize this is the last roundup before October, and yet here we are. After the big rush of September theatre openings, this week brings a welcome relative calm, with a few openings and closings to note, and several short-runs and one-offs we’re excited about. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (9/18)

September 18, 2019September 26, 2019 NWTheatre

Here comes another busy week in theatre and performance, with at least eight openings, some notable short runs, and the

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (9/11)

September 11, 2019September 19, 2019 NWTheatre

A wildly busy theatre month continues with several more openings. Here’s what to look for this week in theatre openings, short-runs, and other performance arts. 

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HAPPENINGS THEATRE 

This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (9/4)

September 4, 2019September 11, 2019 NWTheatre

The whole month of September is a surge of openings, and plenty more happening too. Highlights this week include a community production of epic proportions, a pair of poignant and timely fundraiser-readings, new works fests, a Town Hall takeover and, yes, all sorts of show openings to choose from. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (8/28)

August 28, 2019September 5, 2019 NWTheatre

Labor Day weekend means a slow week for theatre. Here are some good picks anyway.

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HAPPENINGS THEATRE 

This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (8/21)

August 21, 2019August 29, 2019 NWTheatre nwtheatrepicks

The upcoming week is so packed with great short-runs, we can’t even tell you which ones to choose. Here’s a look at the week and some top picks.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (7/31)

July 31, 2019August 13, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights include a bustling First Thursday, two openings of intriguing new works, and a free arts & performance festival; plus, a 20-hour come-and-go showing of new dance, and the return of new play readings to Solo Bar. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (7/24)

July 24, 2019August 1, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week include three terrific shows that are closing (so cram them in if you can); plus three multi-artist festivals that run only this weekend; and an important fundraiser reading next week. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (7/17)

July 17, 2019July 26, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week included two terrific shows at Cafe Nordo’s Cullinarium and its underground Knife Room; plus, a great big fashion show, loads of one-offs, one show that lasts 24 hours, and another that’s created entirely within that same span. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (7/10)

July 10, 2019July 19, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week included two outstanding musicals (one classic, one new); plus, upcoming outdoor shows in abundance, celebrations of Black artistry, delicious dinner theatre & cabarets, and more.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (6/26)

June 26, 2019July 13, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week included a cabaret, a drag show, and two family epics; plus, an upcoming show at Velocity, the (free!) Arts in Nature Festival, and tons of stuff for Seattle’s Pride weekend. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (6/5)

June 5, 2019June 18, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week included an early look at a new musical, and some impressive student works; plus, a new musical in-development shows at Village Theatre, some anticipated openings, and Team Dresch returns with a (sold-out) Seattle show.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (5/29)

May 29, 2019November 14, 2021 NWTheatre

Highlights this week included a culinary delight and a strange and fiery think piece in Pioneer Square; a rock show at the Village Theatre; plus, tons of upcoming openings to look forward to, along with a few big closings. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (5/15)

May 15, 2019May 28, 2019 NWTheatre Weekly Roundup

Highlights this week included superstar-packed shows in a cabaret and a concert-style musical; the continuation of a new play festival; plus, the upcoming long-awaited Kim’s Convenience at Taproot, and the latest from Reboot Theatre. 

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (5/8)

May 8, 2019May 19, 2019 NWTheatre

Highlights this week included beautiful music from Four Black Women, a chorus of queer singers, and an immigration story told through dance; plus the continuation of a new play festival, and upcoming shows from Neve Mazique-Bianco and a Million Dollar Quartet.

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This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (5/1)

May 1, 2019September 14, 2019 NWTheatre

Here are the things NWT loved (or didn’t) this week, and a few (or more) things to look forward to

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HAPPENINGS SEATTLE 

This Week in Arts: Wednesday Roundup (4/24)

April 24, 2019September 14, 2019 NWTheatre

NWT is on vacation! So we have nothing interesting to report. But from afar, here are some things we think

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