PNB’s Season Opener Comes Out to Play
As if shaking the dust off any stodgy notions of the form, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s season-opener goes full-on play-time. The triple-bill Petite Mort runs through 10/1 at McCaw Hall.
Read MoreAs if shaking the dust off any stodgy notions of the form, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s season-opener goes full-on play-time. The triple-bill Petite Mort runs through 10/1 at McCaw Hall.
Read MoreThe under-the-sea classic dazzles with plenty of theatre magic and stand-out performances. The Little Mermaid performs at The 5th Avenue Theatre through 10/8.
Read MoreIt’s a game show, a demolition, and a snapshot of grief. Also, it’s a very funny play. Welcome to the Dream Hou$e. Washington Ensemble Theatre’s production runs through 9/25.
Read MoreA mind-blowing performance leads the way in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. The rest is a little less clear. The Broadway tour performs at The Paramount Theatre through 9/17.
Read MoreWhen a script falls from the sky, it kicks off the careers of two of Hollywood’s biggest names — at least according to this celebrity satire. Matt & Ben performs at ArtsWest through 10/1.
Read MoreWith ‘Deep Purple Wiggle’, Kent’s Theatre Battery continues a tradition of excellent productions, challenging theatre, and free admission. It runs through 9/10.
Read MoreBethany Sees the Stars, a premiere work from Copious Love Productions, considers escapism and otherworldly possibilities. It plays at West of Lenin through 9/9.
Read MoreWith a dazzling, futuristic Das Rheingold right on the tails of a lovely original parks show, Seattle Opera is flexing its creative might. Das Rheingold runs through 8/20.
Read MoreThe acclaimed “histo-remix” Six The Musical is a non-stop pop concert, with loads of substance packed into its addictive tracks. The national tour performs in Seattle through 7/23.
Read MoreThe acclaimed actor performs in the standout solo show, The Shot, which imagines the pre-publisher days of Katharine Graham. The three-day run is at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts through 7/9.
Read MoreSound Theatre Company excels in its latest production, a challenging piece fresh off its Broadway run. It performs through July 1.
Read MoreAt The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Opera, and The Phoenix Theatre, three musically-driven shows invite you to pick a side.
Read MoreBreaking free from social webs, even chosen ones, isn’t so easy in this queer, geeky, world premiere play. It runs through June 18.
Read MorePacific Northwest Ballet closes its 50th anniversary season with a triple-bill of new works and a party on stage. It runs through June 11.
Read MoreWhen 20-something James returns to his childhood home, he kicks up more than just the dust in his aging father’s living room. Keiko Green’s ‘Hometown Boy’ runs through May 28 at Seattle Public Theater.
Read MoreThe highly acclaimed, lesser-performed Sondheim work gets an exceptional staging at Redmond’s SecondStory Repertory. ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ performs through this Sunday.
Read MorePacific Northwest Ballet’s staging of the Shakespeare comedy, which pairs choreography by George Balanchine with Felix Mendelssohn’s score, dazzles with precision performance amid a lighthearted fantasy realm. It runs through April 23 (and streams through May 1).
Read MoreThe touring Broadway hit Hairspray — which got its start right here in 2002, at The 5th Avenue Theatre — opened its Seattle run Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre. It performs through this weekend.
Read MoreWomen run the show in these very funny plays, which start from a place of “couldn’t get worse” but deliver tenderness and easy laughs. Three of them are on Puget Sound-area stages through April 2.
Read MoreOut of the pandemic leap three new works — one created for the digital realm and two world premieres — in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s latest triple-bill, Boundless. It runs through March 26 (and streaming through April 3).
Read MoreEarlier this month, Malacarne took to the rails, activating the Seattle Center Monorail as a dance floor for expectant watchers and unsuspecting travelers alike. The Center’s new multi-season project, Artists at the Center, will put on pop-up events throughout the year.
Read MoreThe Tony Award-winning Broadway hit embarks on its final tour, performing in Seattle for one week only. But the story isn’t as sweet as its music and lyrics.
Read MoreThe 5th’s modern, farcical production leans into the humor of the classic Sondheim fairy-tale mashup with a star-filled cast. It runs through March 5.
Read MoreThis week brought an exceptional debut from Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble, standout work at a bi-annual theatre festival, and another strong production at an intimate stage in the shadow of the Cascades (on through 2/26).
Read MoreThe classic story ballet ‘Giselle’ greets the future while keeping its history in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s stunning staging. It performs through 2/12, with a streaming version available 2/16-20.
Read MoreThe Broadway tour of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, a Motown hit-packed musical, performs at the Paramount Theatre through February 5.
Read MoreThe Can Can Culinary Cabaret presents the ultimately feel-good House of Hearts, as Seattle Opera mounts a gorgeous concert-style telling of the classic tale of temptation and betrayal in Samson and Delilah.
Read More‘The World’s a Stage: Becoming Othello, A Black Girl’s Journey’, Debra Ann Byrd’s solo show at Seattle Shakespeare Company, closes this weekend.
Read MoreIf you need the biggest, the grandest, the purest in spectacle, you need Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The tour performs at the Paramount Theatre through January 1.
Read MoreDefeated, victorious, and resilient. That’s Kiki DuRane, a throwback to another time, but right in tune with the mood of the present.
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