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The movie comes out this week, but the live-on-stage Wicked just can’t be beat. Broadway’s blockbuster reimagination of Oz runs through 12/1 at the Paramount Theatre.

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Chase D. Anderson September 25, 2024October 1, 2024 Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Can’t Rain on Her Parade

Fanny Brice’s star shines in Funny Girl, performing now through 9/29 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, on the Broadway revival’s first national tour.

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Chase D. Anderson August 22, 2024September 2, 2024 Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Growing Up With Peter Pan

The Broadway tour of the musical Peter Pan aims for broad appeal. The Seattle run performs at the Paramount Theatre through August 25, and heads to Portland thereafter.

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Chase D. Anderson July 24, 2024July 29, 2024 Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Here’s to the Ladies Who Launch

Broadway’s gender-flipped revival of ‘Company’ performs in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre through 7/28.

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Chase D. Anderson June 26, 2024July 1, 2024 Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

A Canvas Bleak and Beautiful in Depression-Era ‘North Country’

If your American aesthetic is the stuff of Steinbeck, Fornés, and Dylan, you’ve finally got your musical. Girl From the North Country runs through 6/30 at the Paramount Theatre.

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Chase D. Anderson April 25, 2024April 29, 2024 Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

On Tour: ‘Aladdin’ the Musical Soars on Spectacle

Based on the Disney film, ‘Aladdin’ the musical brings family-friendly comedy and spectacle. It runs through 4/28 at the Paramount Theatre.

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Chase D. Anderson April 21, 2024April 23, 2024 dani tirrell, Seattle Theatre Group

Where Black Is Safe and Pure and Loud and Beautiful

dani tirrell’s joy-filled world premiere of ‘Leviticus or Love and to walk amongst HUMANS (Book I)’ runs through 4/21 at the Moore Theatre.

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Chase D. Anderson April 3, 2024April 9, 2024 Broadway at the Paramount, Isabella Esler, Justin Collette, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Classic Beetlejuice It’s Not. Welcome to The Lydia Show.

The national tour of Broadway’s Beetlejuice the musical, based on the late-’80s flick of the same name, is a hot ticket. It runs through April 7 at the Paramount Theatre.

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Chase D. Anderson November 1, 2023November 6, 2023 Anaïs Mitchell, Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Rachel Chavkin, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

The Underground Returns in Hadestown Encore

The hit Broadway musical Hadestown returns to the Paramount for a quick run, following its red-hot first visit to Seattle on last year’s tour. It performs here through 11/5.

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Chase D. Anderson September 13, 2023September 17, 2023 Ari Groover, Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group

Fire Is Hard to Hold: The Tina Turner Musical

A 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.

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Chase D. Anderson April 5, 2023April 12, 2023 Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Hairspray Is Back for a Nostalgic Spin

The 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.

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Chase D. Anderson March 8, 2023March 16, 2023 Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Dear Evan Hansen: Cede the Mic

The 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.

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Chase D. Anderson February 14, 2023March 19, 2023 14/48 Projects, As If Theatre Company, Broadway at the Paramount, Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Theatre Group, Sound Theatre Company

NWTheatre Awards: Companies, Trends, & Touring Shows of 2022

Recognizing companies, touring shows, a trend, and even a single scene that made 2022 a year to remember.

HAPPENINGS THEATRE

Chase D. Anderson January 26, 2023February 1, 2023 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Broadway at the Paramount, Royal Room, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, Tacoma, Tacoma Arts Live, The Paramount Theatre

3 Picks For You This Weekend

Top performances for January 27-29, picked just for you.

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Chase D. Anderson January 25, 2023February 6, 2023 Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Dominique Morisseau, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

If You Don’t Know Them By Now: The Temptations Musical Rocks the Jukebox Genre

The 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.

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Chase D. Anderson January 21, 2023March 19, 2023 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Theatre Group, Tacoma Arts Live, Tacoma City Ballet, Tacoma Opera, UW Dance

A New Year in Dance: What’s on Stage in Early 2023

Big dance spectacles take to the stage in Seattle and Tacoma this season.

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Chase D. Anderson December 17, 2022January 2, 2023 Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Moulin Rouge! The Musical Deserves the Exclamation Point

If 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.

'TIS THE SEASON THEATRE

Chase D. Anderson December 12, 2022December 26, 2022 18th & Union, Acrobatic Conundrum, Broadway at the Paramount, Centerstage Theatre, Emmett Montgomery, Macha Theatre Works, Olympia Family Theater, Seattle Theatre Group, Velocity Dance Center

A Grab Bag of Love and Laughs With These Shows

These modern, endearing, and lighthearted shows (many of them family-friendly) are great picks for your December entertainment — whether they’re Christmas shows or not.

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Chase D. Anderson December 9, 2022December 12, 2022 Justin Vivian Bond, Kenny Mellman, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group

Kiki & Herb Are From Another Era. And They’re Just Right for This One.

Defeated, 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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Chase D. Anderson December 6, 2022March 19, 2023 Books, Jonathan Van Ness, Seattle Theatre Group

Jonathan Van Ness: Dishing on the Page (And a Seattle Stage This Friday)

On screen, he’s the personality-forward, effervescent fifth of the Queer Eye team. Behind the glowing smiles and tresses, Jonathan Van Ness has a story to tell. Read about his new book here, ahead of his show at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on 12/9.

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Chase D. Anderson December 4, 2022December 26, 2022 ACT Contemporary Theatre, BenDeLaCreme, Cafe Nordo, Can Can Culinary Cabaret, Christmas shows, Dina Martina, Jinkx Monsoon, Justin Vivian Bond, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, Shoes and Pants Productions, Theatre Off Jackson

We’ll Have a Gay Ol’ Time!

Make your yuletide gay with these glittery, queer Christmas shows.

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Chase D. Anderson November 29, 2022December 12, 2022 14/48 Projects, Christmas shows, Seattle, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Theatre Group

Top Picks: Act Now on Seattle’s Very Special, Very Short-Run Christmas Shows

Even with Christmas still weeks away, plan for these fast-arrivals now. Here are the one-chance shows coming soon that you’d be sad to miss.

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Chase D. Anderson November 11, 2022December 17, 2022 Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Heidi Blickenstaff, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

‘Jagged Little Pill’ Is an Unlikely Coming-of-Age Story

The mostly-enjoyable jukebox musical of Alanis Morissette songs and “suburban despair” runs through 11/13 at The Paramount Theatre.

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Chase D. Anderson October 12, 2022October 25, 2022 18th & Union, Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, MAP Theatre, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

‘Mockingbird’ and the Familiar Haunt of White Supremacy

Now through 10/16 at The Paramount, the national tour of Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a strong production of a mighty familiar relic. Plus, a new work at MAP Theatre, on through 10/22, casts White Supremacy as a horror villain.

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Chase D. Anderson August 15, 2022September 12, 2022 Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

Make America Cool Again: Hamilton’s Hype & Head-Scratching

Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster, quintessentially American musical, runs through September 11 at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle.

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Chase D. Anderson July 8, 2022July 20, 2022 Anaïs Mitchell, Broadway, Broadway at the Paramount, Rachel Chavkin, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, The Paramount Theatre

On Tour: Tony-Winning Traveling Tale ‘Hadestown’ Pulls Into the Paramount

In its first national tour, the blockbuster Broadway musical performs in Seattle on July 12-17. If you want tickets, you’d better get them now.

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Chase D. Anderson February 13, 2020February 20, 2020 Black Bois, Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas, dani tirrell, On the Boards, Seattle Theatre Group

‘Black Bois’ Takes the Big Stage This Week, to Another Sold-Out House

Dani Tirrell’s ‘Black Bois’, which premiered in April 2018 at On the Boards, returns this year on Valentine’s Day at the Moore Theatre. It’s a multi-genre love letter to Black community, healing, and joy.

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Chase D. Anderson December 15, 2019July 7, 2022 Broadway Seattle, Donald Byrd, George Balanchine, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Group, McCaw Hall, On the Boards, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Seattle Theatre Group, Spectrum Dance Theater, The Paramount Theatre

Balanchine, Morris, and Byrd: A Delight in Three Nutcrackers

Three interpretations of ‘The Nutcracker’ on Seattle stages demonstrate its adaptability for the tastes — and moods — of new audiences. The invigorated classic epic (at Pacific Northwest Ballet, through 12/28), a sassy spin-off and an elegant workshop (at the Paramount Theatre and On the Boards, both through 12/15) are all delightful, and distinct.