The Thrust: Quick Takes on 5 Shows This Week
Having trouble choosing what to see among the rush of shows this weekend? Here are my takeaways from five of them to help you decide.
Read moreHaving trouble choosing what to see among the rush of shows this weekend? Here are my takeaways from five of them to help you decide.
Read moreIn ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’, one evening’s concert captures the downward spiral of an American musical icon. Alexandria J. Henderson’s performance puts the singer’s highs and lows on display; it’s just as beautiful to watch as it is heartbreaking. ‘Lady Day’ runs through November 27 in downtown Olympia.
Read more‘Until the Flood’, Dael Orlandersmith’s interview-based solo show about the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, gets a multi-actor staging at Harlequin Productions in Olympia. It runs through December 4.
Read moreJono Vaughan’s ‘Project 42’ calls out the shortened life expectancy of transgender people, through visual and performative memorials to trans people who were murdered. She talks about the work — which uses handcrafted dresses, complex prints, and dance — on April 4 at Tacoma Art Museum.
Read moreA fashion show at the Tacoma Art Museum, produced by Fashion District NW, brought inventive & artistic looks to the runway in a free-flowing environment. The next show, Couture & Cars, is July 20.
Read moreThe compelling play, at Tacoma’s Dukesbay Theater through March 17, grapples intensely with issues of faith and logic, worldliness and spirituality, and guilt and innocence. None of them are cut and dry.
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